BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ
After their dominant regular season, the Memphis Tigers left their fingerprints all over the AAC awards. Here is how the awards shaped out.
Player of the Year PJ Haggerty, G, Memphis
Coach of the Year Penny Hardaway, Memphis/Amir Abdur Rahim, South Florida (honorary)
Newcomer of the Year Dain Dainja, Sr., C, Memphis
Defensive Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg, Sr., F-C, UAB
Freshman of the Year Matas Vokietaitis, C, Florida Atlantic
All-Conference First Team
Xavier Bell, Sr., G, Wichita State
Rowan Brumbaugh, so., G, Tulane
Dain Dainja, Sr., C, Memphis
RJ Felton, Sr., G, East Carolina
PJ Haggerty, so., G, Memphis
Tyrese Hunter, Sr., G, Memphis
Yaxel Lendeborg, Sr., F, UAB
Brenen Lorient, Jr., F, North Texas
C.J. Walker, Sr., F, East Carolina
Atin Wright, Sr., G, North Texas
All-Conference Second Team
Kaleb Banks, jr., F, Tulane
Tre Carroll, jr., F, Florida Atlantic
Kaleb Glenn, so., F, Florida Atlantic
Jamal Mashburn Jr., sr., G, Temple
Baba Miller, jr., F, Florida Atlantic
Dwon Odom, Sr., G, Tulsa
Jamille Reynolds, Sr., C, South Florida
Primo Spears, Sr., G, UTSA
Alejandro Vasquez, sr., G, UAB
Corey Washington, jr., F, Wichita State
All-Newcomer Team
Rowan Brumbaugh, so., G, Tulane
Dain Dainja, sr., C, Memphis
Tyrese Hunter, sr., G, Memphis
Jamal Mashburn Jr., sr., G, Temple
Atin Wright, sr., G, North Texas
All-Freshman Team
CJ Brown, G, South Florida
Ian Smikle, F, Tulsa
Aiden Tobiason, G, Temple
Matas Vokietaitis, C, Florida Atlantic
Kam Williams, F, Tulane
This is only the second time since joining the AAC that Memphis has multiple first-team All-AAC players. Penny Hardaway has led Memphis to its first AAC regular-season championship.
The AAC tournament will begin on Wednesday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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