Troy’s Myles Rigsby was named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year by league coaches on Monday, while teammate Tayton Conerway was picked as Sixth Man of the Year.

Rigsby, a 6-foot-6 forward from Fort Worth, Texas, is tied for second on the Trojans’ in scoring (11.6 points per game), second in free-throw percentage (82.8) and 3-point percentage (41.1) and third in rebounding (4.3 per game). He has played in 30 of 31 games this season, starting 24.

Conerway, a 6-3 junior from Burleson, Texas, has started just two of 31 games this year for the Trojans, but averages nearly 20 minutes per game. The transfer from Ranger (Texas) College averages 11.6 points, 2.5 assists and a team-best 2.1 steals per game.

Also Monday, Troy guard Christyon Eugene was named first-team All-Sun Belt. The 6-3 senior from Spring, Texas, leads the Trojans in scoring (15.2 points per game), rebounding (4.5 per game), assists (3.2), free-throw percentage (85.2) and 3-point percentage (43.3).

Joining Eugene on the All-Sun Belt first-team are James Madison’s Terrence Edwards, Arkansas State’s Caleb Fields and the Appalachian State duo of Donovan Gregory and Tre’Von Spillers. Edwards, a junior from Atlanta, was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year.

Troy is the No. 3 seed for this week’s Sun Belt Conference tournament after posting a record of 20-11 overall, 13-5 in the league during the regular season. The Trojans have a bye until the quarterfinal round, and will face a to-be-determined opponent at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Pensacola (Fla.) Bay Center.

Other individual award winners were Appalachian State’s Justin Abson (Defensive Player of the Year), Jame Madison’s T.J. Bickerstaff (Newcomer of the Year) and Appalachian State’s Dustin Kerns (Joe Gottfried Coach of the Year).

Bickerstaff was also named to the All-Sun Belt second team, along with Southern Miss’ Austin Crowley, Old Dominion’s Chaunce Jenkins, Louisiana’s Kobe Julien and Georgia Southern’s Tyren Moore. The third team was comprised of Louisiana’s Joe Charles and Hosana Kitenge, James Madison’s Noah Freidel, Appalachian State’s Terence Harcum, Louisiana-Monroe’s Nika Metskhvarishvili, Coastal Carolina’s John Ojiako and Arkansas State’s Taryn Todd (ties in voting were not broken).

• Troy’s women’s team was also well-represented on the All-Sun Belt teams, with one player on each of the three teams.

Forward Tai’Sheka Porchia earned first-team honors. The 6-1 senior from Camden, Ark., is tied for the team lead in scoring this season (15.2 points per game), leads the team in field goal percentage (.525) and ranks second in rebounding (8.1).

Forward Ja’Mia Hollings was named to the second team. The 6-2 senior from West Point, Miss., leads the team in rebounding (8.8 per game) and is third in scoring (14.6 ppg).

Guard Maykayia Hallmon was picked for the third team. The 5-3 senior from Coushatta, La., is tied for the team lead in scoring (15.2 ppg).

The Troy women (19-10, 15-3) are the No. 2 seed for the Sun Belt tournament, and also got a double-bye. They meet the winner of Louisiana and Southern Miss in a quarterfinal game at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Pensacola.

Regular season women’s champion Marshall had both the Sun Belt Coach of the Year (Kim Caldwell) and Player of the Year (Abby Beeman). Other award winners were Georgia State’s Crystal Henderson (Freshman of the Year), ULM’s Daisha Bradford (Newcomer of the Year), Old Dominion’s Kaye Clark (Defensive Player of the Year) and ULM’s Katlyn Manuel (Sixth Woman of the Year).

Porchia was joined on the All-Sun Belt first team by Beeman, Arkansas State’s Izzy Higginbotham, Georgia Southern’s Terren Ward and Southern Miss’ Domonique Davis. Second-teamers were Hollings, Bradford, Appalachian State’s Faith Alston and the James Madison duo of Peyton McDaniel and Kseniia Kozlova.

Third-teamers were Hallmon, Marshall’s Breanna Campbell, Old Dominion En’Dya Buford, Georgia State’s Mikyla Tolivert and Southern Miss’ Melyia Grayson.