Three Flyers earn Atlantic 10 season honors: Nate Santos, Enoch Cheeks and Amael L'Etang
Senior forward Nate Santos was selected Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and was a repeat selection to the A-10 All-Academic Team.
Senior guard Enoch Cheeks was named Third Team All-Atlantic 10 and also to the league's All-Defensive Team.
Freshman forward Amaël L'Etang earned conference All-Rookie Team honors.
Santos earned his second All-Atlantic 10 honor in his two years as a Flyer. He was Third Team All-A-10 last year. The Geneva, Ill. native leads the Flyers in scoring (14.1) and is second in rebounding (5.3). He is fourth in the A-10 in 3-pt. FG % (.423, 63-149) and 17th in scoring. He carries a 3.76 cumulative grade point average in Communications Management.
Cheeks is second on the team in scoring (13.4) and leads UD in rebounding (6.3). He leads Dayton in steals (55) and is third in blocked shots (18). In the Atlantic 10, he is fourth in steals (1.8) and tied for 11th in rebounding. Among the top 15 rebounders in the league, the Providence, R.I. product is the shortest at 6-foot-3.
Hailing from Toulouse, France, L'Etang is the second-ever Frenchman to play for UD. On the year, L'Etang averages 7.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in 16.7 minutes a game. In 18 league games, his averages bump up to 8.1 and 4.6. He has 18 of his 27 blocked shots and 14 of his 16 steals in conference games. He was named A-10 Rookie of the Week three times.
L'Etang is the seventh Anthony Grant recruit (in eight seasons) to be named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. This is also the seventh consecutive year that Dayton has had at least two players named All-Atlantic 10.
In addition to the league awards, UD also announced its 2024-25 season awards
• WHITE ALLEN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – Enoch Cheeks & Nate Santos• ALEX SCHOEN FREE THROW PERCENTAGE – Posh Alexander & Zed Key• JOHN L. MACBETH SCHOLAR-ATHLETE – Nate Santos• DR. GEORGE RAU SPIRIT AWARD – Isaac Jack• 'SHORTY' SHARPENTER TOP REBOUNDER – Enoch Cheeks• CHRIS DANIELS MEMORIAL AWARD – Javon Bennett & Malachi Smith• THOMAS M. LUPPE MEMORIAL AWARD – Amaël L'Etang• STEVE McELVENE BEST DEFENDER AWARD – Enoch Cheeks• UHL FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP – Jacob Conner• JAMES G. & PURCELL S. PALMER SCHOLARSHIP – Nate Santos• HERB DINTAMAN MANAGERS SCHOLARSHIP – Jordan Harbeck & Bella Sindoni
The Flyers are the No. 3 seed in this week's Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship in Washington, D.C.
Dayton will play in the A-10 Quarterfinal game on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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