The Summit League announced its end of the season basketball awards on Thursday. Coaches, media and sports information directors selected the winners ahead of this week’s Summit League Tournament selected the winners.
 
Redshirt-sophomore A.J. Plitzuweit was named Newcomer of the Year, head coach Todd Lee was named Coach of the Year, Plitzuweit was named to the all-Newcomer team and Stanley Umude, Plitzuweit and Xavier Fuller were named to the all-Summit League teams.
 
Lee is in his third season at the helm and earned his first career Summit League Coach of the Year honor. The Yotes returned one starter from a season ago and welcomed in 11 newcomers this season. After a 2-6 non-conference season, the Yotes reeled off nine straight conference victories the most since joining the conference. Lee had USD atop of the standings for nearly the entire season. This is the second time USD has had a coach hold that honor, the first was Craig Smith after the 2016-17 season. 

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