TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior guard Jaelan Sanford was named to the 2017-18 Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List on Wednesday. The award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I mid-major player.
An Evansville, Ind. native, Sanford is the Rockets' top returning scorer after tallying 13.6 ppg and a 39.2 three-point field-goal percentage last year. A member of the Preseason All-MAC West Division team, Sanford knocked down 48 treys with a 35.0 3PTFG% as a freshman before improving those numbers to 65 three-pointers and a 39.2 3PTFG% last year.
Lou Henson coached 41 years and he ranked sixth all-time in career Division I victories with 779 when he left the game in 2005.