Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Brad Jackson has been named NABC Division II National Coach of the Year by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the publication Division II Bulletin.

Jackson will receive his NABC award at the AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game awards show Apr. 1 at the New Orleans Theatre at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans , La.

In his 27th season as head coach at WWU, Jackson 's teams have reached postseason play 19 times.

His teams have an overall won-lost record of 518-279 and Jackson was selected as the NABC West District Coach of the Year.

He also won that award in 2010 and ranks among the top 20 Division II coaches nationally in winning percentage.

The Vikings had a 31-5 record this season, a WWU record for wins in a season, and the national title was the first in the 110-year history of the program.

Jackson is a past chair of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, where he served for five years as a Division II representative. He is also a Division II congressman for the NABC.

Rohde Selected as National Player of the Year by DII Bulletin

Taylor Rohde of Alaska Anchorage as been named the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year by the publication Division II Basketball.

The All-American award is the fourth for Rohde, who earlier was selected to the NABC (Coaches), Daktronics (SIDs) and Basketball Times All-American teams.

Rohde led the GNAC in scoring (19.8), field-goal percentage (62.7) and double-doubles (9), and finished in a virtual three-way tie for the rebounding lead with 8.0 per game.

Rohde was one of two West Region players named to the first team along with Jet Chang of BYU-Hawaii. Rory Blanche of Western Washington was an honorable mention pick.