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Men’s Basketball Has A Pair Earn 2018 NABC Coaches’ DII All-Central District Honors
3/16/2018 11:29:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Gage Davis a First Team All-District choice; Jon Averkamp honored with Second Team All-District selection
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team saw both junior Gage Davis and senior Jon Averkamp honored with places on the 2018 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coaches' Division II All-Central District Team, the organization announced on Friday. Davis and Averkamp are two of the 88 athletes nationally selected for one of the eight all-district teams this season. The players are voted on and selected by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division II.
Davis, a Bolingbrook, Ill. native, was a First Team All-Central District choice for the second straight season. He led the team with his average of 19.2 points and also picked up 7.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 46.5 percent from the field, 83 percent from the line and 33.1 percent from three-point range. Davis ranked second on the team in assists with 91 and averaged 3.64 helpers per game. He scored in double figures in 24 of 25 games, led the team in scoring in 12 contests, picked up seven double-doubles and was the squad's leading scorer in 14 games.
Earlier this season, Davis was a First Team All-NSIC selection for the third straight year and earned a place on the Conference Commissioners' Association (CCA) Second Team All-Central Region Team. He was also twice selected as the NSIC North Player of the Week this season.
Davis is one of just three SCSU players to ever earn NABC DII All-District honors more than one time in their careers joining Taylor Witt (First Team - 2011, First Team- 2010, Second Team - 2009) and Forest Witt (First Team – 2003, Second Team – 2002).
Davis is now vying to become the first SCSU men's basketball player to be an NABC All-American since Matt Schneck in 2010.
Averkamp, a native of Germantown, Wis., was a Second Team choice for the NABC Coaches' Division II All-District team after averaging 17.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 2017-18. He also shot 61.4 percent from the field and led the team with his 52.9 percent shooting from three-point range. Averkamp led the squad by scoring in double figures in 28 of the 33 games. He led the team in scoring in 15 games including 12 contests of more than 20 points in his final season in a Husky uniform.
Averkamp was also a First Team All-NSIC selection earlier this season and earned the league's NSIC North Player of Week honors on Jan. 22.
Averkamp is one of 10 players at St. Cloud State to ever earn NABC DII All-District honors joining Davis (First Team – 2017, First Team – 2018), Theo Rothstein (First Team – 2013), Shaun Jensen (Second Team - 2012), Taylor Witt (First Team - 2011, First Team- 2010, Second Team - 2009), Matt Schneck (First Team - 2010), David Dreas (First Team - 2008), Nate Miller (First Team - 2005), Alex Carlson (First Team - 2004) and Forest Witt (First Team - 2003, First Team - 2002).
St. Cloud State finished the 2017-18 season with a 24-9 overall record (17-5 NSIC North) and placed second in the NSIC North following the regular season. The program was selected for the NCAA Division II Tournament Central Regional where they defeated Southern Nazarene by an 81-68 score on March 10 to advance to the semifinals of the region where they fell to eventual Central Regional Champion Northern State by a 68-61 score on March 11. The team's 24 wins are the most for the program since the 2009-10 team won 29 games and ranks sixth in the school record books. The 2,565 points scored ranks third in the all-time record books for a single season. The team's 50.1 field goal percentage is the fourth-best ever at the school. Junior Brindley Theisen's 86 made threes is the seventh-most in single campaign in school history. Junior Sean Smith's 263 rebounds is the eight-most single season mark.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches is located in Kansas City, Missouri and was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org
2017-18 NABC Coaches' Division II Central District Teams
First Team
Ryan Bruggeman – Southwest Minnesota State
CJ Carr – Missouri Southern State
Gage Davis – St. Cloud State
Justin Pitts – Northwest Missouri
Tyler Rudolph – Minot State
Brady Skeens - Washburn
Second Team
Jon Averkamp - St. Cloud State
Charlie Brown – Minnesota State
Jhonathan Dunn – Southern Nazarene
Trey Lansman – Nebraska Kearney
Ian Smith – Northern State
Coach of the Year: Paul Sather – Northern State
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team saw both junior Gage Davis and senior Jon Averkamp honored with places on the 2018 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coaches' Division II All-Central District Team, the organization announced on Friday. Davis and Averkamp are two of the 88 athletes nationally selected for one of the eight all-district teams this season. The players are voted on and selected by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division II.
Davis, a Bolingbrook, Ill. native, was a First Team All-Central District choice for the second straight season. He led the team with his average of 19.2 points and also picked up 7.8 rebounds per game, while shooting 46.5 percent from the field, 83 percent from the line and 33.1 percent from three-point range. Davis ranked second on the team in assists with 91 and averaged 3.64 helpers per game. He scored in double figures in 24 of 25 games, led the team in scoring in 12 contests, picked up seven double-doubles and was the squad's leading scorer in 14 games.
Earlier this season, Davis was a First Team All-NSIC selection for the third straight year and earned a place on the Conference Commissioners' Association (CCA) Second Team All-Central Region Team. He was also twice selected as the NSIC North Player of the Week this season.
Davis is one of just three SCSU players to ever earn NABC DII All-District honors more than one time in their careers joining Taylor Witt (First Team - 2011, First Team- 2010, Second Team - 2009) and Forest Witt (First Team – 2003, Second Team – 2002).
Davis is now vying to become the first SCSU men's basketball player to be an NABC All-American since Matt Schneck in 2010.
Averkamp, a native of Germantown, Wis., was a Second Team choice for the NABC Coaches' Division II All-District team after averaging 17.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 2017-18. He also shot 61.4 percent from the field and led the team with his 52.9 percent shooting from three-point range. Averkamp led the squad by scoring in double figures in 28 of the 33 games. He led the team in scoring in 15 games including 12 contests of more than 20 points in his final season in a Husky uniform.
Averkamp was also a First Team All-NSIC selection earlier this season and earned the league's NSIC North Player of Week honors on Jan. 22.
Averkamp is one of 10 players at St. Cloud State to ever earn NABC DII All-District honors joining Davis (First Team – 2017, First Team – 2018), Theo Rothstein (First Team – 2013), Shaun Jensen (Second Team - 2012), Taylor Witt (First Team - 2011, First Team- 2010, Second Team - 2009), Matt Schneck (First Team - 2010), David Dreas (First Team - 2008), Nate Miller (First Team - 2005), Alex Carlson (First Team - 2004) and Forest Witt (First Team - 2003, First Team - 2002).
St. Cloud State finished the 2017-18 season with a 24-9 overall record (17-5 NSIC North) and placed second in the NSIC North following the regular season. The program was selected for the NCAA Division II Tournament Central Regional where they defeated Southern Nazarene by an 81-68 score on March 10 to advance to the semifinals of the region where they fell to eventual Central Regional Champion Northern State by a 68-61 score on March 11. The team's 24 wins are the most for the program since the 2009-10 team won 29 games and ranks sixth in the school record books. The 2,565 points scored ranks third in the all-time record books for a single season. The team's 50.1 field goal percentage is the fourth-best ever at the school. Junior Brindley Theisen's 86 made threes is the seventh-most in single campaign in school history. Junior Sean Smith's 263 rebounds is the eight-most single season mark.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches is located in Kansas City, Missouri and was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org
2017-18 NABC Coaches' Division II Central District Teams
First Team
Ryan Bruggeman – Southwest Minnesota State
CJ Carr – Missouri Southern State
Gage Davis – St. Cloud State
Justin Pitts – Northwest Missouri
Tyler Rudolph – Minot State
Brady Skeens - Washburn
Second Team
Jon Averkamp - St. Cloud State
Charlie Brown – Minnesota State
Jhonathan Dunn – Southern Nazarene
Trey Lansman – Nebraska Kearney
Ian Smith – Northern State
Coach of the Year: Paul Sather – Northern State
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