Troy University Athletics
Jordon Varnado Named To Lou Henson Watch List
1/9/2019 6:19:00 PM | Basketball (M)
Little Rock, Ark. – Troy men's basketball senior Jordon Varnado has earned a spot on the 2018-19 Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List as announced on Wednesday afternoon.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation's top mid-major player in Division I College Basketball. Lou Henson coached 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.
The Brownsville, Tenn., native leads the Trojans this season averaging 18.0 points per game which is ninth in the Sun Belt Conference while also grabbing 7.3 rebounds per contest.
In his last game against Appalachian State, Varnado posted a game-high 27 points on 8-of-12 (66 percent) shooting from the field including a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. Varnado added eight rebounds, a season-high six assists, a pair of blocks and a steal to his stat line.
The senior's best game this season came against UAB on Dec. 21 when Varnado posted a career-high 32 points on 3-of-5 shooting from behind the arc alongside seven rebounds and three assists. So far this season, Varnado has posted six 20-point games and three double doubles.
In addition to this watch list, the three-time All-Sun Belt selection was named to the Preseason Julius Erving Award Watch List and was selected to the Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team.
The 2019 Lou Henson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men's division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2018-19 Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List
Milan Acquaah - California Baptist
Francis Alonso - UNC Greensboro
Jordan Barnes - Indiana State
James Batemon - Loyola Marymount
Jarrell Brantley - Charleston
Keith Braxton - Saint Francis (PA)
AJ Brodeur - Penn
Tookie Brown - Georgia Southern
Desmond Cambridge - Brown
Devin Cannady - Princeton
Yoeli Childs - BYU
Chris Clemons - Campbell
RJ Cole - Howard
Zach Cooks - NJIT
Mike Daum - South Dakota State
Jordan Davis - Northern Colorado
Antoine Davis - Detroit
Jordan Ford - Saint Mary's
JaKeenan Gant - Louisiana
Jerrick Harding - Weber State
Rapolas Ivanauskas - Colgate
Cameron Jackson - Wofford
David Jenkins - South Dakota State
Nathan Knight - William & Mary
John Konchar - Purdue-Fort Wayne
Anthony Lamb - Vermont
Loudon Love - Wright State
Fletcher Magee - Wofford
Max Mahoney - Boston University
CJ Massinburg - Buffalo
Garrison Mathews - Lipscomb
Nick Mayo - Eastern Kentucky
Drew McDonald - Northern Kentucky
Ja Morant - Murray State
Matt Morgan - Cornell
Miye Oni - Yale
Nijal Pearson - Texas State
Nick Perkins - Buffalo
Matt Rafferty - Furman
Grant Riller - Charleston
Ahmaad Rorie - Montana
Jaelan Sanford - Toledo
D'Marcus Simonds - Georgia State
Terry Taylor - Austin Peay
Jordon Varnado - Troy
Jaylin Walker - Kent State
Dylan Windler - Belmont
Justin Wright-Foreman - Hofstra
Milik Yarbrough - Illinois State
Akwasi Yeboah - Stony Brook
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation's top mid-major player in Division I College Basketball. Lou Henson coached 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.
The Brownsville, Tenn., native leads the Trojans this season averaging 18.0 points per game which is ninth in the Sun Belt Conference while also grabbing 7.3 rebounds per contest.
In his last game against Appalachian State, Varnado posted a game-high 27 points on 8-of-12 (66 percent) shooting from the field including a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. Varnado added eight rebounds, a season-high six assists, a pair of blocks and a steal to his stat line.
The senior's best game this season came against UAB on Dec. 21 when Varnado posted a career-high 32 points on 3-of-5 shooting from behind the arc alongside seven rebounds and three assists. So far this season, Varnado has posted six 20-point games and three double doubles.
In addition to this watch list, the three-time All-Sun Belt selection was named to the Preseason Julius Erving Award Watch List and was selected to the Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team.
The 2019 Lou Henson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men's division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2018-19 Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List
Milan Acquaah - California Baptist
Francis Alonso - UNC Greensboro
Jordan Barnes - Indiana State
James Batemon - Loyola Marymount
Jarrell Brantley - Charleston
Keith Braxton - Saint Francis (PA)
AJ Brodeur - Penn
Tookie Brown - Georgia Southern
Desmond Cambridge - Brown
Devin Cannady - Princeton
Yoeli Childs - BYU
Chris Clemons - Campbell
RJ Cole - Howard
Zach Cooks - NJIT
Mike Daum - South Dakota State
Jordan Davis - Northern Colorado
Antoine Davis - Detroit
Jordan Ford - Saint Mary's
JaKeenan Gant - Louisiana
Jerrick Harding - Weber State
Rapolas Ivanauskas - Colgate
Cameron Jackson - Wofford
David Jenkins - South Dakota State
Nathan Knight - William & Mary
John Konchar - Purdue-Fort Wayne
Anthony Lamb - Vermont
Loudon Love - Wright State
Fletcher Magee - Wofford
Max Mahoney - Boston University
CJ Massinburg - Buffalo
Garrison Mathews - Lipscomb
Nick Mayo - Eastern Kentucky
Drew McDonald - Northern Kentucky
Ja Morant - Murray State
Matt Morgan - Cornell
Miye Oni - Yale
Nijal Pearson - Texas State
Nick Perkins - Buffalo
Matt Rafferty - Furman
Grant Riller - Charleston
Ahmaad Rorie - Montana
Jaelan Sanford - Toledo
D'Marcus Simonds - Georgia State
Terry Taylor - Austin Peay
Jordon Varnado - Troy
Jaylin Walker - Kent State
Dylan Windler - Belmont
Justin Wright-Foreman - Hofstra
Milik Yarbrough - Illinois State
Akwasi Yeboah - Stony Brook
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