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March 13, 2013 - For Immediate Release
Jacque Cottrell, Director Cliff Martin, Assistant Great West Conference P.O. Box 9344 Naperville, Ill. 60567 Phone: (713) 305-8614
Chicago State • Houston Baptist • New Jersey Institute of Technology • Texas-Pan American • Utah Valley
NJIT’s Chris Flores Headlines All-Great West Conference Men’s Basketball Team For the second consecutive year, NJIT has claimed the Great West Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Chris Flores garners the award this year after former teammate Isaiah Wilkerson grabbed the honor in 2011-12. The All-GWC team, as voted on by the league coaches and sports information directors, was announced Wednesday on the eve of the 2013 Great West Conference Basketball Tournament. Flores, the pick for GWC Preseason Player of the Year, lived up to the expectations, earning the top award after leading the Highlanders to the 2012-13 GWC title while topping the league with 17.2 points per game and 2.4 steals per game. It was the third straight All-GWC honor for Flores as he was a second-team selection each of the past two seasons. Joining Flores on the first team were Utah Valley juniors Ben Aird and Holton Hunsaker, who were each second team honorees a year ago, Houston Baptist’s Art Bernardi and UT-Pan American’s Brandon Provost, a repeat first-team selection.
2012-13 All-Great West Conference Men’s Basketball Team
First Team Ben Aird, Utah Valley * Art Bernardi, Houston Baptist Chris Flores, NJIT Holton Hunsaker, Utah Valley * Brandon Provost, Texas-Pan American ** **--repeat first-team selection *--repeat All-GWC selection
Second Team Jesus Delgado, Texas-Pan American Nate Duhon, Chicago State PJ Miller, NJIT Quinton Pippen, Chicago State Ryan Woods, NJIT
Honorable Mention: Caleb Crayton, HBU; Jamere Dismukes, CSU; Jason Johnson, UVU; Rob Lewis, HBU; Matt Ross, CSU; Marcel Smith, HBU; Nick Thompson, UVU; Aaron Urbanus, UTPA All-Newcomer Team: Nate Duhon, CSU; Ky Howard, NJIT; Quinton Pippen, CSU; Matt Ross, CSU; Nick Thompson, UVU
Player of the Year: Chris Flores, NJIT Newcomer of the Year: Nate Duhon, Chicago State Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Hill, HBU and Quinton Pippen, CSU Sixth Man Award: Rob Lewis, Houston Baptist Coach of the Year: Jim Engles, NJIT
Provost rounds out the first team after leading the Broncs to a GWC runner-up finish. The senior ranks third in scoring with 14.8 ppg, and leads the league in 3-point percentage (.436).
Second-team honorees include UTPA’s Jesus Delgado (10.0 ppg, .461 FG Pct.); Chicago State’s Nate Duhon (8.8 ppg) and Quinton Pippen (10.5 ppg, 1.9 spg); and NJIT’s PJ Miller (9.9 ppg, Aird leads the Great West in rebound- 3.5 assists per game) and Ryan Woods (14.3 ppg, 3.0 3-pointers ing with nine per contest (11.1 in GWC play) and field goal percentage per game). (.573), and is second in scoring with Honorable mention honors went 15 ppg. In league games, he leads to HBU’s Caleb Crayton, Rob the GWC in scoring with 18.1 ppg. Lewis and Marcel Smith; CSU’s Jamere Dismukes and Matt Ross; Hunsaker averages 13.3 points per UVU’s Jason Johnson and Nick game, scoring 13.6 in GWC games, Thompson; and UTPA’s Aaron and leads the conference with 91 Urbanus. percent from the free-throw line. Five players were chosen to the Bernardi picks up his first All-GWC All-Newcomer Team, including honor after averaging 14.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game (ranking GWC Newcomer of the Year Duhon. Joining the CSU junior fourth and third, respectively). The senior posts a third-ranked average of college transfer on the team were 13.9 ppg and a second-place 9.0 rpg teammates Pippen and Ross, NJIT’s Ky Howard and UVU’s in GWC play. Thompson.
There was a tie for the Defensive Player of the Year with Houston Baptist’s Anthony Hill and Pippen sharing the honor. The Sixth Man Award went to HBU’s Lewis after the freshman came off the bench to score 10.9 ppg in league play. NJIT’s Jim Engles was named Coach of the Year for the first time after leading the Highlanders to their first GWC men’s basketball championship with a 6-2 conference record. NJIT currently has a 16-12 overall record and the 16 wins is the most for an NJIT team in the school’s Division I era. Engles is in his fifth season with the Highlanders. Chicago State hosts the 2013 GWC Basketball Tournament at Chicago, Ill., beginning at 5 pm (CT) Thursday. Semifinal action will be Friday and the GWC men’s tournament champioship game will tip off at 7:30 pm (CT) Saturday with the champion receiving a bid to the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
Conference Headquarters • P.O. Box 9344 • Naperville, IL 60567 • Phone: (630) 428-4492 • Fax: (630) 548-0705
www.greatwestconference.org
March 13, 2013 - For Immediate Release
Jacque Cottrell, Director Cliff Martin, Assistant Great West Conference P.O. Box 9344 Naperville, Ill. 60567 Phone: (713) 305-8614
Chicago State • Houston Baptist • New Jersey Institute of Technology • Texas-Pan American • Utah Valley
NJIT’s Chris Flores Headlines All-Great West Conference Men’s Basketball Team For the second consecutive year, NJIT has claimed the Great West Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. Chris Flores garners the award this year after former teammate Isaiah Wilkerson grabbed the honor in 2011-12. The All-GWC team, as voted on by the league coaches and sports information directors, was announced Wednesday on the eve of the 2013 Great West Conference Basketball Tournament. Flores, the pick for GWC Preseason Player of the Year, lived up to the expectations, earning the top award after leading the Highlanders to the 2012-13 GWC title while topping the league with 17.2 points per game and 2.4 steals per game. It was the third straight All-GWC honor for Flores as he was a second-team selection each of the past two seasons. Joining Flores on the first team were Utah Valley juniors Ben Aird and Holton Hunsaker, who were each second team honorees a year ago, Houston Baptist’s Art Bernardi and UT-Pan American’s Brandon Provost, a repeat first-team selection.
2012-13 All-Great West Conference Men’s Basketball Team
First Team Ben Aird, Utah Valley * Art Bernardi, Houston Baptist Chris Flores, NJIT Holton Hunsaker, Utah Valley * Brandon Provost, Texas-Pan American ** **--repeat first-team selection *--repeat All-GWC selection
Second Team Jesus Delgado, Texas-Pan American Nate Duhon, Chicago State PJ Miller, NJIT Quinton Pippen, Chicago State Ryan Woods, NJIT
Honorable Mention: Caleb Crayton, HBU; Jamere Dismukes, CSU; Jason Johnson, UVU; Rob Lewis, HBU; Matt Ross, CSU; Marcel Smith, HBU; Nick Thompson, UVU; Aaron Urbanus, UTPA All-Newcomer Team: Nate Duhon, CSU; Ky Howard, NJIT; Quinton Pippen, CSU; Matt Ross, CSU; Nick Thompson, UVU
Player of the Year: Chris Flores, NJIT Newcomer of the Year: Nate Duhon, Chicago State Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Hill, HBU and Quinton Pippen, CSU Sixth Man Award: Rob Lewis, Houston Baptist Coach of the Year: Jim Engles, NJIT
Provost rounds out the first team after leading the Broncs to a GWC runner-up finish. The senior ranks third in scoring with 14.8 ppg, and leads the league in 3-point percentage (.436).
Second-team honorees include UTPA’s Jesus Delgado (10.0 ppg, .461 FG Pct.); Chicago State’s Nate Duhon (8.8 ppg) and Quinton Pippen (10.5 ppg, 1.9 spg); and NJIT’s PJ Miller (9.9 ppg, Aird leads the Great West in rebound- 3.5 assists per game) and Ryan Woods (14.3 ppg, 3.0 3-pointers ing with nine per contest (11.1 in GWC play) and field goal percentage per game). (.573), and is second in scoring with Honorable mention honors went 15 ppg. In league games, he leads to HBU’s Caleb Crayton, Rob the GWC in scoring with 18.1 ppg. Lewis and Marcel Smith; CSU’s Jamere Dismukes and Matt Ross; Hunsaker averages 13.3 points per UVU’s Jason Johnson and Nick game, scoring 13.6 in GWC games, Thompson; and UTPA’s Aaron and leads the conference with 91 Urbanus. percent from the free-throw line. Five players were chosen to the Bernardi picks up his first All-GWC All-Newcomer Team, including honor after averaging 14.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game (ranking GWC Newcomer of the Year Duhon. Joining the CSU junior fourth and third, respectively). The senior posts a third-ranked average of college transfer on the team were 13.9 ppg and a second-place 9.0 rpg teammates Pippen and Ross, NJIT’s Ky Howard and UVU’s in GWC play. Thompson.
There was a tie for the Defensive Player of the Year with Houston Baptist’s Anthony Hill and Pippen sharing the honor. The Sixth Man Award went to HBU’s Lewis after the freshman came off the bench to score 10.9 ppg in league play. NJIT’s Jim Engles was named Coach of the Year for the first time after leading the Highlanders to their first GWC men’s basketball championship with a 6-2 conference record. NJIT currently has a 16-12 overall record and the 16 wins is the most for an NJIT team in the school’s Division I era. Engles is in his fifth season with the Highlanders. Chicago State hosts the 2013 GWC Basketball Tournament at Chicago, Ill., beginning at 5 pm (CT) Thursday. Semifinal action will be Friday and the GWC men’s tournament champioship game will tip off at 7:30 pm (CT) Saturday with the champion receiving a bid to the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
Conference Headquarters • P.O. Box 9344 • Naperville, IL 60567 • Phone: (630) 428-4492 • Fax: (630) 548-0705
www.greatwestconference.org
