CHARLOTTE, N.C. - High Point forward Arizona Reid was named the Big South player of the year Monday, while Winthrop's Gregg Marshall was honored as the league's top coach.<br>
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Reid, a junior, was second in the league in scoring at 21.6 points per game and led the conference with 9.6 rebounds in helping the Panthers to their first 20-win season (21-9) since the school moved to Division I eight years ago. Reid also led the league with 13 double-doubles.<br>
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He's joined on the all-conference first team by Liberty's Larry Blair, Reggie Williams of VMI and Michael Jenkins and Craig Bradshaw of Winthrop.<br>
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Marshall, who won coach of the year honors for the fourth time, led the Eagles to the first perfect conference record in Big South history. Winthrop (25-4, 14-0) has also won non-conference games at Mississippi State, Old Dominion and Missouri State and is the top seed for this week's league tournament.<br>
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Coastal Carolina guard Joshua Mack, who averaged 12.3 points per game, was named freshman of the year, while VMI sophomore Travis Holmes was named the league's top defensive player in voting by the conference's coaches, sports information directors and select media members.<br>
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Jack Leasure of Coastal Carolina was named scholar athlete of the year for the second time.
