Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Earn Postseason Accolades
March 04, 2012 | Cowboy Basketball
March 4, 2012
Stillwater, Okla. — Oklahoma State freshman Le'Bryan Nash was named the co-Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year, it was announced Sunday afternoon as the league office announced the postseason awards. Nash was also named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team, as well as All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. Cowboy senior Keiton Page was named All-Big 12 Second Team.
Page garnered his first award from the league coaches after receiving honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press last season as a junior. The 5-9 Pawnee, Okla., native ranked second in the league in scoring for conference-games only at 18.8 points per contest. He established a school record for career three-pointers made, as well as minutes played in a career.
Nash is the first Cowboy in school history to be named the conference freshman of the year. He was named the preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and is co-Freshman of the Year with Baylor's Quincy Miller. Nash had the highest scoring average of any freshman in the league, averaging 13.3 points per game, nearly three ppg higher than Miller. Nash and Miller were joined on the Big 12 All-Rookie team by Iowa State's Royce White, Pierre Jackson of Baylor, and Texas' Myck Kabongo.
The All-Big 12 First Team members are: Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor of Kansas, Missouri's Marcus Denmon, J'Covan Brown of Texas, and Iowa State's Royce White. Joining Page on the All-Big 12 Second Team are: Baylor's Quincy Acy and Pierre Jackson, Rodney McGruder of Kansas State, and Missouri's Ricardo Ratliffe. The All-Big 12 Third Team consisted of: Missouri's Kim English and Phil Pressey, Jeff Withey of Kansas, Iowa State's Scott Christopherson, and Perry Jones of Baylor.
