Deonte Burton of Nevada has been named the 2012 WAC Player of the Year. Burton was Freshman of the Year last season.

Joining Burton on the All-Conference First Team is teammate Olek Czyz, Hawaii's Vander Joaquim, Wendell McKines of New Mexico State and Utah State's Preston Medlin.

On the All-Conference Second Team is Nevada's Dario Hunt, Louisiana Tech's Raheem Appleby, Hernst Laroche of New Mexico State and Kevin Olekaibe of Fresno State.

Appleby was also named Freshman of the Year.

Receiving Honorable Mention votes were Nevada's Malik Story, New Mexico State's Hamidu Rahman, Utah State's Brockeith Pane, Zane Johnson of Hawaii, Idaho's Deremy Geiger and Trevor Gaskins of Louisiana Tech.

On the All-Defensive Team is Hunt, Gaskins, Joaquim, Idaho's Landon Tatum and Nevada's Jerry Evans.