UAA guard Travis Thompson of Anchorage, who leads the men's basketball team in scoring and owns school and conference records for 3-pointers, on Monday was named an All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference selection for the second straight season.
Thompson's selection in a vote of league coaches marked the third time he has been honored in his career – he was an All-GNAC pick last season and a second-team selection in 2012.
The 6-foot-1 redshirt senior from Dimond High – Thompson took off the 2012-13 season to concentrate on his engineering studies – tops the Seawolves with 17.2 points per game and buries 44.1 percent of his 3-point attempts. He also averages 3.3 assists per game and sinks 82.5 percent of his free throws.
UAA guard Brian McGill, second among Seawolves in scoring (14.2 ppg) and tops in assists (5.4 per game), was named to the league's honorable mention team. McGill makes 50.6 percent of his field-goal attempts.
The Seawolves (16-12, 12-6 GNAC) open the conference tournament in Billings, Montana, on Thursday as the No. 4 seed and take on No. 5 seed Western Washington at 5:30 p.m. AST.
Northwest Nazarene forward Kevin Rima of Fairbanks was named to the All-GNAC second-team. The redshirt senior has averaged 12.3 ppg this season on 57.0-percent shooting and leads his team in rebounding with 7.4 per game.
2014-15 ALL-GNAC TEAM
First Team: *Andy Avgi, Western Oregon (F, 6-6, Jr., Woodburn, OR); +Travis Thompson, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-1, Sr., Anchorage, AK); Dom Williams, Central Washington (G, 5-11, Sr., Tacoma, WA); Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-4, Sr., Spokane, WA); Julian Nichols, Western Oregon (G, 6-2, Jr., Upland, WA); Anye Turner, Western Washington (F, 6-7, Sr., Olympia, WA). *Unanimous
Second Team: Sango Niang, Simon Fraser (G, 6-0, Sr., Paris, France); Jeffrey Parker, Western Washington (F, 6-6, So., Richmond, CA); Corey Hutsen, Seattle Pacific (C, 6-8, Sr., Sammamish, WA); Kevin Rima, Northwest Nazarene (F, 6-7, Sr., Fairbanks, AK); Joseph Stroud, Central Washington (F, 6-8, Jr., Seattle, WA); Ricardo Maxwell, Western Washington (G, 5-10, Jr., Cincinnati, OH).
Honorable Mention: Brian McGill, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-2, Jr., Clackamas, OR); Almir Hadzisehovic, Alaska (C, 6-8, Jr., Belgrade, Serbia); Ashton Edwards, Alaska (G, 6-0, Jr., Compton, CA); Jace Anderson, MSU Billings (G, 5-10, So., Whitewater, MT); Erik Kinney, Northwest Nazarene (G, 6-4, Jr., Fairfield, CA); Alex Birketoft, Northwest Nazarene (F, 6-8, Fr., Oelstykke, Denmark); Riley Carel, Saint Martin's (G, 6-2, Sr., Enumclaw, WA); Mitch Penner, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-5, Jr., Seattle, WA); Matt Borton, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-5, Sr., Yakima, WA); Shawn Reid, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-4, Sr., Post Falls, ID); Jordan Wiley, Western Oregon (G, 6-6, Jr., McKenzie, OR); Lewis Thomas, Western Oregon (F, 6-8, Sr., Perth, Australia).
SPECIAL AWARDS
Player of the Year – Andy Avgi, Western Oregon. Defensive Player of the Year – Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific. Newcomer of the Year – Julian Nichols, Western Oregon. Freshman of the Year – Alex Birketoft, Northwest Nazarene. Coach of the Year – Brady Bergeson, Western Oregon.