MACON, Ga. – Northern Kentucky University's
Eshaunte Jones has been selected to the All-Atlantic Sun Conference first team, the league office announced Tuesday.
Jones, a 6-foot-4 senior guard from Fort Wayne, Ind., averages 15.8 points per game and has made 80 shots from 3-point range this season. He helped the Norse post a 9-9 record in the Atlantic Sun Conference and tie for fourth place in the league standings.
Jones averaged 19.5 points per game last week as Northern Kentucky defeated North Florida and Jacksonville. He scored a career-high 30 points Thursday night to lead the Norse to a 72-45 win over North Florida. In that game, Jones also netted his 1,000th career point and was 10-for-15 from the field with six 3-pointers.
On Saturday night, Jones helped Northern Kentucky wipe out a 13-point deficit in the final 2:36 of the game as the Norse rallied for a 66-62 victory. He finished with nine points, three rebounds and two assists in that victory.
Jones has 1,009 career points in his collegiate career, which began at Nebraska. He earned the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week honor twice this season, which is Northern Kentucky's debut as a Division I program.
Florida Gulf Coast's Sherwood Brown was named the A-Sun Player of the Year, while teammate Bernard Thompson earned Defensive Player of the Year honors. Mercer's Bob Hoffman was selected Coach of the Year, and Lipscomb's Stephen Hurt was named Freshman of the Year.
Northern Kentucky wraps up the regular season March 14 with a non-conference road game at the University of San Francisco at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
First Team All-Atlantic Sun
Pos. Name School Cl. Hometown Academic Major
*G Sherwood Brown FGCU Sr. Orlando, Fla. Legal Studies
*F Torrey Craig USC Upstate Jr. Great Falls, S.C. Communications
G Parker Smith North Florida Sr. Gainesville, Ga. Sport Management
F/G
Eshaunte Jones Northern Kentucky Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind. Organizational Leadership
C Adam Pegg Stetson Sr. Clearwater, Fla. Health Sciences
Second Team All-Atlantic Sun
Pos. Name School Cl. Hometown Academic Major
G Jarvis Jones ETSU Sr. Memphis, Tenn. Sport Management
F Chase Fieler FGCU Jr. Parkersburg, W. Va. Management
G Langston Hall Mercer Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Business
G Travis Smith Mercer Sr. Johns Island, S.C. Business
G Chris Perez Stetson Jr. Santiago, D.R. Education
Atlantic Sun Freshmen Team
Pos. Name School Cl. Hometown Academic Major
*F Lester Wilson ETSU Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Engineering
*G Jarvis Haywood Jacksonville Fr. Charlotte, N.C. Accounting
*C Stephen Hurt Lipscomb Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Exercise Science
*G Beau Beech North Florida Fr. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Business Management
F Kordario Fleming Jacksonville Fr. Memphis, Tenn. Sports Management
*- Unanimous Choice
Player of the Year: Sherwood Brown, FGCU
Defensive Player of the Year: Bernard Thompson, FGCU
Freshman of the Year: Stephen Hurt, Lipscomb
Coach of the Year: Bob Hoffman, Mercer
