BOSTON, Mass. – Oakland University Men's Basketball student-athlete
Trey Townsend was named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List announced by the organization on Tuesday.
According to the committee, the Lou Henson Award is, "presented annually to the top mid-major player in division I college basketball, honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons."
Townsend follows Jamal Cain and current teammate Jalen Moore as Golden Grizzlies on the distinguished list the past two seasons. The Oxford native currently leads the team in scoring with 18.8 points per game with the best field goal percentage in the Horizon League at 62.5% (40-64).
The junior is second on the team in rebounds with 6.8 per game, securing his first double-double of the season against Toledo, a game in which he scored 30 points as the first Oakland player to do so since Jamal Cain against Alabama in November of 2021.
Townsend is one of four total #HLMBB student-athletes on the list.
2022-23 LOU HENSON AWARD WATCHLIST
Max Abmas 6-0 Sr. Oral Roberts
Taran Armstrong 6-6 So. California Baptist
Emoni Bates 6-10 So. Eastern Michigan
Mike Bothwell 6-3 Sr. Furman
Jordan Brown 6-11 Jr. Louisiana
Joe Bryant Jr. 6-1 Sr. Norfolk State
Sincere Carry 6-1 Sr. Kent State
Antoine Davis 6-1 Sr. Detroit Mercy
RayJ Dennis 6-2 Jr. Toledo
Tucker DeVries 6-7 So. Drake
Jordan Dingle 6-3 Jr. Penn
Kenny Dye 6-0 Sr. Queens
Aaron Estrada 6-3 Sr. Hofstra
Tosan Evbuomwan 6-8 Sr. Princeton
Enrique Freeman 6-7 Jr. Akron
Jordan Gainey 6-4 So. USC Upstate
Ques Glover 6-0 Jr. Samford
Jared Godfrey 6-5 Sr. Purdue-Fort Wayne
Qua Grant 6-1 Sr. Sam Houston
Mason Harrell 5-9 Sr. Texas State
Freddy Hicks 6-6 So. Tarleton
Cam Holden 6-5 Sr. Towson
Jaden House 6-4 Jr. High Point
Logan Johnson 6-2 Sr. Saint Mary's
Dillon Jones 6-6 So. Weber State
Nelly Junior Joseph 6-9 Jr. Iona
Taevion Kinsey 6-5 Sr. Marshall
Zeke Mayo 6-3 So. South Dakota State
Courvoisier McCauley 6-5 Sr. Indiana State
Darius McGhee 5-9 Sr. Liberty
Ajay Mitchell 6-5 So. UC Santa Barbara
Jordan Minor 6-8 Sr. Merrimack
Isaac Mushila 6-5 Sr. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Drew Pember 6-10 Sr. UNC Asheville
A.J. Plitzuweit 6-2 So. South Dakota
Charles Pride 6-4 Sr. Bryant
Tucker Richardson 6-5 Sr. Colgate
Sam Sessoms 6-0 Sr. Coppin State
Reyne Smith 6-2 So. Charleston
Ben Sheppard 6-6 Sr. Belmont
J.T. Shumate 6-7 Sr. Toledo
Jalen Slawson 6-7 Sr. Furman
Jake Stephens 7-0 Sr. Chattanooga
Parker Stewart 6-5 Sr. UT Martin
Ray'Sean Taylor 6-1 Sr. SIU Edwardsville
Trey Townsend 6-6 So. Oakland
Cameron Tyson 6-3 Jr. Seattle
Marques Warrick 6-2 Jr. Northern Kentucky
Walter Whyte 6-6 Sr. Boston University
Isaiah Wilkins 6-4 Sr. Longwood
