PORTLAND, Ore. (Mar. 3) – Alaska Anchorage junior guard Travis Thompson was named a First Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference selection Monday as the league handed out its men’s basketball postseason honors.
Along with Thompson, sophomore Brian McGill was tabbed Second Team All-GNAC, while senior Kyle Fossman was named honorable mention.
Thompson, a 6-1 shooting guard, ranks second in the GNAC with 21.5 points per game and a .897 free-throw percentage, and is tied with Fossman for a league-best 3.7 three-pointers per game. The local Dimond High product has scored double figures in 27 of 29 games, including six performances with at least 30 points. Thompson has already broken both the UAA and GNAC single-season marks for three-pointers with 107 – tied with Fossman heading into Wednesday’s GNAC Tournament quarterfinal game against Western Oregon in Lacey, Wash.
A Second Team All-GNAC pick as a sophomore in 2011-12, Thompson is already the No. 10 career scorer in UAA history with 1,180 points, along with No. 4 on the program’s free-throw percentage (.873) and three-pointers made (214) lists.
McGill, a 6-2 point guard, earned Second Team All-GNAC honors thanks to league top-10 ranks in assists (2nd, 5.9 apg), assist-turnover ratio (5th, 2.5), minutes per game (7th, 33.6) and free-throw percentage (9th, .831), along with a No. 11 in scoring (15.8 ppg). In his first year of eligibility since transferring from Western Oregon, the Clackamas, Ore., native has a pair of double-doubles, including 29 points and 12 assists in a December win over Alaska Fairbanks.
Fossman, a 6-foot guard, is the GNAC’s 6th-leading scorer at 16.7 ppg and is tied with Thompson for No. 5 nationally with 3.7 three-pointers per game. The Haines native broke UAA’s single-game (12), season (107) and career (251) three-point records in February, and he ranks No. 9 on the Seawolves’ career scoring list with 1,210 points. He is also No. 5 all-time on the GNAC’s three-point list.
The Seawolves have clinched their ninth straight winning season, taking a 17-12 overall mark into their Wednesday 1:15 p.m. AST matchup against WOU, which tied UAA for fourth place at 10-8 in the final GNAC standings. The winner will face regular-season champion Seattle Pacific on Thursday night.
2013-14 GNAC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
First Team: **+David Downs, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-2, Sr., Kirkland, WA); Richard Woodworth, Western Washington (G, 6-3, Sr., Bellevue, WA); *Mark McLaughlin, Central Washington (G, 6-6, Sr., Bothell, WA); Patrick Simon, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-8, Sr., Ephrata, WA); Travis Thompson, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-1, Jr., Anchorage, AK); Austin Bragg, Western Washington (F, 6-9, Sr., Longview, WA).
+Unanimous *Repeater
Second Team: Andrew Kelly, Alaska Fairbanks (F, 6-7,Sr., Gilbert, AZ); Kalob Hatcher, Montana State Billings (G, 5-11, Sr., San Diego, CA); Rodney Webster, Western Oregon (G, 6-1, Sr., Hanford, CA); Brian McGill, Alaska Anchorage (PG, 6-2, So., Clackamas, OR); Ronnie Baker, Alaska Fairbanks (G, 6-3, Sr., Vallejo, CA); Sango Niang, Simon Fraser (G, 6-0, Jr., Paris, France).
Honorable Mention: Kyle Fossman, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-0, Sr., Haines, AK); Sergej Pucar, Alaska Fairbanks (C, 6-10, Sr., Belgrade, Serbia); JB Pillard, Central Washington (F, 6-6, Sr., Kirkland, WA); Jonathan Mesghna, MSU Billings (G/F, 6-6, Sr., Frankfurt, Germany); Austin Hudson, MSU Billings (C, 6-7, Jr., Salt Lake City, UT); Kevin Rima, Northwest Nazarene (F, 6-7, Jr., Fairbanks, AK); Mario Donaldson, Northwest Nazarene (G, 6-3, Sr., Rockton, IL); Evan Coulter, Saint Martin’s (G, 5-10, Sr., Mt. Vernon, WA); Riley Stockton, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-4, Jr., Spokane, WA); Andy Avgi, Western Oregon (F, 6-6, So., Woodburn, OR).
GNAC Player of the Year – David Downs, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-2, Sr., Kirkland, WA)
GNAC Defensive Player of the Year – Andrew Kelly, Alaska Fairbanks (F, 6-7, Sr., Gilbert, AZ)
GNAC Newcomer of the Year – Jonathan Mesghna, MSU Billings (G/F, 6-6, Sr., Frankfurt, Germany)
GNAC Freshman of the Year – Michael Loomis, Northwest Nazarene (G, 6-5, Fr., Tualatin, OR)
GNAC Coach of the Year – Ryan Looney, Seattle Pacific
Nate Sagan
Sports Information Director
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK 9508
(907) 786-1295 / nate@uaa.alaska.edu
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