March 12, 2011
RUSTON - Junior forward Olu Ashaolu was named the Western Athletic Conference NetScouts Basketball International Player of the Year.
He was also named to the Honorable Mention All-International team.
A native of Toronto, Canada, Ashaolu ranked second in the conference with 14.2 points per game and second with 9.4 rebounds per game. In WAC games only, he ranked fifth with 12.9 points per game and second with 9.4 rebounds per game.
Ashaolu ranks 16th in the nation with 16 double-doubles and 37th in rebounds according to the latest NCAA statistics.
By finishing the season with at least 9.0 rebounds per game, Ashaolu became the first Bulldog to do so since Paul Millsap finished the 2005-06 season with an average of 13.3 rebounds per game.
The highlight of the season for Ashaolu came on Jan. 22 at Nevada when the 6-7 forward scored a career-high 26 points and 17 rebounds.
This adds to the list of honors that Ashaolu received this past week which are all-WAC Honorable Mention, WAC all-Defensive Teams and the NABC all-District 6 Second Team.
NetScouts Basketball, is the expert on International Basketball in the United States and can be found at NetScoutsBasketball.com.
NetScouts Basketball All-WAC Team
Player of the Year: Tai Wesley-Utah State
Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Graham, San Jose State
Coach of the Year: Stew Morrill, Utah State
International Player of the Year: Olu Ashaolu - Louisiana Tech
Freshman of the Year: Deonte Burton, Nevada
All-International First Team
Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure (Canada)
Nikola Vucevic, USC (Montenegro)
Arsalan Kazemi, Rice (Iran)
Matt Dellavedova, St. Mary's (Australia)
Jorge Gutierrez, California (Mexico)
All-International Second Team
Tristan Thompson, Texas (Canada)
Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Washington (England)
Vlad Moldoveanu, American (Romania)
Gilberto Clavel, Sam Houston State (Puerto Rico)
Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt (Sweden)
Honorable Mention
Festus Ezeli, Vanderbilt (Nigeria)
Adnan Hodzic,Lipscomb (Bosnia)
Cory Joseph, Texas (Canada)
Kris Joseph, Syracuse (Canada)
Olu Ashaolu, LA Tech (Canada)
Robert Sacre, Gonzaga (Canada)
Elias Harris, Gonzaga (Germany)
