UTA’s Hervey, Cross cap memorable season with individual honors
NEW ORLEANS – The UTA Mavericks equaled their highest win total in program history for the 2016-17 season, and its two biggest contributors in junior Kevin Hervey and head coach Scott Cross were awarded top honors on Monday as the Sun Belt Conference announced its men’s basketball all-conference teams and individual awards.
Hervey, a junior, earned the first-ever Sun Belt men’s basketball Player of the Year award in UTA’s program history, while Cross did the same with the Joe Gottfried Coach of the Year honor. Voting for the individual awards and All-Sun Belt teams were conducted by the league’s 12 head coaches along with a selected media panel.