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The 2010 and 2011 Summit League Player of the Year ... Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American in 2010 and 2011 ... Received the Lou Henson Award as Mid-Major Player of the Year by CollegeInsider.com in 2010 ... Selected as All-District in 2010 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) ... Named to the Lute Olson All-America and Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America teams in 2011 ... Became the first player in Summit League history to win both the Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season (2011) .... Named Summit League Tournament MVP in 2011 after leading Oakland to its second consecutive league championship ... Two-time first team All-Summit League selection (2010, 2011) ... Second team All-Summit League in 2009 ... Three-time Summit League All-Tournament team selection ... Collected nine Summit League Player of the Week awards during his career ... League's all-time leader in blocked shots (371), ranks second in rebounding (1,103) and 13th in scoring (1,903)... Set an Oakland University school record for double-doubles (49) ... Oakland retired Benson's No. 34 during halftime ceremony on Nov. 28, 2011 ... Selected in the second round, 48th overall, by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2011 NBA Draft.

-Lou Henson Award Winner as Mid-Major Player of the Year (2010)
-2011 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America selection
-2011 Lute Olson All-America Team selection
-Two-time Summit League Player of the Year (2010, 2011)
-2011 Summit League Defensive Player of the Year
-First Summit Leaguer to win both Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in same season (2011)
-Selected in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks
-AP Honorable Mention All-American (2010, 2011)
-National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District (2010)
-Summit League Tournament MVP (2011)
-Three-time All-Summit League Selection (first team in 2010 and 2011, second team in 2009)
-Nine-time Summit League Player of the Week
-Holds Summit League career blocked shots record (371)
-Second all-time in Summit League in rebounds (1,103) and 13th in scoring (1,903)
-Set Oakland record with 49 career double-doubles
-Number was retired by Oakland University in Nov. 2011