University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Drew Pember Named to Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List
01.11.2024 | Men's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville men's basketball fifth-year senior forward Drew Pember has earned a spot on the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List. The announcement was made on Wednesday (Jan. 10) by CollegeInsider.com.
So far this season, Pember is averaging 20.5 points a game, leading both Asheville and the Big South in points per game. Pember is No. 1 in the nation in made free throws, as he has made 132 free throws this season. He is No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big South in free throw attempts with 153. Pember checks in at No. 6 in the nation and No. 2 in the Big South in points with 349.
Along with leading the team in points scored, Pember also leads the team in rebounds per game with 7.3 and 32 blocks.
Pember earned Big South Player of the Week honors on Jan. 2, marking his first weekly award of the season and the ninth weekly award of his career. Before the season, Pember was named Big South Preseason Player of the Year and was named to the 2024 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List.
The Lou Henson Award honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons. The award is given annually to the most outstanding mid-major men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition.
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches and two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
The 2024 award will be announced in Phoenix, Arizona, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List
Tyson Acuff, Eastern Michigan
De'Sean Allen-Eikens, CSUN
Rasheed Bello, Purdue Fort Wayne
T.J. Bickerstaff, James Madison
Jalen Blackmon, Stetson
Tommy Bruner, Denver
Terrell Burden, Kennesaw State
Clarence Davis, New Hampshire
Tucker DeVries, Drake
Terrence Edwards Jr., James Madison
Enrique Freeman, Akron
Tyon Grant-Foster, Grand Canyon
Marcus Hill, Bowling Green
Xavier Johnson, Southern Illinois
Dillon Jones, Weber State
Xaivian Lee, Princeton
Malik Mack, Harvard
Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
Duke Miles, High Point
Riley Minix, Morehead State
Ajay Mitchell, UC Santa Barbara
Jonathan Mogbo, San Francisco
Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
Elijah Pepper, UC Davis
Caden Pierce, Princeton
Xavier Rice, Monmouth
Kyle Rode, Liberty
Reyne Smith, Charleston
TreVon Spillers, Appalachian State
Isaiah Swope, Indiana State
KyKy Tandy, Jacksonville State
Jamarii Thomas, Norfolk State
Tyler Thomas, Hofstra
Trey Townsend, Oakland
Marques Warrick, NKU
Shahada Wells, McNeese
Trazarien White, UNCW
Amari Williams, Drexel
Danny Wolf, Yale
Vonterius Woolbright, Western Carolina
