UAA's Stafford earns Academic All-District with 4.0

ANCHORAGE (Jan. 30) – Alaska Anchorage’s Teancum Stafford was named Thursday to the Capital One Academic All-District 8 Men’s Basketball Team, recognizing  the junior as one of the top five student-athletes among the 32 schools of the NCAA Division II West Region.

The 6-5 guard/forward from Auburn, Wash., was honored for his 4.00 overall grade-point average as a psychology major, plus his outstanding play on the court for the Seawolves.

In his second year at UAA after transferring from Snow (Utah) College, Stafford leads the Seawolves and ranks third in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with 8.2 rebounds per game, while his scoring average of 13.9 ppg ranks 16th in the league. Stafford has scored double figures in 38 of his 44 career games at UAA, including a career-high 29 points in a win over then-No. 5 Minnesota State in November. He also has four double-doubles this year for the Seawolves, who sit 12-8 overall and 5-4 in league play at the mid-point of the GNAC campaign.

The Capital One all-district teams are voted on by sports information directors throughout the NCAA’s eight geographical districts, with the Div. II West Region comprised of three leagues – the GNAC, the Pacific West Conference and the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

Stafford and the other academic all-district honorees now advance to the Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

2014 Capital One Academic All-District
Men’s Basketball Team
(District 8)
NCAA DIVISION II (CCAA, GNAC, Pac West)

Name, School, Yr., Hometown, GPA, Major
David Downs, Seattle Pacific, Sr., Kirkland, Wash., 3.80, Accounting
Connor Haysbert, Dominican (Calif.), Sr., Sacramento, Calif., 3.72, Biological Sciences
Sean Park, Chico State, Sr. /Gr., Goleta, Calif., 3.42/4.00, Kinesiology
Teancum Stafford, Alaska Anchorage, Jr., Auburn, Wash., 4.00, Psychology
Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific, Jr., Spokane, Wash., 3.87, Business Administration

 

--GoSeawolves.com--

 

Nate Sagan
Sports Information Director
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK  9508
(907) 786-1295 / nate@uaa.alaska.edu
GoSeawolves.com