Men's Basketball | 2/28/2017 1:52:00 PM
Senior guard
Dom Hunter and junior center
Fuquan Niles were each named to the 2016-17 Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, the conference office announced today.
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Hunter earned first-team recognition, holding a 22.8 points per game average, which was second best in the conference. Hunter set a CWU record by recording 20 or more points in his first nine games of the seasons. The senior eclipsed 20 or more points 18 games this season including six 30-point games.
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Niles led the GNAC with 2.8 blocks per game and a total of 74 rejections, which set a new GNAC single-season record. Niles also averaged 9.5 points per game and 8.3 rebounds.
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2016-17 GNAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team
Player of the Year: Taylor Stafford, Western Washington
Coach of the Year: Tony Dominguez, Western Washington
Defensive Player of the Year: Tanner Omlid, Western Oregon
Newcomer of the Year: Taylor Stafford, Western Washington
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FIRST TEAM
*+ Sekou Wiggs – Alaska Anchorage
* Taylor Stafford – Western Washington
*#T anner Omlid – Western Oregon
% Jefferey Parker – Western Washington
@Patrick Beverly – Montana State Billings
Dom Hunter – Central Washington
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SECOND TEAM
@Drew Martin – Concordia
Cole Preston – Saint Martin's
Brandon Davis – Alaska
Maurice Davis – Northwest Nazarene
Tony Miller – Seattle Paciic
@ Spencer Svejcar – Alaska Anchorage
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HONERABLE MENTION
Diante Mitchell – Alaska Anchorage
Fuquan Niles – Central Washington
Christopher Edward – Concordia
@ Latrell Wilson – Concordia
@ Marc Matthews – Montana State Billings
@ Bouna N'Diaye – Northwest Nazarene
Kaileb Rodriguez – Northwest Nazarene
Tyler Copp – Saint Martin's
Joe Rasmussen – Seattle Paciic
Coleman Wooten – Seattle Pacific
Kedar Wright – Simon Fraser
Ali Faruq-Bey – Western Oregon
Deandre Dickson – Western Washington
Daulton Hommes – Western Washington
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*- Unanimous Selection
+ - First team Selection in 2015-16
# -Second team Selection in 2015-16
@ - Honerable Metion in 2015-16
% - Second Team in 2014-15
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