The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Aaron Johnson Tabbed To C-USA All-Defensive Team
3/8/2011 12:00:00β―AM | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2011
EL PASO, Texas - Senior point guard Aaron Johnson continues to reap in awards. After being selected as a first-team all-conference performer on Monday, Johnson was one of five players tabbed to the league's all-defensive unit Tuesday as Conference USA announced its specialty awards for the 2010-11 season.
Johnson anchors a UAB defensive unit that currently ranks second in the league in points allowed, averaging opponents to score 61.9. That number would also rank third-lowest in school history. Johnson leads the Blazers in charges taken entering the C-USA Tournament (36) and leads the team and ranks ninth in the conference in steals per game (1.4).
Joining Johnson on the All-Defensive Team are SMU's Papa Dia, who was named the 2011 Defensive Player of the Year, Southern Miss senior guard Sai'Quon Stone, Houston senior guard Zamal Nixon and UTEP's Julyan Stone.
Marshall's DeAndre Kane earned the C-USA Freshman of the Year marking the second consecutive season a Thundering Herd player has earned the honor (Hasaan Whiteside in 2010).
Tulsa's Scott Haralson was named the C-USA Newcomer of the Year, while East Carolina's Brock Young was tabbed the Sixth Man of the Year.
All awards were voted on by the conference's head coaches and select media.
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
DeAndre Kane, Marshall, G, 6-4, 200, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Will Barton, Memphis, G, 6-6, 175, Baltimore, Md.
Tarik Black, Memphis, F, 6-8, 252, Memphis, Tenn.
D.J. Newbill, Southern Miss, G, 6-4, 185, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jordan Clarkson, Tulsa, G, 6-4, 180, San Antonio, Texas
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
DeAndre Kane, Marshall, G, 6-4, 200, Pittsburgh, Pa.
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Zamal Nixon, Houston, G, 6-1, 170, Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Papa Dia, SMU, F, 6-9, 235, Sr., St. Louis, Senegal
Sai'Quon Stone, Southern Miss, G, 6-6, 225, Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Aaron Johnson, UAB, G, 5-8, 185, Sr., Chicago, Ill.
Julyan Stone, UTEP, G, 6-7, 200, Sr., Goleta, Calif.
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Papa Dia, SMU, F, 6-9, 235, Sr., St. Louis, Senegal
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Scottie Haralson, Tulsa, G, 6-4, 227, Jackson, Miss.
2010-11 CONFERENCE USA SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR
Brock Young, East Carolina, G, 5-11, 180, Raleigh, N.C.
