SU men's basketball trio receive SWAC top honors Southern claimed three of the Southwestern Athletic Conference's five regular season honors with Tre'Lun Banks receiving Freshman of the Year honors along with teammate Calvin Godfrey earning Newcomer of the Year while head coach Roman Banks was tabbed Coach of the Year. Senior guard Malcolm Miller, who earned SWAC Newcomer of the Year honor last season, joins Godfrey as an All-SWAC first team selection. All honors including first and second team selections were voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors. Banks, who earned his second consecutive SWAC Coach of the Year award, guided the Jaguars 19-12 overall record going 15-3 in league play. His team claimed the 2013-14 SWAC regular season championship. Banks and the Jaguars won the 2013 SWAC Basketball Tournament and made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament losing to top seeded Gonzaga 64-56. Banks' son, Tre’Lun, led SU in assists and had a 1.4 assists to turnover ratio filling. He notched a career high of 21 points twice and scored in double figures on 10 occasions. In his first season at SU, Godfrey averaged 13 points per game and was ranked second in the league with nine rebounds per contest. The center shot a league leading 56 percent from the field and is ranked fourth in the conference with a total of 46 blocked shots.
Pugh, Jefferson honored among SWAC's best
SU freshman named to All-SWAC Softball first team
SU head women’s basketball coach Sandy Pugh and forward Jasmine Jefferson joined the Southwestern Athletic Conference's elite as the 2014 SWAC Women's Basketball All-Conference teams and individual honors were announced March 10, 2014.
Despite her status as a true freshman, Sydney Wesley proved her value to the 2014 Southern Jaguars and earned a nod on the league’s All-Conference Team.
Pugh was tabbed SWAC Women's Basketball Coach of the Year after leading the Jaguars to a 16-2 conference record and her third regular season championship title in the last five years. Jefferson, a Miami native, earned All-SWAC first team honors after a career season which includes scoring a personal best 27 points and shooting 11 of 11 in a 93-82 road win at Alabama A&M in February 2014.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2014 All-Conference Softball teams and individual award winners on May 6, 2014, prior to its postseason tournament. Wesley, a native of Fisher, Indiana, played and started in 37 games for the Lady Jaguars.Wesley led Southern with a .373 batting average and tied for the team lead in runs (25), hits (38) and stolen bases (12). Wesley also led the team with four triples.
All selections were voted on by the Conference's coaches and sports information directors.
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