PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference announced four individual awards in advance of the 2018 Aaron’s American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, which runs March 8-11, in Orlando, Florida.
Cincinnati senior Gary Clark was voted the American Defensive Player of the Year, while also collecting the conference’s Sportsmanship Award. Clark was a unanimous first team all-conference pick on Monday. The senior is the first player in conference history to claim the defensive player of the year honor twice.
For the second straight year, a Tulane student-athlete was selected as The American’s Most Improved Player, as Melvin Frazier collected the accolade.