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2009-10 AUS Men's Basketball Awards and All-Star Teams Announced
Upshaw, Charters and Nkrumah all repeat winners as AUS hardware handed out
Courtesy of Atlantic University Sport
March 11, 2010 (SYDNEY, NS) - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2009-10 men's basketball major award winners and all-star teams as chosen by the eight Atlantic conference head coaches following regular season play.
For the second year in a row, the Atlantic University Sport Most Valuable Player is Christian Upshaw of the StFX X-Men.
Upshaw, a fourth year guard from Halifax, NS, and the 2006-07 AUS Rookie of the Year, finished third in league scoring this year with a 19.5 points per game average. He also led the conference in assists (6.00 per game), ranked fourth in AUS steals (2.30 per game) and was seventh in free-throw percentage (81.4 per cent).
This season, Christian appeared in all 20 regular season games for the X-Men, currently ranked No. 4 in the country after finishing with an 18-2 record. He scored 20 or more points on 11 occasions this year and broke the 30-point barrier twice.
In just four seasons with the StFX program, Upshaw is already the StFX school leader in career steals with 162 and his 386 career assists rank him third in X-Men history.
"Christian had another phenomenal year for us," comments StFX head coach Steve Konchalski. "He is a leader for our program who has done it all for the X-Men this year, helping us to a an 18-2 regular season record and a consistent top 5 national ranking. His selection as AUS MVP is the first time I can recall a 5'10" point guard ever winning back-to-back league honours."
Christian is the first repeat winner of this award since Gabe Goree of the Saint Mary's Huskies took home the honour in back-to-back years in 2002-03 and 2003-04.
Upshaw is one of only four StFX players to be named AUS MVP in the past 30 years, joining Fred Perry, Kyle Gayle and John Hatch as the only X-Men to win the award.
He will once again be the conference representative for the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as the most outstanding player in CIS basketball. The last Atlantic conference player to win the CIS award was William Njoku of the Saint Mary's Huskies in 1992-93. |