Brock Young Named To Cousy Award Watch List
January 15, 2009 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 15, 2009
GREENVILLE, N.C. --- East Carolina sophomore Brock Young has been named to the 2009 Bob Cousy Award Watch List, which recognizes the top collegiate male basketball point guard annually spanning across all divisions within the game by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The selection criteria emphasize leadership, teamwork success and fundamentals as being critical parts for the game of basketball as a point guard.
Young currently leads the NCAA in assists with 7.8 per game. Through 15 games this season he has distributed 117 assists, which ranks as the seventh highest total in school history, which includes five games with 10 or more assists. The Raleigh native is also averaging over 10 points per game (10.8) and has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.29.
Young and Tulane junior Kevin Sims are the only two Conference USA players on the 46-player list. Other candidates include: Darren Collison (UCLA), Stephen Curry (Davidson), Levance Fields (Pittsburgh), Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Eric Maynor (VCU) and Scottie Reynolds (Villanova).
Screening committees will review the nominations and reduce the number of candidates to a finalist group of 16 players. Twelve players within Division I and two players from both Division II and III will represent the finalist group.
A premier selection committee comprised of up to 30 members representing the following constituent groups: Hall of Famers, Head Coaches from each NCAA Division, Sports Information Directors and the media will be appointed by the Hall of Fame to review the list of candidates.
2009 Bob Cousy Award Watch List (Division I)
Aaron Jackson, Duqesne
AJ Price, Connecticut
Anthony Thomas, Boise State
Armon Johnson, Nevada
Ben Woodside, North Dakota State
Brenton Butler, Fordham
Brock Young, East Carolina
Chris Warren, Ole Miss
Darren Collison, UCLA
David Marek, Southern Utah
Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati
Devon Gibson, Texas-San Antonio
Dominic James, Marquette
Edgar Sosa, Louisville
Eric Bell, Stephen F. Austin
Eric Maynor, VCU
Gerald Robinson, Tennesee State
Jack McClinton, Miami
Jay Greene, UMBC
Jeremy Goode, Mount St. Mary's
Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga
Jonathan Han, Fairfield
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
Josh Akognon, Cal-State Fullerton
Josh Wilson, Northern Arizona
Kenny Dawkins, Lamar University
Kevin Sims, Tulane
Levance Fields, Pittsburg
Louis Dale, Cornell
Malcom Delaney, Virginia Tech
Malik Boothe, St. John's
Marquis Hall, Lehigh
Mike Trimboli, Vermont
Mitch Johnson, Stanford
Patrick Mills, St. Mary's
Ronald Moore, Siena College
Ronald Steele, Alabama
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
Sherron Collins, Kansas
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Tajuan Porter, Oregon
Tony White, College of Charleston
Tory Jackson, Notre Dame
Trevon Hughes, Wisconsin
Ty Lawson, North Carolina
Tywain McKee, Coppin State
