Melvin Frazier Garners LSWA Men's Basketball First Team Selection
Apr 7, 2018 | Men's Basketball
NEW ORLEANS - The list of awards following the completion of Tulane standout Melvin Frazier's junior season continues to grow, as he has been named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Men's College Basketball First Team for the 2017-18 season.
An Avondale, Louisiana native, Frazier was chosen to the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team, voted the league's Most Improved Player of the Year and was tabbed to the NABC all-district second team in March.
Frazier was named The American Player of the Week once and received Jamaica Classic MVP honors, before being named LSWA Men's Basketball Player of the Month for November.
The 6-foot-6 guard led the conference in steals (65), ranked second in field goal percentage (.556), fourth in scoring (15.9), fifth in minutes per game (34.4) and 12th in rebounding (5.6). His 65 steals were the fifth most in a single season in program history and the most by a Tulane player in 21 years.
On March 27, he declared for the 2018 NBA Draft, but will follow NCAA guidelines to retain his collegiate eligibility.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Frank Bartley, Louisiana
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Roddy Peters, Nicholls
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Tremont Waters, LSU
COACH OF THE YEAR – Bob Marlin, Louisiana
FIRST TEAM
Frank Bartley, Louisiana – 17.8 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 2.6 apg., First-team All-Sun Belt Conference
Stevie Clark, LSU Shreveport – 20.8 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 4.2 apg., RRAC Player/Newcomer of the Year
Melvin Frazier, Tulane – 15.9 ppg., 5.6 rpg., 2.9 apg., Second-team All-American Athletic Conference
Roddy Peters, Nicholls – 19.7 ppg., 5.9 rpg., 4.2 apg., SLC Newcomer of the Year, First-team All-SLC
Tremont Waters, LSU – 15.9 ppg., 6.0 apg., 3.4 rpg., SEC All-Freshman Team
