The Southland Conference honored the late Houston Christian basketball player Darius Lee as the league’s Preseason Player of the Year when the league announced its men’s preseason all-conference team on Tuesday.
Lee was killed in the early hours of the morning on June 20 after a shooting in his hometown of Harlem, N.Y. He was 21.
As a second-team all-Southland selection, Lee would have been the only returner who earned first-team preseason all-conference honors this season. His preseason honor is one that the conference does not typically award.
Lee will also be honored later in the season when the Huskies play in the Darius Lee Memorial Classic on Nov.