CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Winthrop head coach Gregg Marshall has been voted the 2003 Big South Conference Coach of the Year after leading his Eagles to a third regular season Big South championship in his five-year tenure. For Marshall, this is his second Coach of the Year honor after receiving the award in 1999.
In addition to Marshall’s award, senior point guard Pierre Wooten, junior forward Tyrone Walker and freshman center Billy Houston were also honored prior to the opening game of the 2003 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Championship Tournament that got underway at four sites Tuesday night. The awards, as well as the All-Conference teams and the All-Freshman team, are voted on by the League’s head coaches, sports information directors and selected media. The Scholar-Athlete award and the All-Academic team are selected by the sports information directors.
Wooten and Walker were voted to the All-Big South First Team while Houston was named to the five-man All-Freshman squad. Wooten also took home the 2003 Big South Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award.
Coastal Carolina’s Torrey Butler and Winthrop’s Gregg Marshall won the top men’s basketball awards for 2003 the League announced tonight prior to the start of the 2003 Advance Auto Parts Men’s Basketball Championship.
Marshall earned his second Coach of the Year honor for leading his team to a first place finish for the third time in five years. Butler was tabbed Player of the Year to become only the third player in League history to win the award more than once. Butler, who also won the award in 2001, joins Coastal Carolina’s Tony Dunkin and UNC Asheville’s Josh Pittman as the League’s only repeat winners.
Radford freshman Whit Holcomb-Faye was named Freshman of the Year and Winthrop Pierre Wooten earned the men’s basketball Scholar-Athlete award.
First Team All-Conference
Torrey Butler, Coastal Carolina
Gabe Martin, Liberty
Andre Smith, UNC Asheville
Ben McGonagil, UNC Asheville
Tyrone Walker, Winthrop
Pierre Wooten, Winthrop
Second Team All-Conference
Charles White, Charleston Southern
Kevin Warzynski, Charleston Southern
Ed O’Neil, Charleston Southern
Joe Knight, High Point
Danny Gathings, High Point
All-Freshman Team
Scottie Rice, Elon
Rasmi Gamble, Elon
Jeremy Monceaux, Liberty
Whit Holcomb-Faye, Radford
Billy Houston, Winthrop
Freshman of the Year
Whit Holcomb-Faye, Radford
Player of the Year
Torrey Butler, Coastal Carolina
Coach of the Year
Gregg Marshall, Winthrop
All-Academic Team
Shema Mbyirukira, Birmingham-Southern
Trent Drafts, Charleston Southern
Clint Nagel, Coastal Carolina
Ross Sims, Elon
Brent Halsch, High Point
Ryan Mantlo, Liberty
Olumuyiwa Popoola, Radford
Alex Kragel, UNC Asheville
Pierre Wooten, Winthrop
Scholar-Athlete
Pierre Wooten, Winthrop
