3 Blue Hawk basketball players earn Frontier honors

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WHITEFISH, Mont. — Two Dickinson State men’s basketball players and one player from the women’s basketball team were named all-Frontier Conference honorable mention selections on Wednesday.

Seniors John Hanstad and Johnie Sanders earned the nods from the men’s team while sophomore Janae Moore was the lone player to earn honors from the women’s team.

Sanders, a 6-foot-4 forward from Apple Valley, Minn., led the DSU men with 11.9 points per game while also grabbing 4.5 rebounds and contributing 1.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Hanstad, a 6-3 guard from Dickinson, averaged 8.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while making a team-leading 53 3-pointers. Hanstad finished his career second on DSU’s list of career 3-point shooters.

Moore, a 5-11 forward from Sidney, Mont., averaged team highs of 13.9 points, 7.1 rebounds per game and 1.6 steals per game while shooting a team-leading 51 percent from the field in her first season as a full-time starter.

Frontier Conference awards

All-Frontier men’s basketball

First team

P.J. Bolte, Sr., F, Lewis-Clark State, Tacoma, Wash.; Devin Jackson, Sr., G, Montana State-Northern, Denver; Adam Greger, So., G-F, Montana Tech, Florence, Mont.; Jake Owsley, Jr., C, Montana Western, Bozeman, Mont.; Jeremy Nicolas, Jr., F, Rocky Mountain, Villepinte, France; Marcel Towns, Jr., G, Great Falls, Phoenix; Jake Orchard, Sr., G, Westminster College, Salt Lake City.

Second team

Jacob Champoux, So., G, Lewis-Clark State, Seattle; Danny Marshall, Sr., F, Lewis-Clark State, Spokane, Wash.; Roshawn West, Jr., G, Montana State-Northern, Seattle; Jordan Overstreet, So., G, Montana Western, Three Forks, Mont.; Joel Barndt, Jr., F, Rocky Mountain, Billings, Mont.; James Holmes, Sr., F, Great Falls, Las Vegas.

Honorable mention

John Hanstad, Sr., G, Dickinson State, Dickinson; Johnie Sanders, Sr., F, Dickinson State, Apple Valley, Minn.; Nick Jones, Jr., G, Carroll College, Melbourne, Australia; Dennis Mikelonis, Jr., G, Carroll College, Boise, Idaho; Bryan Bock, Jr., G, Montana Tech, Rialto, Calif.; Daniel Simon, Sr., F, Montana Tech, Ephrata, Wash.; Maazin Butler, Jr., G, Montana Western, Tacoma, Wash.; Corbin Pearson, So., F, Montana State-Northern, Big Sandy, Mont.; Jesse Vaughn, So., F, Montana State-Northern, Spokane, Wash.; Don Parham, Sr., G, Rocky Mountain, Los Angeles; Malachi Roberts, So., G, Rocky Mountain, East Wenatchee, Wash.; Alex Drecksel, Sr., F, Westminster College, Pocatello, Idaho; Tallon Robertson, Jr., F, Westminster College, American Fork, Utah.

Player of the Year: Marcel Towns, Jr., G, Great Falls, Phoenix.

Coach of the Year: Steve Keller, Montana Western.

Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Nicolas, Jr., F, Rocky Mountain, Villepinte, France.

Defensive Player of the Year: Kris Castro, So., F, Montana Western, Huntley, Mont.

Freshman of the Year: Riley King, Fr., G, Carroll College, Missoula, Mont.

Sixth Player of the Year: P.J. Bolte, Sr., F, Lewis-Clark State, Tacoma, Wash.

All-Frontier women’s basketball

First team

Torrie Cahill, Sr., G, Carroll College, Miles City, Mont.; Megan Patterson, Sr., G, Carroll College, Columbus, Mont.; Annie Kane, Sr., G, Lewis-Clark State, Lapwai, Idaho; Sammi Bignell, Jr., G, Montana Western, Avon, Mont.; Cydney Tibbits, Sr., F, Westminster College, Pasco, Wash.; Nicole Yazzie, Sr., G, West Valley City, Utah.

Second team

Kelsey DeWit, Jr., C, Montana Tech, Columbia Falls, Mont.; Mandy Machinal, So., G, Montana Tech, Richland, Wash.; Erin Legel, Fr., G, Great Falls, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Allie Eastman, Sr., G, Westminster College, Woodruff, Utah; Kelsie Wells, Jr., F, Grantsville, Utah.

Honorable mention

Janae Moore, So., F, Dickinson State, Sidney, Mont.; Ornela Bacchini, Lewis-Clark State, Jr., C, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Tanis Fuller, So., G-F, Lewis-Clark State, Lewiston, Idaho; Danni Devenny, Jr., F, Montana Tech, Perth, Australia; Laini Kalumba, 5-8, Jr., G, Montana Tech, Provo, Utah; Alecia Wilson, Sr., G, Montana Western, Helena, Mont.; Jordan Bruuresma, Sr., F, Montana State-Northern, Reed Point, Mont.; Nikki Tresch, Sr., G, Montana State-Northern, Glenrock, Wyo.; Brittany Kumm, Rocky Mountain, Jr., G, Great Falls, Mont.; Brittany Myers, Jr., C, Rocky Mountain, Cody, Wyo; Lindsey Abramson, So., F, Great Falls, Phoenix.

Player of the Year: Nicole Yazzie, Sr., G, West Valley City, Utah.

Coach of the Year: Shelley Jarrard, Westminster College

Newcomer of the Year: Megan Patterson, Sr., G, Carroll College, Columbus, Mont.

Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Cydney Tibbits, Sr., F, Westminster College, Pasco, Wash.; Haleigh Crnkovich, So., G, Rocky Mountain.

Freshman of the Year: Erin Legel, Fr., G, Great Falls.

Sixth Player of the Year: Tia Pappas, So., G, Westminster College.

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