BYU-Hawai'i's Foyle among best in West Region
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West Region Friday's games First round Game 1: No. 6 Hawai'i-Hilo (18-9) vs. No. 3 Humboldt State (Calif.) (22-5), noon Game 2: No. 7 Sonoma State (Calif.) (18-9) vs. No. 2 Cal State San Bernardino (21-6), 2:30 p.m. Game 3: No. 4 Cal Poly Pomona (20-7) vs. No. 5 Alaska Fairbanks (20-7), 6 p.m. Game 4: No. 1 Brigham Young-Hawai'i (19-3) vs. No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield (19-8), 8:30 p.m. Saturday's games Semifinals Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 5 p.m. Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7:30 p.m. Monday's game Championship Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 7 p.m. Elite 8 At The Lakeland Center, Lakeland, Fla. Quarterfinals on March 26 Semifinals on March 27 National championship March 29 |
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Teammate Scott Salisbury was named to the second team.
Players on the All-West first team are eligible for the All-America team, which will be announced March. 25.
Foyle, a 6-foot-6 senior from Canouan, St. Vincent, yesterday was also named Pacific West Conference Player of the Year for the second year in a row and Salisbury was named to the All-Pac West first team for the second consecutive year.
Brigham Young-Hawai'i's Ken Wagner was named conference Coach of the Year. He was Co-Coach of the Year last season.
"It's fun to coach, but it's a lot easier to coach when you have good players and good people to work with," said Wagner, who added the awards were a reflection of the school. "I really have a lot of respect for our players and their talents."
Foyle, who tops the nation with a 27.6 points per game average, leads the Seasiders (19-3) into the NCAA West Regional starting Friday at the Cannon Activities Center in La'ie. BYUH, the PacWest champion and West's top seed, will be joined by Hawai'i-Hilo and six other teams in the regional.
Salisbury, a senior center from Richland, Wash., is scheduled to start his first game Friday since suffering a fractured larynx Feb. 12. He is averaging 15.9 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.
Also on the All-PacWest first team were Ryan Abrahams of Hawai'i-Hilo and Leon Ballard of Chaminade. Cameron Munoz of Montana State-Billings was named Freshman of the Year.
The PacWest consists of HPU, BYUH, UH-Hilo, Chaminade, Montana State-Billings and Western New Mexico.
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Daktronics NCAA Division II
Men's Basketball All-West Region
Selected by College Sports Information Directors of America
First team
Peter Bullock, AlaskaiAnchorage, forward, junior; Bobby Burries, Cal State San Bernardino, guard, senior; Alexus Foyle, BYUiHawai'i, forward, senior; Fred Hooks, Humboldt State, guard, junior; Austin Nichols, Humboldt State, forward, junior.
Second team
Yusef Aziz, Seattle Pacific, forward, senior; Ronald Johnson, Cal State Los Angeles, guard, senior; Sean Kelly, Western Oregon, forward, junior; Mike Palm, Western Washington, center, senior; Scott Salisbury, BYUiHawai'i, center, senior.
Pacific West Conference
All-Conference Team
Selected by league's coaches
First Team
Alexus Foyle*#, BYU-Hawai'i; Scott Salisbury*, BYU-Hawai'i; Ryan Abrahams, Hawai'i-Hilo; Leon Ballard, Chaminade; Dan Thompson, Montana State-Billings.
Second Team
Nic Walters, Hawai'i Pacific; Kyle Stirmlinger, Montana State-Billings; Leandro Maruoka, Hawai'i Pacific; Kyle Bartholomew, Hawai'i-Hilo; Roy Stigall, Chaminade.
Honorable Mention
Skip Esene (Hawai'i-Hilo), Beau Nobmann (BYU-Hawai'i), Brady Hyde (Hawai'i-Hilo), Bryon Sykes (Chaminade), Marvin Noble (Hawai'i Pacific), Willy Davison (MSU-Billings), Joey Ramirez (Western New Mexico), Nate Block (Hawai'i Pacific), Shawn Opunui (BYU-Hawai'i).
#Indicates Player of the Year last season
*Indicates first-team selection last season
All-Academic Team
Malcolm Connor, Western New Mexico, business, 3.82 GPA; Willy Davison, Montana State-Billings, chemistry, 3.74; Joe Cook, Montana State-Billings, business, 3.68; Dan Thompson, Montana State-Billings, psychology, 3.53; Spencer Lynn, BYU-Hawai'i, biology, 3.42.
