« Men’s Basketball 2010-11

Kenny Lawson, Jr.

School
Creighton
Position
Center
Major
Journalism
PPG
10.2
RPG
6.0
APG
0.9

Classroom

Lawson is a journalism major and also writes for the school paper, The Creightonian. He’s scheduled to graduate in May and had his best GPA to date when he had a 3.4 GPA in the spring of 2009.

Character

Lawson is a member of Creighton’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes group. He was also the most requested interview subject on the team in the 2009-10 season.

Community

Lawson has participated in several community-service activities, including the TeamMates mentoring program, the Missouri Valley Conference’s Just Read program, Down Syndrome Walk, the Teddy Bear Hollow fundraising walk/run, Night Out with the Jays and he visited St. Albert Elementary, among others.

Competition

Lawson is the preseason pick for MVC Player of the Year by both the conference coaches and Blue Ribbon Yearbook. He was a second-team all-conference selection last season after averaging 13.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. Lawson has led the MVC in blocked shots twice and he’s a two-time MVC all-defensive team selection. He was named to the conference all-freshman team in 2008.