HAMMOND, La. – An already long list of postseason accolades continues to get longer for Nicholls State University senior guard Fred Hunter, as he was recently named first team All-Louisiana by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association, giving the Denton, Texas native his fourth honor since the end of the season.
 
Hunter was one of the 15 named to the first, second or third team by the association in a vote conducted by the various sportswriters around the state and sports information directors. The guard also finished third in voting in the player of the year category, finishing with six votes behind Tulane's Josh Davis who won the award with nine votes and LSU's Johnny O'Bryant who had seven.
 
Finishing the season as the Southland scoring champ, Hunter was ranked in the top 25 nationally in scoring and field goal percentage with a 19.9 ppg and 57 percent field goal clip. For his efforts he was named first team All-Southland, to the USBWA all-district team and second team all-region by the NABC.
 
He led the team in scoring 19 times and rebounding 20 times, scoring in double figures in every game but four, culminating the season with 16 20-plus point offerings and four 30-plus point games. After having just two double-doubles coming into his final year, Hunter bested that by eight as he accumulated ten on the season getting three in every game against McNeese State, two against Southland tournament champ Northwestern State, Central Arkansas, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Vanderbilt and Utah State.
 
Anatoly Bose was the last Colonel to earn first team All-Louisiana honors at the end of the 2011 season, as now he and Hunter are the most recent Nicholls players to earn multiple LSWA honors in a career.
 
FIRST TEAM
Josh Davis, Tulane, F, Jr., Raleigh, N.C. – 17.6 ppg., 10.7 rpg.
Johnny O'Bryant, LSU, F, Soph., Cleveland, Miss. – 13.6 ppg., 8.7 rpg.
Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech, G, Soph., Jacksonville, Ark. – 14.9 ppg., 2.7 rpg.
Fred Hunter, Nicholls, F, Sr., Denton, Texas – 19.9 ppg., 8.1 rpg.
Derick Beltran, Southern, G, Sr., Riverview, Fla. – 15.9 ppg., 4.5 rpg.
 
SECOND TEAM
Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette, G, Soph., Gretna, La. – 15.9 ppg., 5.6 rpg., 5.5 assists
Brandon Fortenberry, Southeastern Louisiana, G, Sr., Picayune, Miss. - 14.9 ppg., 4.5 rpg.
Brandon Davis, LSU-Shreveport, F, Jr., Pomona, Calif. – 21.8 ppg., 12.4 rpg., 3.9 assists
DeQuan Hicks, Northwestern State, F, Jr., Racine, Wisc. – 14.0 ppg., 5.9 rpg., 1.6 steals
Jonathan Blount, Centenary, G, Jr., Shreveport, La. – 21.0 ppg., 3.1 rpg.
 
THIRD TEAM
Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette, F, Fr., Morgan City, La. – 15.5 ppg., 10.2 rpg.
Robert Lovaglio, Loyola, F, Jr., Winter Park, Fla. – 19.7 ppg., 6.2 rpg., 2.6 assists
Rodney Milum, LSU-Shreveport, G, Sr., Houston, Texas – 22.8 ppg., 2.9 rpg.
Malcolm Miller, Southern, G, Jr., Midland, Texas – 15.8 ppg., 6.0 rpg.
Ricky Tarrant, Tulane, G, Soph., Pleasant Grove, Ala. – 15.7 ppg., 2.8 rpg., 3.6 assists
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Anthony Hickey, LSU; Jarrain Jenkins, Dillard; Wanto Joseph, Xavier; Jalan West, Northwestern State; Shamir Davis, Northwestern State; Denzell Erves, Xavier.
 
Player of the Year: Josh Davis, Tulane
Voting: Davis, Tulane (9); Johnny O'Bryant, LSU (7); Fred Hunter, Nicholls (6); Jonathan Blount, Centenary (5); Brandon Davis, LSU-Shreveport (5); Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech (3); Derick Beltran, Southern (2); Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette (1). 
 
Newcomer of the Year: DeQuan Hicks, Northwestern State
Voting: Hicks, Northwestern State (16); Malcolm Miller, Southern (13); Rodney Milum, LSU-Shreveport (8); Shavon Coleman, LSU (1).
 
Freshman of the Year: Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette
Voting: Long, Louisiana-Lafayette (28); Jalan West, Northwestern State (4); Jarrain Jenkins, Dillard (3); Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech (2); Terry Rose, Grambling (1).
 
Coach of the Year: Roman Banks, Southern
Voting: Banks, Southern (17); Michael White, Louisiana Tech (9); Mike McConathy, Northwestern State (8); Kyle Blankenship, LSU-Shreveport (4).