Stewart named SLC Student Athlete of the Year - KPLC 7 News,
Lake Charles, Louisiana  Stewart named SLC Student Athlete of
the Year  Posted: Updated:  Northwestern State starting guard
Gary Stewart has been named the Southland Conference Men's
Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year, the league office
announced Tuesday in conjunction with the release of the men's
basketball all-academic teams.  Stewart, the 2011-12 male winner
of the Southland's Steve McCarty Citizenship Award for
outstanding community service and campus leadership, carries a
3.52 grade point average as a psychology major.  A junior from
Vidalia, Stewart started the final 27 games for a Northwestern
State team that led the nation in scoring during the regular
season and finished with an 80-points per game average and 23
wins, tying for the second-most victories in a season in 100
years of basketball at Northwestern State.  He helped the Demons
(23-9) claim their third Southland tournament title in their
seventh SLC Finals appearance with a 68-