Payton among 25 finalists for Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of Year

[Parrott]

A big honor for Ragin' Cajuns point guard Elfrid Payton, who averaged 2.3 steals per game this past season and was the Sun Belt Conference's Defensive Player of the Year.

.@Cajunbasketball PG Elfrid Payton among 25 finalists for Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of Year: http://t.co/uhKjifvd83

— Joshua E Parrott (@JoshuaParrott) March 31, 2014

[Turbine]

A "Lefty" award? Well, Bandwagon was right after all.

Thanks Josh

Congrats Elfrid

[NewsCopy]

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball player Elfrid Payton was named a finalist to his second postseason award in five days when was one of 25 student-athletes selected as a finalist for the 2014 Lefty Driesell award, which was announced by CollegeInsider.com on Monday.

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