BOSTON, MA -- NIU senior Eugene German & Akron junior Loren Cristian Jackson have earned additional postseason awards as CollegeInsider.com announced the 2019-20 Lou Henson All-America Team on Wednesday.
Jackson was named to the 2019-20 Lou Henson All-America Team after being named a finalist for the Lou Henson Player of the Year award. In addition, Jackson collected Mid-American Conference Player of the Year, first team All-MAC and first team National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 14 accolades after leading the Akron Zips to a 24-7 overall record and 14-4 in MAC play. Akron secured the MAC Regular Season Championship and No. 1 seed to the MAC Tournament. The Zips 24 wins tied Akron's all-time regular season wins record with the 2016-17, 2015-16, 2012-13 and 2006-07 teams.
Jackson started all 31 games and averaged a team-high 19.8 points per game which ranked second in league scoring and 30th in the NCAA. He recorded double-digit points in 27 games, including a season-high 35 points three times against Ohio, Bowling Green and Buffalo. In addition, Jackson scored 30-plus points on five occasions, adding a 33-point performance against Toledo and a 31-point effort at Central Michigan.
German averaged 20.5 points per game which also ranked 24th nationally. The Gary, Ind., native scored in double figures in all 31 games during the 2019-20 season, including 19 games with 20-plus points. German also grabbed 4.1 rebounds per contest and ranked in the top-15 in the MAC with 2.7 assists per game while earned MAC West Division Player of the Week five times.
In his career, German scored 2,203 points, becoming NIU's all-time leading scorer and the first Huskie men's basketball player to eclipse the 2,000-point plateau. He also finished fifth in MAC history in scoring, just eight points behind Earl Boykins of Eastern Michigan (1995-98, 2,211 points) for fourth all-time. German scored in double figures a remarkable 108 times in 125 career games, with 59 20-plus point games during his four seasons as a Huskie.
