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All-America

Division III basketball's best of 1999

First Team

Merrill Brunson The WIAC MVP, Brunson led the nation in three-point percentage after finishing as the runner-up in 1998. The junior was named MVP of the Final Four after averaging 22.5 points in the two games and tying a Final Four record with a 6-for-7 performance from downtown in the semifinals. Brunson reached double figures in all 32 games and scored 20 points 11 times in the final 16 games for the Pioneers.

1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA % 3FG 3FGA % FT FTA % 32 603 193 369 52.3 77 147 52.4 140 158 88.6 Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 78 2.4 70 2.2 87 7 37 1.2 35.4 18.8

Darrel Lewis Lewis finished as the nation's second leading scorer (29.1 ppg) and scored 30 or more points 12 times this season, including 40 or more points twice. The senior helped Lincoln win a school-record 14 consecutive games to finish 18-6, including scoring the final 14 points of the game in the Lions' final win, a 91-87 defeat of Allentown in the ECAC tournament. He finished his career with 2,294 career points. 1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 24 700 249 445 56.0% 81 180 45.0% 121 152 79.6% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. PPG 186 7.8 129 5.4 83 18 95 4.0 29.2

Andy Panko A repeat first-teamer, Panko set MAC modern records for points in a season (728), points per game (26.0), points in a game (58), field goals made in a game (20), free throws made per game (7.9), and free throws attempted per game (9.6). Career-wise, Panko holds the MAC modern records for scoring average (23.1), field goals made per game (7.8), free throws made per game (6.1) and free throws attempted per game (7.4). He is also among the top five in several other categories.

1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 28 728 232 420 55.2% 44 120 36.7% 220 270 81.5% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 255 9.1 96 3.4 97 51 33 1.2 34.6 26.0

Devean George Named the MIAC's MVP for the second year in a row, George finished his career second with 2,258 career points and 868 career rebounds, falling just 13 points short of the school's career scoring record, 2,271 points, set by now-coach Brian Ammann from 1981-85. His regular-season average of 28.1 ppg (No. 3 in D-III) and 11.5 rpg (No. 8) made him one of two players in Division III to average a double-double with at least 20 points per game. He scored in double figures in all 28 games in 1998-99 and 85 times in his last 86 games. He had 37 double-doubles in his career, including 21 this season. George scored at least 20 points 63 times, 30-plus points 21 times and 40-plus points five times (three in 1998-99). He set an Augsburg single-game record with 52 points in a 105-97 OT win at Carleton on Jan. 16, scored 47 points in a 122-121 four-overtime win at D-II St. Cloud State on Nov. 24, and had 40 points in a 78-67 win at Concordia-Moorhead on Jan. 23. Augsburg was 71-25 in games he played.

1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 28 770 281 542 51.8% 45 138 32.6% 163 213 76.5% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 317 11.3 58 2.1 84 35 52 1.9 34.6 27.5

Chaz Smoot The four-time Team of the Week member set Anderson's single-season field goal percentage mark with a 61.8% (213-for-374) performance from the field this season, helping Anderson to its best winning percentage since the 1962-63 team (also 20-6). His top performances included 29 points against conference champ Franklin and a career-high 43 against Wabash.

1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 26 610 231 374 61.8% 29 65 44.6% 119 146 81.5% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 171 6.6 34 1.3 44 6 18 0.7 30.5 23.5

Second Team

Korey Coon Coon, '98-99 co-CCIW Most Outstanding Player, led the Titans to a second-place finish in the conference and NCAA playoff berth. The team's leading scorer in 14 of 26 games, Coon tallied a career-high 38 against NAIA Olivet Nazarene on Dec. 7. He shot 48.7% from beyond the arc (74-for-152) and 88.3% from the free-throw line (128-for-145). 1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 26 512 155 317 48.9% 74 152 48.7% 128 145 88.3% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 88 3.4 53 2.0 78 1 20 0.8 36.0 19.7

Jason Sibley Sibley helped Franklin earn its first trip to the Sweet 16 and two consecutive berths in the NCAA tournament. He was named Co-MVP in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (shared with co-second teamer Antwann Jones of Manchester) and MVP of the HCAC tournament after leading Grizzlies to their first conference tourney title. Ranked 25th in scoring average in NCAA Division III at 21.6 points per game in NCAA's last regular season stat rankings and 19th in steals at 2.9 per game. Sibley owns Franklin's career steals record with 257 and finished as Franklin's 10th-leading all-time scorer (1,469 points). 1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 27 554 192 412 46.6% 78 173 46.6% 92 111 82.9% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min. Min./G PPG 102 3.8 74 2.7 74 7 35 1.3 891 33.0 20.5

Michael Schantz Schantz ranked sixth in the nation in scoring and second in rebounding, making him one of only two players in the country (along with first-teamer Devean George) to be ranked in the top ten in both categories. His 2,117 points and 1,132 rebounds make him only the second Hamilton player in school history to score at least 2,000 points and grab more than 1,000 rebounds in a career. 1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 27 700 246 427 57.6% 3 8 37.5% 205 270 75.9% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min. Min./G PPG 361 13.4 42 1.6 50 21 42 1.6 970 36.0 25.9

Antwann Jones With 14 double-doubles, the HCAC co-MVP came up big in the games that counted, including 28 points on 11-for-18 shooting against UW-Platteville in the Sweet 16, 30 points against eventual HCAC champion Franklin and a layup to send the HCAC championship game into overtime.

1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 27 546 212 427 49.6% 6 17 35.3% 116 162 71.6% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 259 9.6 41 1.5 83 50 69 2.6 29.9 20.2

Adam Doll Despite suffering a torn ACL in the offseason, last year's Team of the Year center did not miss a start in leading Simpson to the IIAC championship game. Doll averaged 19 points and 19 rebounds during the conference tournament, including a 24-point and career-high 23-rebound performance against Coe in the semifinals. His 56.2% shooting mark from the floor led the conference.

1998-99 Stats GP Pts. FGM FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% 27 433 160 275 58.2% 0 0 --- 113 176 64.2% Reb. Avg. Ast. Avg. TO Blk. Stl. Avg. Min./G PPG 323 12.0 89 3.3 68 19 22 0.8 25.1 16.0

Third Team

Honorable Mention