Three Lions honored with conference awards

Three Lions were honored today by the West Coast Conference as it announced its end of the season conference awards. Freshman Anthony Ireland was named to the WCC All-Freshman team, while Drew Viney and Vernon Teel were both named to the Honorable Mention team. Both Viney and Teel were on last season's All-WCC First Team.

Ireland is averaging 10.1 points per game, second best in the league among freshmen. He is also eighth in the league in assists per game at 3.1. The Lions have now placed someone on the All-Freshmen team three years in a row, with Ashley Hamilton being named last year and Jarred DuBois being named the year before.

Viney is tied for second in the league in scoring, with 16.8 ppg, and was obviously hurt by the fact that the Lions finished the season just 2-12 when it comes to the conference awards. He also missed two and a half games due to migraines.

Teel stuffed the stat sheet once again this season, averaging 12.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game in his final season.

Saint Mary's Mickey McConnell won Player of the Year while his Head Coach Randy Bennett won Coach of the Year.