Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Alaska Anchorage center Taylor Rohde has been voted the Daktronics NCAA Division II West Region Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Year.

Rohde currently leads the GNAC in scoring (19.9), rebounding (8.1) and field goal percentage (62.8) and has led the Seawolves to a 22-6 record.

Joining Rohde on the West Region first team all-star team were Western Washington forward Rory Blanche, BYU-Hawaii guard Tsung-Hsien (Jet) Chang, Chico State guard Jay Flores and Montana State Billings guard Antoine Proctor.

Selected to the second team were guards Mitchel Anderson of Cal Poly Pomona, Blair Wheadon of Western Oregon and Damario Sims of Chico State, forward Kwame Alexander of Cal State San Bernardino and center Reggie Jones of Cal State Stanislaus.

Rohde and Chang were the only repeaters from last year's team when both were selected to the second team.

DAKTRONICS WEST REGION: First Team- +Taylor Rohde, Alaska Anchorage (Center, 6-9, Sr., Phoenix, AZ); Rory Blanche, Western Washington (Forward, 6-6, Sr., Ashland, OR); +Tsung-Hsien (Jet) Chang, BYU-Hawaii (Guard, 6-4, Sr., Yilan, Taiwan); Jay Flores, Chico State (Guard, 6-0, Sr., Sacramento, CA); Antoine Proctor, Montana State Billings (Guard, 6-3, Sr., Washington, DC). Second Team- Reggie Jones, Cal State Stanislaus (Center, 6-9, Sr., Paterson, NJ); Mitchel Anderson, Cal Poly Pomona (Guard, 6-4, Jr., Temecula, CA); Blair Wheadon, Western Oregon (Guard, 6-3, Sr., Junction City, OR); Kwame Alexander, Cal State San Bernardino (Forward, 6-7, Jr., Moreno Valley, CA); Damario Sims, Chico State (Guard, 6-0, Jr., Oakland, CA). +Second team in 2011