Jelani Hewitt
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Jelani Hewitt Selected as Finalist for Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award, Named Defensive All-American
3/30/2015 12:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Senior guard earns Defensive All-American Honors from CollegeInsider.com
BOSTON – Georgia Southern Men's Basketball senior guard Jelani Hewitt has been selected as a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award. Additionally, Hewitt has been named to the Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team by CollegeInsider.com.
The Lefty Driesell Award is named in honor of coaching legend Lefty Driesell, who is the only person to ever win 100 games at four different Division I schools. He is best known for his time at Maryland, leading the program to the National Invitational Tournament title in 1972 and its second-ever ACC Tournament Championship in 1984. He finished his career at Maryland with a 348-159 record and concluded his career with an impressive 786-394 mark.
Jelani Hewitt is the Georgia Southern career steals record holder with 252 over his four seasons in the blue and white. He was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year earlier this month as well as NABC All-District and Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team.
The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award will be given on Friday night at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet in Indianapolis.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com.
The Lefty Driesell Award is named in honor of coaching legend Lefty Driesell, who is the only person to ever win 100 games at four different Division I schools. He is best known for his time at Maryland, leading the program to the National Invitational Tournament title in 1972 and its second-ever ACC Tournament Championship in 1984. He finished his career at Maryland with a 348-159 record and concluded his career with an impressive 786-394 mark.
Jelani Hewitt is the Georgia Southern career steals record holder with 252 over his four seasons in the blue and white. He was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year earlier this month as well as NABC All-District and Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team.
The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award will be given on Friday night at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet in Indianapolis.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com.
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