LOS ANGELES - LMU's Cam Shelton has been named a finalist for the Lou Henson Award. This award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in division
I college basketball and honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons. 

Shelton enters Friday as West Coast Conference's top scorer at 21.4 points per game, which ranks 13th nationally. Shelton has scored 664 points this season, which is top-10 in Division I as part of his First Team All-WCC season.

Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.

The recipient of the 2023 award will be announced in March, in Houston site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.

2022-23 LOU HENSON AWARD FINALISTS
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Dalton Bolon, Charleston
Mike Bothwell, Furman
Jordan Brown, UL Lafayette
Joe Bryant Jr., Norfolk State
Sincere Carry, Kent State
Walter Clayton Jr., Iona 
Austin Crowley, Southern Miss
Antoine Davis, Detroit
RayJ Dennis, Toledo
Tucker DeVries, Drake
Jordan Dingle, Penn
Aaron Estrada, Hofstra
Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's
Tevian Jones, Southern Utah
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Ryan Larson, Charleston
Darius McGhee, Liberty
Ajay Mitchell, UCSB
Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
Dylan Penn, Vermont
Brandin Podziemski, Santa Clara
Tucker Richardson, Colgate
Cam Shelton, LMU
DeMarcus Sharp, Northwestern State
Ben Sheppard, Belmont
JT Shumate, Toledo
Jalen Slawson, Furman
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Chris Youngblood, Kennesaw State