HALIFAX – Fifth-year Thomas Cooper was named a U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian on Wednesday night at the U SPORTS Men's Basketball banquet ahead of the Final 8 Championship.

The former Canada West Player of the Year earned the All-Canadian nod for the second consecutive season. The only other Dinos to do so are Hall of Famers Karl Tilleman (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) and Richard Bohne (1995, 1996). Cooper is also the only player on the 2017 First Team All-Canadian list that wasn't named a conference MVP. 

In 20 regular season games played, Cooper averaged 22.7 point per game, scoring 453 total to lead the conference for the second consecutive season. The fifth-year star also recorded 149 rebounds for 7.5 per game, 60 assists and 35 steals this season.

Connor Wood, a fifth-year guard from the Carleton Ravens, was named the 2017 U SPORTS Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Wood, a psychology student from Guelph, Ont., and last year's Jack Donohue Trophy winner for U SPORTS Championship MVP, marks the eighth Player of the Year honour for a Ravens player.
 
Other U SPORTS award winners announced during the All-Canadian Awards Gala were Ottawa guard Caleb Agada, Defensive Player of the Year; Laurentian guard Kadre Gray, Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy (Rookie of the Year); Carleton's Dave Smart, Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year); and Dalhousie foward Kashrell Lawrence, Ken Shields Award (Student-Athlete Community Service).
 
The 2017 ArcelorMittal Dofasco U SPORTS Final 8 gets under way Thursday, March 9, at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S,, hosted by Dalhousie University. Semifinals will be airing live on Sportsnet 360 and SN Now on Saturday, March 11 at 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. ET, with the finals airing Sunday, March 12 at 1 p.m. ET. The rest of the tournament will be available for online streaming at TV1 webcast.
 
2017 U SPORTS MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
 
Mike Moser Memorial Trophy (Player of the Year): Connor Wood, Carleton
Defensive Player of the Year: Caleb Agada, Ottawa
Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy (Rookie of the Year): Kadre Gray, Laurentian
Stuart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy (Coach of the Year): Dave Smart, Carleton
Ken Shields Award (Student-Athlete Community Service): Kashrell Lawrence, Dalhousie

First Team
G               Connor Wood / Carleton / 5 / Guelph, Ont. / Psychology
G               Conor Morgan / UBC / 4  / Victoria, B.C. / Kinesiology
G               Adika Peter-McNeilly / Ryerson / 5 /  Scarborough, Ont. / Sociology
F                Kevin Bercy / StFX / 4 / Kanata, Ont. / Business Admin.
G               Thomas Cooper / Calgary / 5 / Chattanooga, Tenn. / Arts

Second Team                                                                               
G               Kaza Kajami-Keane / Carleton / 5 / Ajax, Ont. / Comms. & Media Studies                                                                                                                                                                  
G               Dele Ogundokun / McGill / 4 / Hamilton, Ont. / Bus. Management
G               Javon Masters / UNB / 4  / Kitchener, Ont. / Arts
G               Caleb Agada  / Ottawa /  5 /  Burlington, Ont. / Economics
F                Shane Osayande / Saskatchewan / 4 / Toronto, Ont. / Arts & Science
 
All-Rookie Team                                                                                         
G               Kadre Gray / Laurentian / 1 / Toronto, Ont. / Human Kinetics
F                Eddie Ekiyor / Carleton / 1 / Ottawa, Ont. / Psychology
G               Scott Kellum / Victoria / 1 / Issaquah, Wash. / Business
F                Jamaal Potopsingh / UNB / 1 / Brampton, Ont. / Arts        
G               Kendrick Jolin / McGill / 1 / Pte. Claire, Que.  Arts