BOSTON — Sam Houston graduate transfer Savion Flagg has been named to the 2021-22 Lou Henson All-America team, CollegeInsider.com recently announced.
 
Flagg is also a finalist for the Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award, which is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I college basketball. It honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
 
Flagg averaged 18.6 points per game this season for the Bearkats. He also averaged 8.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists and had nine double-doubles.
 
He will also be playing in the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship at The Sugar Mill in New Orleans April 1-3. Games will be televised on ESPN U and ESPN2 and streamed on Twitter at @3X3UHoops.
 
The Lou Henson award is named after the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989.
 
Henson, who is also the all-time winningest coach in New Mexico State history with 289 victories, is one of only 11 coaches to take two different schools to the NCAA Final Four. His teams have made 19 NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances.
 
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC and West Coast.