Georgia State Basketball has added another Sun Belt Player of the Year award as Sophomore guard D'Marcus Simonds was announced as the league's top player on Monday afternoon.

The former 247Sports Composite four star guard out of Gainesville High school joins former Panther R.J. Hunter as the only two Panthers to collect POY awards. GSU Basketball now boasts three of the last five POYs in the league. Junior guard Devin Mitchell collected third team honors.

2017-18 SUN BELT MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON HONORS

Sun Belt Player of the Year

D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State

Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year

JaKeenan Gant, Louisiana

Sun Belt Freshman of the Year

Michael Ertel, ULM

Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year

JaKeenan Gant, Louisiana

Joe Gottfried Sun Belt Coach of the Year

Bob Marlin, Louisiana

All-Sun Belt First Team

Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern

D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State

Frank Bartley IV, Louisiana

Bryce Washington, Louisiana

Kevin Hervey, UTA

All-Sun Belt Second Team

Ronshad Shabazz, Appalachian State

Travis Munnings, ULM

Rodrick Sikes, South Alabama

Erick Neal, UTA

Jordon Varnado, Troy

All-Sun Belt Third Team

Devin Mitchell, Georgia State

JaKeenan Gant, Louisiana

Sam McDaniel, ULM

Nijal Pearson, Texas State

Wesley Person, Troy

Georgia State Basketball opens Sun Belt Tournament play on Friday afternoon at 6:00pm ET. The Panthers will face the winner of the Troy vs. South Alabama at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.