A few days ago it was released that Kris Jenkins was the WCAC Player of the Year. You figure an easy selection right? According to some not really.  I recently saw a forum from last week where folks were debating who they thought should get the WCAC Player of the Year. Some said Kris Jenkins, BeeJay Anya, James Robinson, Stan Robinson, others said Joe McDonald (Landon) just to name a few. I found it to be interesting as to what some were saying. Something that I thought would've been an easy selection was in fact something truly debatable. Some may make their decision based on the most wins, some on soring averages or overall stats, some on how the player responded to adversity, and some on the load they had to carry. I believe in order to accurately make a decision for this award you have to look at all of those factors. ONLY two players come to mind when I think of this; Kris Jenkins and Stan Robinson. Stan Robinson easily could've been selected for this award. He has lead the WCAC in scoring, his team is 18-0 within the conference, and even in his recent scoring slump he has still helped his team to pull out victories. One of the things that I saw on the forum was thal Paul VI (Stan Robinson) was basically a team that had numerous options. I can agree with that, as we saw Patrick Holloway hitting a game winner this season for them.

Kris Jenkins on the other hand was thrust into the position of being the team leader when UNC signee Nate Britt went down with an injury. Countless times when his team's back was up against the wall he came through; he his the game winning 3 pointer to overcome Aquille Carr's 36 point outing, a week later he lead his team to a victory of Dematha by 2 points (dropped 27), and lead his team to a 19-0 record once again putting his team on his big shoulders. Kris stands 6-6, 250 pounds and can shoot with the best of them. No wonder they call him the "big ticket." You can be sure that when Nate Britt came back he was thankful that his big man held it down as he did. With all that being said and done good job Kris, YOU DESERVE to be called the 2012 WCAC Player of the Year. I didnt even mention the fact that he is a junior. With it being clear who the leader of the team will be for next year he will only get better. I think we all can say it's safe to say his recruitment will go through the roof. Stay tuned for more from the "big ticket."