March 8, 2004
SAN DIEGO - A school-record tying four San Diego State players earned recognition on Monday as the Mountain West Conference announced its award winners.
Senior Aerick Sanders was named to the second team. The forward is averaging team-highs in points (16.0) and rebounds (10.0), has 12 double-doubles this season, has earned the conference player of the week honors a league-high tying three times and is trying to become the first Aztec since Michael Cage (1983-84) to average a double-double.
Sanders joins Randy Holcomb (first team), Al Faux (2nd team) and Tony Bland (2nd team) as the only SDSU players to earn first or second team honors in the five season history of the league.
Three San Diego State players earned honorable mention. Junior guard Wesley Stokes, freshman forward Marcus Slaughter and freshman guard Brandon Heath all earned honorable mention accolades in their first season with the Aztecs. Stokes led the MWC in steals and was second in the conference in assists at 5.8 per game.
Slaughter and Stokes made an immediate impact in their first season of college basketball. Slaughter finished the conference season averaging 8.7 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Heath is SDSU's second leading scorer at 13.8 points per game and with 400 points is the second highest scoring freshman in SDSU history.
With four players earning recognition, the 2003-04 squad matches the school-record set last season.