PORTLAND, Ore. (Mar. 4) – Alaska Anchorage junior Kyle Fossman was selected to the All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference First Team on Monday as the league handed out its men’s basketball postseason awards.
The 6-foot guard was joined by teammates Teancum Stafford, who made the All-GNAC Second Team, and Liam Gibcus, who earned honorable mention in voting by the league’s 10 head coaches.
Fossman leads the Seawolves and ranks seventh in the league with 14.9 points per game, along with 3.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals per contest. The Haines native ranks second in the GNAC with 2.6 three-pointers and 36.1 minutes per game, plus marks of fourth in free-throw percentage (.862) and eight in three-point percentage (.441).
Helping UAA to an 18-8 record and third place in the GNAC with an 11-7 mark, Fossman has scored double figures in 20 of his 24 appearances, including six games with at least 20 points. He nailed multiple three-pointers in the first 14 games this year and ran his streak to 31 straight games with at least one trey before having it snapped in the regular-season finale.
Stafford, a 6-5 sophomore guard, ranks ninth in the league with 14.4 points per game, while his 4.4 rebounds are second on the team. The Auburn, Wash., product and Snow (Utah) College transfer has scored double figures in 21 of his 25 games, including a current string of 11 in a row. In November, Stafford joined Fossman on the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament team as the pair helped UAA beat a pair of Div. I opponents, and he was the MVP of the season-opening AT&T Jamboree.
Gibcus, a 6-10 senior center, earned honorable mention status thanks to his 11.3 points and team-high 6.8 rebounds per game. The Lysterfield, Autralia, native ranks ninth in the league in rebounding and fifth in field-goal percentage at .571. After entering the season with only one career double-double, he has registered five this year, including three in the last four regular-season games. The program’s second-winningest player with 79 career victories, he recently made history by becoming the second Seawolf to earn CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America honors (3rd Team).
The regionally 9th-ranked Seawolves return to action Thursday with a quarterfinal game against Central Washington in the 3rd annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament in Lacey, Wash.
2012-13 All-GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM
+John Allen, Western Washington (G, 6-0, Sr., Brier, WA)
*+David Downs, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-2, Jr., Kirkland, WA)
Paul Jones, Western Washington (F, 6-5, Sr., Kent, WA)
Mark McLaughlin, Central Washington (G, 6-6, Jr., Bothell, WA)
Kyle Fossman, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-1, Jr., Haines, AK)
Jarrell Crayton, Montana State Billings (F, 6-7, Sr., Bellevue, NE)
+Unanimous / *Repeat selection
SECOND TEAM
Patrick Simon, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-8, Jr., Ephrata, WA)
Jobi Wall, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-6, Sr., Arvada, CO)
Richard Woodworth, Western Washington (G, 6-3, Jr., Bellevue, WA)
Teancum Stafford, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-5, So., Auburn, WA)
Sergej Pucar, Alaska Fairbanks (C, 6-11, Jr., Belgrade, Serbia)
Dominique Brinson, Alaska Fairbanks (G, 6-2, Sr., Juneau, AK)
HONORABLE MENTION: Liam Gibcus, Alaska Anchorage (F, 6-10, Sr., Lysterfield, Australia); Pat Voeut, Alaska Fairbanks (G, 5-11, Jr., Bellingham, WA); Jordan Coby, Central Washington (G, 6-1, Sr., Tacoma, WA); Kalob Hatcher, Montana State Billings (G, 5-11, Jr., San Diego, CA); Dave Arnold, Montana State Billings (G, 6-2, Sr., Highlands Ranch, CO); Omar McDade, Montana State Billings (G, 6-3, Sr., Logan, UT); Kenny Jones, Northwest Nazarene (G, 6-2, Sr., Los Angeles, CA);Kevin Rima, Northwest Nazarene (F, 6-, So., Fairbanks, AK); Jonathan Hawkins, Northwest Nazarene (G, 6-3, Sr., Phoenix, AZ); Roger O’Neill, Saint Martin’s (F, 6-5, Sr., Edmonds, WA); Brady Bomber, Saint Martin’s (G, 5-10, Sr., Lynden, WA); Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-4, So., Spokane, WA); Andy Poling, Seattle Pacific (C, 6-11, Sr., Portland, OR); Taylor Dunn, Simon Fraser (G, 6-4, Jr., Vancouver, WA); Kolton Nelson, Western Oregon (C, 6-8, Sr., Klamath Falls, OR); Andy Avgi, Western Oregon (F, 6-5, Fr., Woodburn, OR); Austin Bragg, Western Washington (F, 6-9, Jr., Longview, WA); Chris Mitchell, Western Washington (C, 6-9, Sr., Everson, WA).
GNAC Player of the Year – John Allen, Western Washington (G, 6-0, Sr., Brier, WA)
GNAC Defensive Player of the Year – Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-4, So., Spokane, WA)
GNAC Newcomer of the Year – Mark McLaughlin, Central Washington (G, 6-6, Jr., Bothell, WA)
GNAC Freshman of the Year – Andy Avgi, Western Oregon (F, 6-5, Fr., Woodburn, WA)
GNAC Coach of the Year – Tony Dominguez, Western Washington, and Mick Durham, UAF
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