BOSTON (EMUEagles.com) -- Eastern Michigan University junior men's basketball player James Thompson IV (Baton Rouge, La.-Parkview Baptist) was named to the 2017-18 Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch list Thursday afternoon.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I mid-major player. The 2017-18 Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on March 31, 2018 at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Event in San Antonio, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
Lou Henson coached 41 years. When he left the game in 2005 he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779.