NEW ORLEANS – Georgia Southern freshman Tookie Brown has been named the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and first-team all-league, and sophomore Mike Hughes has been named third-team All-Sun Belt, the conference announced today.
Brown, who is ranked eighth in the country among freshmen in scoring, is the first Eagle to win conference Freshman of the Year honors since Lonnie Edwards was named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by both the coaches and media in 1994. The 5-foot-11 guard set the Georgia Southern freshman scoring record and is ranked is ranked in the top-10 in the Sun Belt in scoring (4th, 17.