April 3, 2015
2015 LOU HENSON AWARD
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- USC Upstate's Ty Greene is the recipient of the 2015 Lou Henson National Player of the Year award.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the Mid-Major player in division I college basketball. The finalists for the award also represent the Lou Henson All-America team.
The award is named in honor of Henson who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game in 2005 he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
NOTE: Ron Baker (Wichita State), Kyle Collinsworth (BYU), Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga), Cameron Payne (Murray State), Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa), Kyle Wiltjer (Gonzaga) and Fred VanVleet (Wichita State) were named to the Lute Olson All-Amercia team.
LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
| Lawrence Alexander | 6-3 | Sr. | North Dakota State |
| D.J. Balentine | 6-2 | Jr. | Evansville |
| John Brown | 6-8 | Jr. | High Point |
| Julius Brown | 5-10 | Sr. | Toledo |
| Jalen Cannon | 6-6 | Sr. | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| Karl Cochran | 6-1 | Sr. | Wofford |
| AJ English | 6-4 | Jr. | Iona |
| Kahlil Felder | 5-9 | So. | Oakland |
| Chris Fowler | 6-1 | Jr. | Central Michigan |
| Ty Greene | 6-3 | Sr. | USC Upstate |
| Tyler Harvey | 6-4 | So. | Eastern Washington |
| Corey Hawkins | 6-3 | Sr. | UC Davis |
| Tyler Haws | 6-5 | Sr. | BYU |
| R.J. Hunter | 6-6 | Jr. | Georgia State |
| John Jordan | 5-10 | Sr. | Texas A&M Corpus Christi |
| David Laury | 6-9 | Sr. | Iona |
| Shawn Long | 6-9 | Jr. | UL-Lafayette |
| Mikh McKinney | 6-1 | Sr. | Sacramento State |
| Justin Moss | 6-7 | Jr. | Buffalo |
| Mike Myers | 6-9 | Sr. | UMES |
| Saah Nimley | 5-8 | Sr. | Charleston Southern |
| Wesley Saunders | 6-5 | Sr. | Harvard |
| Justin Sears | 6-8 | Jr. | Yale |
| Keifer Sykes | 6-0 | Sr. | Green Bay |
| Marcus Thornton | 6-4 | Sr. | William & Mary |
| Corey Walden | 6-2 | Sr. | Eastern Kentucky |
| Brad Waldow | 6-10 | Sr. | Saint Mary's |
| Thomas Walkup | 6-4 | Jr. | Stephen F. Austin |
| Jameel Warney | 6-8 | Jr. | Stony Brook |
| Jalan West | 5-10 | Jr. | Northwestern State |
| Alan Williams | 6-8 | Sr. | UC Santa Barbara |
NOTE: There was a tie in the voting so there are 31 players among the finalists for the 2015 Award.
2024: Trey Townsend, Oakland
2023: Jordan Brown, Louisiana
2022: Malachi Smith, Chattanooga
2021: Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
2020: Nathan Knight, William & Mary
2019: Fletcher Magee, Wofford
2018: Clayton Custer, Loyola Chicago
2017; Justin Robinson, Monmouth
2016: Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin
2015: Ty Greene, USC Upstate
2014: Langston Hall, Mercer
2013: Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
2012: Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State
2011: Matt Howard, Butler
2010: Keith Benson, Oakland
