LaRon Dendy of Middle Tennessee State has been named the 2012 Sun Belt Player of the Year.

Joining Dendy on the All-Sun Belt First Team are Tony Mitchell of North Texas, Augustine Rubit of South Alabama, Chris Udofia of Denver and D'Andre Williams of Arkansas-Little Rock.

On the All-Sun Belt Second Team are Marcos Knight of Middle Tennessee State, Josh Brown of Louisiana-Lafayette, Denver's Brian Stafford, Will Neighbour of Arkansas-Little Rock and DeJuan Wright of Florida International.

On the All-Sun Belt Third Team are Florida International's Jeremy Allen and Phillip Taylor, Western Kentucky's Derrick Gordon, Malcoln Kirkland of Arkansas State and J.T. Sulton of Middle Tennessee State.

Udofia was the Defensive Player of the Year award and Mitchell won Freshman of the Year honors.

Matt Dellavedova of Saint Mary's has been named the 2012 West Coast Player of the Year. This marks the second consecutive season in which a member of Saint Mary's has won the award, following Mickey McConnell.

Between 1998 and 2010, a member of Gonzaga won it in every year except two.

Dellavedova averaged 15.5 points, 6.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game for the Gaels.

Joining Dellavedova on the All-Conference First Team are Gonzaga's Elias Harris, Kevin Pangos and Robert Sacre, Brandon Davies and Noah Hartsock of Brigham Young, Anthony Ireland and Drew Viney of Loyola Marymount and Angelo Caloiaro of San Francisco.

Receiving Honorable Mention are BYU's Matt Carlino, Pepperdine's Corbin Moore, Stephen Holt of Saint Mary's, San Diego's Johnny Dee, and Perris Blackwell and Rashad Green of San Francisco.

Sacre was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Pangos received the Newcomer of the Year award.

Joining Pangos on the All-Freshman Team was teammate Gary Bell Jr., Brad Waldow of Saint Mary's, along with Carlino and Dee.

Despite playing just 22.0 minutes per game in conference play, De'Mon Brooks was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year. Brooks averaged 27.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.9 fouls per 36 minutes.

Brooks was joined on the All-Southern Conference Team by teammate Jake Cohen, Georgia Southern's Eric Ferguson, Wofford's Kevin Giltner, Citadel's Mike Groselle, Elon's Jack Isenbarger, Wofford's Brad Loesing, UNC Greensboro's Travis Simpson, and Trent Wiedeman and Antwaine Wiggins of Charleston.

Loesing was named Defensive Player of the Year, while Karl Cochran of Wofford was named Freshman of the Year.

Cochran was joined on the All-Freshmen Team by Samford's Tyler Hood and Raijon Kelly, Elon's Austin Hamilton and Charleston's Adjehi Baru.

Murray State's Isaiah Canaan was named the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. Canaan averaged 19.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Canaan was joined on the All-OVC First Team by teammate Donte Poole, Tennessee Tech's Kevin Murphy and Jud Dillard, and Tennessee State's Robert Covington.

On the All-OVC Second Team are Murray State's Ivan Aska, Austin Peay's John Fraley, Jeremy Granger of Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky's Jaron Jones, Southeast Missouri State's Tyler Stone and Mark Yelovich of SIU-Edwardsville.

Murray State's Jewuan Long was named Defensive Player of the Year, while Tennessee-Martin's Myles Taylor was named Freshman of the Year.

Creighton's Doug McDermott has been named the 2012 Missouri Valley Player of the Year.

McDermott, who was the Freshman of the Year last season, averaged 23.1 points on 60.7% shooting and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Joining McDermott on the All-Conference First Team are Wichita State's Joe Ragland and Garrett Stutz, Kyle Weems of Missouri State and Colt Ryan of Evansville.

On the All-Conference Second Team are Drake's Rayvonte Rice and Ben Simons, Antoine Young of Creighton, Jackie Carmichael of Illinois State and Jake Odum of Indiana State.

Taylor Brown of Bradley, Denver Holmes of Evansville, Anthony James of Northern Iowa, Toure' Murry of Wichita State and Mamadou Seck of Southern Illinois received Honorable Mention.

Gregory Echenique of Creighton was named the Defensive Player of the Year and joined on the All-Defensive Team by Ben Smith, Toure' Murry, Troy Taylor and Carmichael.

Evansville's Ned Cox was named Sixth-Man of the Year and Sean Tuttle of Northern Iowa was Freshman of the Year.

Tuttle was joined on the All-Freshman Team by teammate Deon Mitchell, Dantiel Daniels of Southern Illinois, Nic Moore of Illinois State and Ryan Sawvell of Evansville.

Carl Hall of Wichita State was named Newcomer of the Year.

USC Upstate Torrey Craig has been named the 2012 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year.

Craig is a 6-foot-6 sophomore who averaged 17.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game while also recording at least one block, assist and steal.

Joining Craig on the All-Atlantic Sun First Team are Belmont's Ian Clark, Drew Hanlen and Kerron Johnson, along with Mercer's Langston Hall and Adam Sollazzo of East Tennessee State.

On the Second Team All-Atlantic Sun are Sherwood Brown of Florida Gulf Coast, Markeith Cummings of Kennesaw State, Mick Hedgepeth of Belmont, Adam Pegg of Stetson and Parker Smith of North Florida.

Ian Clark also was named Defensive Player of the Year, while USC Upstate's Ty Greene was Freshman of the Year.

Joining Greene on the All-Freshmen Team are teammate Bernard Thompson, Malcolm Smith of Lipscomb, Delbert Love of Kennesaw State and Brett Comer of Florida Gulf Coast.

Ronald Nored, a 6-foot, 175 pound guard at Butler, was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the league's first two-time winner.

"I've faced some tough defenders in the SEC, but I've never been defended by a guy off the ball the way he can trail screens," said teammate Rotnei Clarke, who transferred from Arkansas. "The way he can guard off the ball is unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it.

"In my opinion, he's the best defender in the country.”

Butler has climbed to 41st in points allowed per 100 possessions -- better than every other Butler team in the past decade except for the 2009-10 national runners-up who were 33-5.

Lehigh's C.J. McCollum has been named the Patriot League Player of the Year.

Joining McCollum on the First Team are Army's Ella Ellis, American University's Charles Hinkle, Mike Muscala of Bucknell and Lafayette's Ryan Willen.

The Second Team consists of Bucknell's Cameron Ayers, Bryan Cohen and Joe Willman, Lafayette's Tony Johnson, Lehigh's Gabe Knutson and Devin Brown of Holy Cross.

Cohen was also named the Defensive Player of the Year, while Justin Burrell of Holy Cross was named Rookie of the Year.

Joining Burrell on the All-Rookie Team are Seth Hinrichs and Daniel Trist of Lafayette, Worth Smith of Navy and Army's Maxwell Lenox.

Valparaiso's Ryan Broekhoff has been named the Horizon League Player of the Year.

Joining Broekhoff on the All-League First Team are teammate Kevin Van Wijk, Green Bay's Alec Brown, Ray McCallum of Detroit and Youngstown State's Kendrick Perry.

On the All-League Second Team are Trevon Harmon of Cleveland State, Ben Averkamp of Loyola, Julius May of Wright State, Butler's Ronald Nored and Milwaukee's Kaylon Williams.

Nored was also named the Defensive Player of the Year, while Detroit's Eli Holman won Sixth Man honors. Mays was the Newcomer of the Year.

Joining Mays on the All-Newcomer Team are Cleveland State's Anton Grady, Butler's Roosevelt Jones, Green Bay's Keifer Sykes and Gary Talton of Illinois-Chicago.

Matt Dickey of North Carolina-Asheville has been named the Big South Player of the Year.

Joining Dickey on the All-Big South First Team is High Point's Nick Barbour, Presbyterian's Al'lonzo Coleman, Campbell's Eric Griffin, Charleston Southern's Kelvin Martin and Liberty's Jesse Sanders.

On the All-Big South Second Team are Chris Gradnigo and Anthony Raffa of Coastal Carolina, Virginia Military's Stan Okoye, Campbell's Darren White and J.P. Primm of North Carolina-Asheville.

Kelvin Martin was named Big South Defensive Player of the Year and Trey Freeman of Campbell was the Big South Freshman of the Year.

Joining Freeman on the Big South All-Freshman Team are Radford's Javonte Green and R.J. Price, along with Charleston Southern's Arlon Harper and Saah Nimley.