Men's Basketball
Tommy Moffitt and teammate Anthony Vereen are Academic All-SLC picks |
TWO UTA MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS NAMED TO THE ACADEMIC ALL-SLC SQUAD
April 28, 2008
ARLINGTON, Texas - - Two UT-Arlington men's basketball players have earned Academic All-Southland Conference honors, the league announced Monday.
Junior forward Anthony Vereen and sophomore forward Tommy Moffitt landed on the second team. Vereen has maintained a cumulative 3.01 grade-point average in Exercise and Sports Studies, while Moffiff has a very impressive 3.41 in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Sam Houston State forward Ryan Bright was the SLC Student-Athlete of the Year.
Honors for the two Mavericks come shortly after the Mavericks turned in one of their most exciting and most successful seasons in school history during the 2007-08 academic year. Vereen and Moffitt were huge contributors on the court. Vereen was the team's leading scorer, averaging 13.8 points per game.
Down the stretch, Vereen scored at least 20 points in five of UTA's final seven games. He was also named Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player, leading UTA to its first-ever SLC Tournament title and berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Moffitt, a versatile and strong defensive presence, averaged 6.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He played 19.6 minutes per game and hit 21 of 57 3-pointers.
UTA returns all but three players from last season's squad.
2007-08 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC
ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM
Student-Athlete - School - Class - Hometown - GPA - Major
Ryan Bright - Sam Houston State - Sr. - Deer Park, Texas - 3.64 - Kinesiology
Shamir McDaniel - Sam Houston State - Sr. - Houston, Texas - 3.24 - Marketing
Kevyn Green - Southeastern La. - Sr. - Portland, Oregon - 3.20 - General Studies
Adonis Gray - Nicholls State - Sr. - Thibodaux, La. - 3.10 - General Studies
Michael McConathy - Northwestern State - So. - Natchitoches, La. - 3.56 - Electronics Engineering
2007-08 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC
ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL SECOND TEAM
Student-Athlete - School - Class - Hometown - GPA - Major
Darren Hopkins - Lamar - Sr. - Baltimore, Md. - 3.02 - General Studies
Anthony Vereen - UT Arlington - Jr. - Houston, Texas - 3.01 - Exercise and Sports Studies
Tommy Moffitt - UT Arlington - So. - Irving, Texas - 3.41 - Criminology and Criminal Justice
Scott Weaver - Stephen F. Austin - Sr. - Carrollton, Texas - 3.39 - Kinesiology
Barkley Faulkner - Sam Houston State - Jr. - Oxford, Miss. - 3.93 - Accounting
