Ike Smith shoots over a UT-Arlington defender last season. He was first-team all-conference last year and was name to the Lou Henson Award Watch List this week.
Photo by Jay McClendonGeorgia Southern junior shooting guard Ike Smith was named this week to the 2017-18 Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List, an honor given at the end of the season to the nation's best Division I mid-major player.
'Mid-major' is a murky term, but essentially it includes all players not playing in major conferences such as the ACC, SEC and Big 12.
Smith is joined on the 51-player list by four other Sun Belt Conference players, including last year's Sun Belt Player of the Year, Kevin Hervey of UT-Arlington.