Overton Named Pac-10 Defensive POY By Sporting News

By Athletic Communications on March 10, 2010 1:53 PM | No Comments

The Sporting News handed out its postseason college basketball awards and the Huskies were well represented in their Pac-10 awards.

Venoy Overton was named the publication's Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, Quincy Pondexter was named to the first team all-conference squad and Isaiah Thomas was named to the second team.

Cal's Jerome Randle was their Player of the Year, Mike Montgomery the Coach of the Year and Arizona's Derrick Williams was the Freshman of the Year.

Sporting News named a five man team first team that also included Cal's Patrick Christopher, Stanford's Landry Fields, Williams, Pondexter and Randle.

Thomas was joined on the second team by ASU's Derek Glasser, UCLA's Michael Roll, WSU's Klay Thompson and Cal's Theo Robertson.

The Sporting News did not release an all-defensive team, just their top player.