University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Basketball Awards Announced
May 02, 2008 | Men's Basketball
The University of Tennessee basketball team held its annual postseason awards banquet tonight at the Knoxville Marriott to honor one of the most successful teams in the 99-year history of the program. The Vols posted a school record number of wins, achieved the program???s first No. 1 national ranking, won their ninth overall Southeastern Conference title and then advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season.
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Tennessee finished the season with a 31-5 overall record, easily breaking the previous school record of 26 wins in a season. The Vols??? 14 league wins are the school???s most since the SEC went to a 16-game schedule. Bruce Pearl was named the league???s coach of the year and the Adolph Rupp National Coach of the Year while Chris Lofton and Tyler Smith each earned first team All-SEC recognition and JaJuan Smith was a second team pick. A second team All-America selection for the second time in his career, Lofton finished his career third in NCAA history with 431 career 3-pointers and fourth in school history with 2,131 points.
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| 2007-08 Tennessee Basketball Awards | |
| Burchfield-Moss Most Courageous Award | Tyler Smith |
| Lowell Blanchard Most Improved Award | Wayne Chism |
| Team Before Self | Chris Lofton |
| John Stucky Lifter of the Year Award | Jordan Howell and Chris Lofton |
| Thornton Athletics Student Life Center Awards | |
| VOLScholar Individual Awards | Quinn Cannington, Ryan Childress, Wayne Chism, Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Jordan Howell, Justin Jackson, Steven Pearl, J.P. Prince, Tanner Wild and Brian Williams |
| VOLScholar Team Awards | Ryan Childress, Jordan Howell, Cameron Tatum, Justin Jackson, Quinn Cannington |
| Highest Fall Grade Point Average (Term) | Tanner Wild and Jordan Howell |
| Highest Fall Grade Point Average (Cumulative) | Quinn Cannington |
| Most Improved | Brian Williams |
| Best Attitude | Wayne Chism |
