Jarrod Jones Named Finalist For Lou Henson Award
Updated: February 20, 2012 - 10:59 a.m. (ET)
by Ball State Athletics

MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State senior forward Jarrod Jones (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) has been named one of 25 finalists for the 2012 Lou Henson Award given to the Mid-Major Player of the Year. Fans can vote for Jones to win the award at www.votelouhenson.com beginning February 20 and running through March 12. Jones is the only player from the Mid-American Conference among the list of finalists.

The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college hoops. Lou Henson retired in 2005 after 41 years of coaching, 779 wins and taking two schools (Illinois, New Mexico State) to the Final Four. The winner will be announced at the Final Four, March 30th in New Orleans. Butler's Matt Howard won the award last season.

2012 Lou Henson Award Finalists
Jarrod Jones, Ball State
Julian Boyd, Long Island
Isaiah Canaan, Murray State
Torrey Craig, USC Upstate
Mathew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
Laron Dendy, Middle Tennessee
Shane Gibson, Sacred Heart
Michael Glover, Iona
Reggie Hamilton, Oakland
Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara
Damian Lillard, Weber State
Scot Machado, Iona
C.J. McCollum, Lehigh
Doug McDermot, Creighton
Tony Mitchell, North Texas
Dominique Morrison, Oral Roberts
Kevin Murphy, Tennessee Tech
Mike Muscala, Bucknell
Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State
Lamarcus Reed, UT‐Arlington
Zack Rosen, Penn
Gerardo Suero, Albany
Casper Ware, Long Beach State
Kyle Weems, Missouri State
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State

MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State senior forward Jarrod Jones (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) was named Second Team All-Mid-American Conference while freshman forward Aaron Adeoye (Marion, Ill./Marion) was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team, the league office announced Wednesday. The league's 12 head coaches voted on both the All-MAC and All-Freshman teams.

Jones earns the fourth straight All-MAC honor of his career and becomes the second player in BSU history to pick up All-MAC accolades four times joining Ray McCallum. He earned Honorable Mention All-MAC in his freshman and sophomore seasons, while being named First Team All-MAC last year as a junior.

Jones led the Cardinals in scoring and rebounding for the fourth straight season as he was sixth in the MAC at 14.7 points per game and second in the league at 8.7 rebounds per game. He scored in double figures 22 times this season, including 10 times of 20 or more points. He was named the MAC West Player of the Week four times while recording eight double-doubles.

Jones finishes his Ball State career sixth all-time in scoring with 1,623 points, third all-time in rebounds with 981, third all-time in games played with 123 and first all-time in games started with 121. He also posted 87 double figure point games and 29 career double-doubles.