NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State junior guard Jeff Short was added to the Lou Henson Award mid-season watch list this week by CollegeInsider.com. The award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I basketball.
Short is one of 40 players named to the watch list and one of three from the MEAC along with Jordan Parks of North Carolina Central and Mike Myers of UMES. The finalists will be announced in March, and the winner will be announced on April 3 in Indianapolis at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet.
Short, a native of the Bronx, N.Y., ranks first in the MEAC and 16th in the country in scoring at 20.1 points per game. A year after sitting out as a transfer from Fordham, Short also ranks first in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (42.5) and in the top five in 3-point field goals made, free throw percentage, field goal percentage and minutes.
On the year, Short is averaging 20.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals while shooting 51.5 percent overall, 42.5 percent from 3-point range and 84.1 percent from the foul line.
The Lou Henson 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, and he is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
NSU will return to the court Saturday at South Carolina State at 6 p.m.
Originally posted on NSUSpartans.com
Spartan Echo 