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Men’s Basketball: NMSU’s Allen named WAC Player, Newcomer of the Year

New Mexico State junior guard Teddy Allen was named on Monday the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, one of three Aggies honored in the league’s postseason all-conference honors.

The 6-foot-6 Allen, who has previously played at West Virginia and Nebraska, was also named by the league’s coaches as Newcomer of the Year and was one of eight players voted onto the league’s expanded all-conference first team.

Allen is averaging 20.6 points per game and is the fifth Aggie to be named WAC Player of the Year, joining past NM State WAC Player of the Years Daniel Mullings (2014), Pascal Siakam (2016), Ian Baker (2017) and Jemerrio Jones (2018).