The Southland Conference honored the late Houston Christian basketball player Darius Lee as the league’s Preseason Player of the Year when the league announced its men’s preseason all-conference team on Tuesday.
Lee was killed in the early hours of the morning on June 20 after a shooting in his hometown of Harlem, N.Y. He was 21.
As a second-team all-Southland selection, Lee would have been the only returner who earned first-team preseason all-conference honors this season. His preseason honor is one that the conference does not typically award.