in men’ s basketball and called games in the ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and SEC among others.
Amy Wood is a weeknight anchor for WSPA 7 News in Spartanburg, S. C. Named the 2016 South Carolina Broadcaster’ s Association Anchor of the Year, she has also won the Associated Press Award for series reporting and the Distinguished Community Service Award from the South Carolina Jaycees.
Augusta’ s Sherrill, Montevallo’ s Douglas Receive All-America Laurels
2016-17
Augusta University’ s Keshun Sherrill and Montevallo’ s Javonte Douglas were named All-Americans as the National Basketball Coaches Association( NABC) and the Division II Conference Commissioners Association( D2CCA) released their teams. Sherrill was named an All-American by both organizations while Douglas received honors from the D2CCA.
For Sherrill, the All-American accolades are the fourth of his historic career in Augusta.
The 5-9 senior guard from Cleveland, N. C., was named NABC first-team All-District, the NCAA Southeast Region Player of the Year and the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year. He owns the all-time scoring title in conference history with 2,333 points – breaking former Jaguar Ben Madgen’ s previously held record of 2,306 points.
Sherrill was also first team All-PBC this season and was named the PBC Player of the Week three times in 2016-17. He averaged 22.6 points on the year and started all 32 games. He led the Peach Belt in points, field goals, free throws, and minutes played and was second in points per game and three pointers. He finishes third amongst active 2017 Division II players for the most career points.
Douglas was also named a first team NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region selection by the D2CCA.
The 6-foot-8 forward from Charlotte, North Carolina was on the top 50 watch list for the Bevo Francis Award recognizing the top small college basketball player in the nation. Douglas was also named a first team All-Peach Belt Conference selection.
Douglas, a four-time Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week selection, led the conference in three separate statistical categories this season.
Douglas averaged a conference-high 24.2 points per game and a conference-best 11.3 rebounds per game to go along with a conference-leading 46.5 percent( 40-of-86) shooting from beyond the arc.
Douglas is the only player nationally in NCAA Division II to be ranked in the top 10 in both scoring and rebounding. Douglas finished in double figures in scoring in every game he played in and posted a conference-leading 14 double-doubles this season.
Douglas scored a career-high 34 points against Lane College and grabbed a career-best 20 rebounds against Lander University during his senior season.
Augusta University Retires Keshun Sherrill’ s No. 10 Jersey
AUGUSTA, Ga. – After one of the greatest careers in an Augusta Jaguars uniform, men’ s basketball senior Keshun Sherrill had his No. 10 jersey retired by Augusta University at the Athletics Awards Banquet on May 2, 2017. Sherrill becomes the fourth Augusta men’ s basketball player to have his number retired and raised in the rafters at Christenberry Fieldhouse.
The other men’ s hoops stars who have their jerseys retired are Ben Madgen( No. 1), A. J. Bowman( No. 23), and Keenan Mann( No. 32).
“ It is with great pleasure that we are honoring Keshun Sherrill with the retirement of his jersey,” Director of Athletics Clint Bryant said.“ He exemplifies all that is good about the student-athlete experience. He joins a list of outstanding athletes at Augusta University that has had this honor bestowed on them for their tremendous athletic accomplishments and attainment of a graduation degree.”
Sherrill became the all-time leading scorer in Peach Belt Conference history with 2,333 points … Named an All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches( NABC) and the Division II Conference Commissioners Association( D2CCA)... Selected to the 2017 Reese’ s Division II College All-Star Game... Named NABC first-team All-District, the NCAA Southeast Region Player of the Year and the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year... First team All- PBC this season … Named the PBC Player of the Week three times in 2016-17 … Averaged 22.6 points on the year and started all 32 games … Led the Peach Belt in points, field goals, free throws, and minutes played and was second in points per game and three pointers … PBC preseason All-Conference … Named the Fred Barnabei Male Athlete of the Year at the 2017 Augusta Athletics Awards Banquet.
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