BOSTON – Western Carolina head men's basketball coach Mark Prosser received 2020 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, CollegeInsider.com announced on Monday.
 
The award, which is named after Mark's father, Skip, is presented annually to those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who also display moral integrity off of it as well.
 
"Our student-athletes made this such a special season and we have so much to be excited about in the future of Catamount Basketball," stated Prosser. "Thank you so much to all of those that voted and to my good friends at College Insider. I am obviously so humbled to receive this award, mainly because of what it represents. I will continue to work to make my father proud and earn this award each day."
 
In his second season at Western Carolina, Prosser guided the Catamounts to a 19-12 record as WCU finished with the second-most improved mark across NCAA Division I men's basketball. The Catamounts reached the SoCon Tournament semifinals for the first time since the 2015-16 season, and had a pair of First Team All-Southern Conference and NABC All-District players in senior forward Carlos Dotson and redshirt junior guard Mason Faulkner.
 
Skip Prosser, who died suddenly in 2007 while the head coach at Wake Forest, posted a career record of 291-146 in 14 seasons as a head coach at Loyola, Xavier and Wake Forest.
 
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