Louisiana Tech senior forward Antonio "Tiger" Meeking is a first-team selection of the Louisiana Men's Collegiate Basketball Team.

Meeking, an All-Western Athletic Conference selection and first-teamer on the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 8 team, is also one of 64 collegiate seniors picked to play in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament from April 9 - April 12 in Portsmouth, Va.The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament will be scouted by all 29 NBA teams, the NBA Operations Office and the NBA Scouting Office.

Meeking finished his career as Tech's 11th All-Time leading scorer with 1,541 points and 10th All-Time leading rebounding with 813 boards. Meeking also finished his Tech career ranked No. 5 in school blocked shots with 61.

The 6'8", 265-pound product of Farmerville (La.) High School finished the season as the Western Athletic Conference's No. 3 scorer with 17.9 points per game and league's No. 6 rebounder with 7.3 boards per contest.

LSU's Ronald Dupree was named the Player of the Year while LSU's John Brady was named Coach of the Year. Newcomer of the Year accolades went to LSU's Jaime Lloreda while Freshman of the Year honors were shared by Grambling State's Brion Rush and Northwestern State's Jermaine Wallace.

Joining Meeking and Dupree on the All-Louisiana First Team were New Orleans' Hector Romero, Grambling State's Paul Haynes and Louisiana-Lafayette's Brad Boyd.


Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Basketball Team

FIRST TEAM
Ronald Dupree, Sr., LSU
Antonio Meeking, Sr., Louisiana Tech
Hector Romero, Sr., New Orleans
Brad Boyd, Jr., Louisiana-Lafayette
Paul Haynes, Jr., Grambling State

SECOND TEAM
Waitari Marsh, Sr., Tulane
Kirby Lemons, Sr., Louisiana-Monroe
Andrew Wisniewski, Jr., Centenary
Jaime Lloreda, Jr., LSU
Chad Barnes, So., Loyola

THIRD TEAM
Torris Bright, Sr., LSU
Will McDonald, Sr., Grambling State
Michael Southall, So., Louisiana-Lafayette
Collis Temple III, Sr., LSU
Brandon Brown, Sr., Tulane

HONORABLE MENTION
Jason Coleman, McNeese State
Brion Rush, Grambling State
Amir Abdur-Rahim, Southeast Louisiana
Jermaine Wallace, Northwestern State

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ronald Dupree, LSU

COACH OF THE YEAR
John Brady, LSU

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Jaime Lloreda, LSU

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Brion Rush, Grambling State
Jermaine Wallace, Northwestern State