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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