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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Anderson senior guard Myson Jones is among
the 251 nominees for the 2015 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works
Teams,® as the National Association of Basketball Coaches
(NABC), the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and
Allstate Insurance Company today announced the nominees.
This prestigious community service award recognizes a
distinguished group of student-athletes who have demonstrated a
commitment to enriching the lives of others and contributing to the
greater good in their communities.
Jones, a 5-foot-9 guard, started all 32 games for the Trojans a
year ago and is leading the team in scoring this season by
averaging 16 points per game. As a junior, Jones led the team with
3.53 assists per game and in 3-point field-goal accuracy (44.0
percent). He ranked fourth in the South Atlantic Conference in
3-point field goals and fifth in 3-point field goal percentage and
was sixth in the league with an 83.7 percent free throw percentage
last season.
The native of Aiken, S.C. has scored a career-high 22 points on
four occasions, including the Lenoir-Rhyne contest earlier this
season and has reached double figures in the scoring column 31
times during his career. Jones dished out the assist on former
standout Chandler Hash's game-winner in AU's 85-84 win over Queens
last January and drained the game-winning basket that gave the
Trojans an 83-81 home victory past Carson-Newman.
Jones is joined by Coker's Deion Craig as nominees from the
SAC.
College sports information directors and basketball coaches
across the country nominated players who exhibit exceptional
leadership skills and an unwavering commitment to volunteerism.
From the 158 NABC nominees and 93 WBCA nominees, distinguished
voting panels will select two 10-member teams comprised of five
student-athletes from the NCAA® Division I level and five
student-athletes from NCAA Divisions II, III and the NAIA. The
final roster of 20 award recipients will be unveiled in
February.
For the third year, the Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works
Teams® help spotlight the off-the-court good works and service
to others that often goes unnoticed and unrewarded. From creating
organizations benefitting at-risk youth to volunteering overseas to
help impoverished communities, there are countless remarkable
stories of service among this year's group of nominees. As
full-time students and athletes, these players choose to dedicate
their limited free time to improving the lives of those around
them.
Members of the Allstate NABC Good Works Team® will be
invited by Allstate, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, to
the 2015 NABC Convention and 2015 NCAA Men's Final Four® in
Indianapolis, where they will participate in a community project
benefitting the host city. Members of the Allstate WBCA Good Works
Team® will be recognized during the 2015 WBCA Convention and at
the 2015 NCAA Women's Final Four® in Tampa Bay, and will also
participate in a local community project. Allstate is an official
corporate partner of the NABC, WBCA and NCAA.
Former Duke University student-athlete, two-time NCAA champion
and seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill will headline the Allstate
NABC Good Works Team® voting panel, while WNBA basketball star
Tamika Catchings, who played at the University of Tennessee, will
serve on the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team® panel. In addition
to Hollander, Hill and Catchings, the 2015 Allstate NABC and WBCA
Good Works Teams® selection panel members include: former
college basketball student-athletes Greg Anthony (UNLV), Mateen
Cleaves (Michigan State) and Alana Beard (Duke); former head
coaches Bobby Cremins (College of Charleston), Seth Greenberg
(Virginia Tech), Marsha Sharp (Texas Tech) and Nell Fortner
(Auburn); current college basketball coach Coquese Washington (Penn
State); and media members Seth Davis (Sports Illustrated/CBS), Dana
O'Neil (ESPN), Carolyn Peck (ESPN) and LaChina Robinson
(ESPN/FOX).