Law Wins Bob Cousy, Chip Hilton Awards
Mar 30, 2007 | Men's Basketball
March 30, 2007
Texas A&M's Acie Law IV has won the 2007 Bob Cousy Award and the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award, Chip Hilton Sports and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced.
Both awards will be presented on Monday at the Hall of Fame?™s ?Family Brunch? at the downtown Hyatt.
The Cousy Award presented by The Hartford honors the nation's top point guard. The Hilton Award honors a graduating senior who demonstrates outstanding character, leadership, and talent similar to the qualities evident in the 24-book Chip Hilton Sports Series.
The books authored by Clair Bee enjoyed their first popularity in the late 1940s through the mid-1960s and were updated and re-released by Randy and Cindy Farley to a new generation of readers in 1999.
Law, a senior from Dallas, averaged 18.1 points per game and 5.0 assists per game. He is Texas A&M?™s first consensus First Team All-American and led his team to the Sweet Sixteen. He also was named to the Academic All-Big 12 squad.
