Seawolf senior Thompson tabbed 2nd Team All-Region

PORTLAND, Ore. (Mar. 13) – Alaska Anchorage senior Travis Thompson was recognized among the top 10 men’s players in the NCAA Div. II West Region on Friday, earning Daktronics Second Team All-West Region Team honors in voting by sports information directors.

A 6-1 guard, Thompson was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s fourth-leading scorer with 16.8 points per game, shooting 43 percent from the three-point line and 83 percent at the free-throw stripe. The local Dimond High School product also dished 3.5 assists per game as he ranked among the NCAA Div. II top 25 stats leaders in three-point percentage, three-pointers per game (3.1) and assist/turnover ratio (2.9).

Thompson scored more than 20 points on 11 occasions this year, moving up to No. 2 on UAA’s all-time scoring list and No. 12 on the GNAC list with 1,667 for his career. Also the school and GNAC career three-point king, he became the first player in league history to surpass 300 three-pointers (302).

Last week he collected First Team All-GNAC honors for the second straight season, and he was a Second Team All-GNAC pick as a sophomore in 2011-12.

The Seawolves finished 16-13 overall this season and tied for third place in the GNAC with a 12-6 mark.

2015 Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association West Region Men’s Basketball All-Region Team

 

First Team

Troy Leaf, Azusa Pacific                                               Guard                      6-1           Sr.        San Diego, CA

+Terrence Drisdom, Cal Poly Pomona                          Guard                      6-5           Sr.        Corona, CA

*+Zach Robbins, Dixie State                                         Forward                    6-10         Sr.        Upland, CA
Andy Avgi, Western Oregon                                         Forward                    6-6           Jr.        Woodburn, WA
Jordan Semple, Chico State                                         Forward                    6-7           Sr.        Arcata, CA

 

Second Team

Gelaun Wheelwright, California Baptist                         Guard                      6-2           Jr.        Riverside, CA
Travis Thompson, Alaska Anchorage                        Guard                      6-1           Sr.       Anchorage, AK
Pablo Coro, BYU-Hawaii                                               Guard                      6-3           Sr.        Osorno, Chile
Robert Duncan, Chico State                                         Guard                      6-3           So.       Granite Bay, CA      
Austin Bryan, Humboldt State                                      Guard                      6-4           Sr.        Wenatchee, WA

 

Player-of-the-Year – Troy Leaf, Azusa Pacific

 

--GoSeawolves.com

 

Nate Sagan
Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, AK  99508
(907) 786-1295 / nate@uaa.alaska.edu
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