BOSTON, Mass. – South Dakota guard
Matt Mooney has been named to the 2017-18 Lou Henson All-America team. The team, made up of the finalists for the Lou Henson Award, is presented annually to the nation's top Division I mid-major player.
The Wauconda, Illinois, native led South Dakota with 18.7 points per game. He totaled 637 points on the season, the fourth-most in a single season in program history. Mooney also tallied a career-best 105 assists over the season and swiped 67 steals.
His 67 steals rank 24
th in the nation while ranking 48
th in all of Division I with 227 made field goals. He scored 30 or more points on five occasions this year, including a career-best 33 points at South Dakota State on Feb. 22. He also had 15 occasions where he scored at least 20 points in the 2017-18 season.
Mooney completed his junior season by being named first team all-Summit League for the second-straight season and helped South Dakota achieve a 26-9 record, the most wins in the Division I era.
Lou Henson coached for 41 years and when he left the game in 2005 was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State and is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
2017-18 LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
| Trae Bell-Haynes |
Sr. |
Vermont |
| Bogdan Bliznyuk |
Sr. |
Eastern Washington |
| Desonta Bradford |
Sr. |
ETSU |
| Keith Braxton |
So. |
Saint Francis PA |
| Tookie Brown |
Jr. |
Georgia Southern |
| Joe Chealey |
Sr. |
Charleston |
| Chris Clemons |
Jr. |
Campbell |
| Clayton Custer |
Jr. |
Loyola Chicago |
| Mike Daum |
Jr. |
South Dakota State |
| Tre-Shaun Fletcher |
Sr. |
Toledo |
| Blake Francis |
So. |
Wagner |
| Jerrick Harding |
So. |
Weber State |
| Brandon Goodwin |
Sr. |
FGCU |
| Max Heidegger |
So. |
UC Santa Barbara |
| Kevin Hervey |
Sr. |
UT Arlington |
| Jordan Howard |
Sr. |
Central Arkansas |
| John Konchar |
Jr. |
Fort Wayne |
| Nathan Knight |
So. |
William & Mary |
| Jock Landale |
Sr. |
Saint Mary's |
| Zach Lofton |
Sr. |
New Mexico State |
| Jairus Lyles |
Sr. |
UMBC |
| Fletcher Magee |
Jr.. |
Wofford |
| CJ Massinburg |
Jr. |
Buffalo |
| Garrison Mathews |
Jr. |
Lipscomb |
| Drew McDonald |
Jr. |
Northern Kentucky |
| Matt Mooney |
Jr. |
South Dakota |
| Matt Morgan |
Jr. |
Cornell |
| Kendrick Nunn |
Sr. |
Oakland |
| Vasa Pusica |
Jr. |
Northeastern |
| Grant Riller |
So. |
Charleston |
| Junior Robinson |
Sr. |
Mount St. Mary's |
| Devin Sibley |
Sr. |
Furman |
| D'Marcus Simonds |
So. |
Georgia State |
| Andre Spight |
Sr. |
Northern Colorado |
| Jonathan Stark |
Sr. |
Murray State |
| Zach Thomas |
Sr. |
Bucknell |
| James Thompson IV |
Jr. |
Eastern Michigan |
| Seth Towns |
So. |
Harvard |
| Reed Timmer |
Sr. |
Drake |
| Bryce Washington |
Sr. |
Louisiana |
