Complete Daktronics All-Midwest Region teams
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana senior guard Jamar Smith (Peoria, Illinois) was named the Daktronics Midwest Region Player of the Year and first team All-Region in the vote by the region's sports information directors. Smith is the second USI player to earn the Daktronics Midwest Region Player of the Year award and first team All-Region honors. USI has had 10 prior players earn second team honors.
Chris Thompson was the first Eagle to earn the region player of the year honors in 2006.
Smith, who was the seventh Eagle to be named GLVC Player of the Year, averaged a team-high 21.6 points per game and set the USI single-game (10) and the single-season (108) marks for three-point field goals made. He also set the USI career record with 20.2 points per game in two years.
The first team All-GLVC selection became the second USI men’s basketball player to reach the 40-point plateau in a game. The 40 points against the University of Illinois-Springfield was the most by an Eagle in the history of the Physical Activities Center. He also averaged 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
The senior physical education major was named GLVC Player of the Week twice this year and the December Division II Bulletin Player of the Month nationally.