IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the men’s basketball award winners and all-conference teams for the 2020-21 season ahead of the 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, to be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, March 11-14. The selections were made by the league’s 11 head coaches.
Houston junior Quentin Grimes and Wichita State sophomore Tyson Etienne both earned Player of the Year honors. Shocker head coach Isaac Brown was a unanimous selection as Coach of the Year.
Houston had two more individual award winners as seniors DeJon Jarreau and Justin Gorham were named Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Improved Player, respectively.