SWAC announces 2007 men's conference basketball honors

March 6, 2007

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2007 All-Conference Honors for men’s basketball: Jackson State’s Trey Johnson and Alabama A&M’s Mickell Gladness claimed the top honors for the conference.

The 2007 SWAC Player of the Year, Johnson – a 6-foot-5, 218-pound, senior from Jackson, Mississippi – led the conference in scoring and was second in the nation averaging 27.1 points per game. He also finished the season averaging 4.5 rebounds, 2.52 assists, and 0.8 steals per game. He scored 49 points at Texas-El Paso including the game winner during the Sun Bowl Tournament. He also had 11 30-point outings on the season.

Named the 2007 SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, Gladness, a 6-foot-11, 205-pound, junior from Sylacauga, Alabama was one of the nation’s toughest defender in the paint. Leading the conference in blocked shots, his 188 rejections – an average of 6.3 blocks per game – led the nation. He also averaged 7.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 0.5 steals per game. Against Texas Southern in late February, he set the NCAA single-game high with 16 blocks. He then came back in the next game and turned back 13 shots. In fact, over a four-game stretch, he had 47 blocked shots.

The SWAC Freshman of the Year is Alabama A&M’s Trant Simpson. Simpson – a 6-foot, 165-pound freshman from Huntsville, AL – came on strong towards the end of the season. He finished the season averaging 13.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.6 steals. He had 25 points, seven rebounds, and 10 assists against Prairie View A&M. He also had 21 points, five rebounds, nine assists and three steals at Texas Southern.

The SWAC Newcomer of the Year is Prairie View A&M’s Brain Ezeh. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound, junior from Houston Texas claimed the conference newcomer of the week twice. He averaged 10.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He had a 28-point, six-rebound, one-block, one-steal effort at Grambling State.

2007 SWAC All-Conference Team
Men’s Basketball

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