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Junior Named to Third Team for Second Straight Year






Herd junior Markel Humphrey was named to the All-Conference USA Third Team on Monday.




March 10, 2008

IRVING, Texas - For the second consecutive season, Marshall University guard/forward Markel Humphrey (Atlanta, Ga.) was selected to the Conference USA Third Team, the league office announced today.

Humphrey, a junior, averaged 13.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in the regular season, with both totals ranking second on the team. Humphrey was selected to the third team by C-USA head coaches and select media members despite playing through with a stress fracture in his foot that forced him to miss three games and kept him from performing at 100 percent.

"Considering what he has gone through this year, it's a great honor," Marshall head coach Donnie Jones said. "For him to play with that injury and do what he's done is pretty amazing."
Humphrey has been heating up as of late, leading MU in scoring in two of the last three games. He is also the newest member of Marshall's 1,000-point club, recording point No. 1,000 on Saturday versus Southern Miss.
Humphrey and the No. 8 Thundering Herd will open C-USA Championship play on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET against No. 9 Tulane.

2007-08 C-USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams

First Team
Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis
Stefon Jackson, UTEP
Robert McKiver, Houston
Derrick Rose, Memphis
Robert Vaden, UAB


Second Team
Joey Dorsey, Memphis
David Gomez, Tulane
Jermaine Taylor, UCF
Ben Uzoh, Tulsa
Jeremy Wise, Southern Miss


Third Team
Dion Dowell, Houston
Robert Dozier, Memphis
Markel Humphrey, Marshall
Jon Killen, SMU
Lawrence Kinnard, UAB

Humphrey Tabbed an All-Conference USA Third Team Selection :: Junior Named to Third Team for Second Straight Year