LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State forward Pascal Siakam was named to the 2016 Lou Henson All-America Team on Friday as a finalist for the Lou Henson National Player of the Year.
 
The Lou Henson Award is presented to the top mid-major player in the nation by CollegeInsider.com
 
Siakam is one of the 31 players selected to the team. The 6-9 sophomore from Douala, Cameroon who led the Aggies (23-11, 13-1) to their second consecutive Western Athletic Conference Championship and a berth in the National Invitation Tournament, was named an honorable mention AP All-American earlier this week.
 
The unanimous WAC Player of the Year, Siakam has also been chosen first team All-WAC, to the WAC All-Defensive Team, to the NABC All-District 6 first team and to the USBWA All-District VIII team.
 
Siakam leads the nation with 27 double-doubles, ranking eighth in rebounding with 11.6 boards per game and 26th in scoring with 20.3 points per contest. He is the only player in NCAA Division I averaging a double-double that averages 20 points a game. Siakam is also ranked 32nd with 2.24 blocked shots per game.
 
Siakam was also named WAC Player of the Week an unprecedented five times this season.
 
Now in its seventh year, the Lou Henson Award honors National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame coach and Aggie legend Lou Henson who directed both NM State and Illinois to the Final Four in his illustrious 41-year coaching career. With a career record of 779-412, the 1955 NM State graduate is currently 11th all-time in career Division I victories, and was sixth on that list when he fully retired from the floor in January of 2005. Henson is one of now 13 coaches to take two teams to the Final Four.
 
Henson is the all-time winningest coach at both New Mexico State and Illinois after starting his career at Hardin-Simmons.
 
The Henson Award will be announced on Monday at the CollegeInsiders.com Award presentation in Houston.
 
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2016 LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Ron Baker, 6-4, Sr., Wichita State
D.J. Balentine, 6-2, Sr,, Evansville
Anthony Beane, 6-2, Sr., Southern Illinois
Joel Bolomboy, 6-9, Sr., Weber State
Nathan Boothe, 6-9, Sr., Toledo
Evans Bradds, 6-7, Jr., Belmont
Josh Braun, 6-4, So., Grand Canyon
John Brown, 6-8, Sr., High Point
Antonio Campbell, 6-10, Jr., Ohio
Kyle Collinsworth, 6-6, Sr., BYU
Stephen Croone, 6-0, Sr., Furman
A.J. English, 6-4, Sr., Iona
Nick Faust, 6-6, Sr., Long Beach State
Chris Flemmings, 6-5, Jr., UNCW
Juan'ya Green, 6-2, Sr., Hofstra
Quinton Hooker, 6-0, Jr., North Dakota
Stefan Jankovic, 6-11, Jr., Hawaii
Tim Kempton, 6-10, Jr., Lehigh
Max Landis, 6-2, Sr., IPFW
Maodo Lo, 6-3, Sr., Columbia
Shawn Long, 6-9, Sr., UL-Lafayette
Damon Lynn, 5-11, Jr., NJIT
Egidijus Mockevicius, 6-10, Sr., Evansville
Dallas Moore, 6-1, Jr., North Florida
Alec Peters, 6-9, Jr., Valparaiso
Justin Sears, 6-8, Sr., Yale
Pascal Siakam, 6-9, So., New Mexico State
Ethan Telfair, 6-0, Jr., Idaho State
Rashawn Thomas, 6-8, Jr., Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Thomas Walkup, 6-4, Sr., Stephen. F. Austin
Jameel Warney, 6-8, Sr., Stony Brook
 
NOTE: Due to a tie in the voting there is one additional player named to the team