HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Alabama A&M men's basketball junior forward
Jalen Johnson (Indianapolis, Ind.) has been named to the 2021-22 Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List as announced by that organization on Wednesday, January 12.
The award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I college basketball and honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
Individuals eligible for this award hail from 21 conferences including America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt and West Coast.
Johnson is in select company with just 41 student-athletes selected nationwide and only one of four individuals from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The latter group includes Jackson State's Jayveous McKinnis and Florida A&M's MJ Randolph representing the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) with the only other such honoree being Joe Bryant Jr. from Norfolk State.
He was chosen for this prestigious honor due to his stellar performances thus far, starting all 14 games and leading the Bulldogs with averages of 14.7 points and 7.3 rebounds. Additionally, he's reached double digits in scoring in 12 games with a career high of 30 alongside seven rebounds at Cincinnati (11/16/21). On top of that he registered three double-doubles on his way to ranking fourth (.453) in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage within the SWAC.
2021-22 Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List
Max Abmas, Jr., Oral Roberts
Fardaws Aimaq, So., Utah Valley
Jovan Blacksher, Jr., Grand Canyon
Jamaree Bouyea, Sr., San Francisco
Johni Broome, So., Morehead State
Jordan Brown, So., Louisiana
Tevin Brown, Jr., Murray State
Joe Bryant Jr., Sr., Norfolk State
D.J. Burns, Jr., Winthrop
Jamal Cain, Sr., Oakland
Sincere Carry, Jr., Kent State
John Carter, Sr., Navy
Ryan Davis, Sr., Vermont
Tavian Dunn-Martin, Sr.FGCU
Savion Flagg, Sr, Sam Houston
Ques Glover, So., Samford
Cam Holden, Sr.,Towson
Tanner Holden, Jr., Wright State
Jalen Johnson, Jr, Alabama A&M
Tevian Jones, Sr., Southern Utah
Nelly Junior Joseph, So., Iona
Jaelin Llewellyn, Sr., Princeton
Koby McEwen, Sr., Weber State
Darius McGhee, Sr., Liberty
Jayveous McKinnis, Sr., Jackson State
Jalen Moore, Jr., Oakland
Alex Morales, Sr., Wagner
Isiaih Mosley, Jr., Missouri State
Grayson Murphy, Jr., Belmont
Nick Muszynski, Jr., Belmont
Norchad Omier, So., Arkansas State
George Papas, Sr., Monmouth
MJ Randolph, Sr., Florida A&M
Ryan Rollins, So., Toledo
Mark Sears, So., Ohio
Malachi Smith, So., Chattanooga
Cam Spencer, Jr., Loyola MD
Amadou Sow, Sr., UC Santa Barbara
Azar Swain, Sr., Yale
Jalen Williams, Jr., Santa Clara,
Douglas Wilson, Sr., South Dakota State
