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GPAC Names All Conference

GPAC Names All Conference

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The Great Plains Athletic Conference has named its top basketball players of the year in both men’s and women’s divisions.

Jay Wolfe of Briar Cliff has been selected as the men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2018-19. Wolfe, a senior, averaged 22.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game for the Chargers.

Other GPAC basketball honorees for 2018-19 include: Defensive Player-of-the-Year Tyler Borchers of Morningside; Freshman-of-the-Year Carter Kent of Concordia; and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year Jim Sykes of Morningside.

Philly Lammers of Concordia University has been selected as the women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2018-19. Lammers, a junior, averaged 14.7 points per game. She also averaged 6.3 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.3 blocks per game for the Bulldogs.

Other GPAC basketball honorees for 2018-19 include: Defensive Player-of-the-Year Rylie Osthus of Dakota Wesleyan; Freshman-of-the-Year Noelle Josephson of the University of Jamestown; and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year Bill Harmsen from Dordt.

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