Mays Named Newcomer of the Year; Second Team

Wright State men’s basketball player Julius Mays was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year Monday by league coaches and media.� The junior guard was also selected to the league’s Second Team.

The Marion, Indiana native averaged 14.2 points and 2.9 rebounds as he played in 29 games this season, shooting 43% from the field, 84% from the free throw line and connecting on 48 three-pointers.� He also led the team in steals (41) and assists (72).� His career-high 33 points versus UIC on January 25 was also the season high by any Horizon League player this season. In that game, he connected on 19 free throws, setting a new school record and tying the League mark.

Mays is WSU’s fifth player to receive the Newcomer of the Year Award since 1995: Vitaly Potapenko (1995), Kevin Melson (1999), Jesse Deister (2001) and Cain Doliboa (2002).

The Raiders open Horizon League Tournament play Tuesday night at Butler at 7 pm Eastern.� The game can be heard live on WBZI, 100.3 FM, Info Radio 1600AM and myclassiccountry.com or watched on the Horizon League Network.

The following is the 2011-12 men's basketball All-Horizon League teams:

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FIRST TEAM ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Ryan Broekhoff	Valparaiso	Jr.	F
Ray McCallum	Detroit	So.	G
Kendrick Perry	Youngstown State	So.	G
Kevin Van Wijk	Valparaiso	Jr.	F
Alec Brown	Green Bay	So.	C

�SECOND TEAM ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Kaylon Williams	Milwaukee	Sr.	G
Trevon Harmon	Cleveland State	Sr.	G
Julius Mays	Wright State	Jr.	G
Ben Averkamp	Loyola	Jr.	F
Ronald Nored	Butler	Sr.	G

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HORIZON LEAGUE ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Julius Mays	Wright State	Jr.	G
Keifer Sykes	Green Bay	Fr.	G
Anton Grady	Cleveland State	Fr.	F
Roosevelt Jones	Butler	Fr.	F
Gary Talton	UIC	Jr.	G

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HORIZON LEAGUE ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Ronald Nored	Butler	Sr.	G
Damian Eargle	Youngstown State	Jr.	C
D'Aundray Brown	Cleveland State	Sr.	G
Trevon Harmon	Cleveland State	Sr.	G
Ryan Allen	Milwaukee	Sr.	G