For Immediate Release
Thursday, February 22, 2018
NSIC Media Relations
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NSIC Player of the Year
#24 Tyler Rudolph  (F, 6-6, 240, Sr.,  Bismarck, N.D. / Century HS) - Minot State
- Led Minot State in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage
- Ranks third in the NSIC averaging 20.9 points per game
- Ranks sixth in the conference averaging 7.4 rebounds per contest and is third in the league shooting 59.3 percent
- Broke the Minot State career scoring record as he has 1,964 career points
- Broke the Minot State career rebounding record with 905
- Named the NSIC North Player of the Week five times this season,
- Finished second in the NSIC in career scoring with 1,494 points which trailed only Daniel Jansen of Augustana who had 1,521
- Reached double figures in scoring in 28 of the 29 games played this season
- Scored a career-high 40 points in a victory over Mayville State on Nov. 14
- He topped 20 points in a game on 14 occasions and had eight double-doubles

NSIC Defensive Player of the Year
#24 Gable Smith (F, 6-7, 211, R-Jr., Lodi, Wis. / Lodi HS) - Minnesota Crookston
- Led all of NCAA Division II with 109 blocks (3.9 blocks per game)
- Ranks second in all three NCAA Divisions with his 109 blocks (trails Ajdin Penava of Marshall - 114)
- Ranks second in the NSIC with 46 steals on the 2017-18 season
- In NSIC only contests he ranks first in steals with 38
- Tallied 11 games with five or more blocks, including a career-high nine blocks against Northern State
- Averaged 8.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game
 
NSIC Freshman of the Year
#20 Joe Smoldt  (G, 6-0, 175, Fr., Reinbeck, Iowa  / Gladbrook-ReinbeckHS) - Upper Iowa
- Started 19 of the 22 NSIC games this season averaging 14.4 points per game
- Played over 32 minutes per NSIC contest while shooting 44.7% from the floor, 43.9% from three and 83.3% from the charity stripe
- Pulled down 3.4 rebounds per game and added 1.8 assists against NSIC opponents
- Season-high of 26 points came at home against SCSU and he topped the 20-point mark three times adding 25 against NSU and 21 at WSC
- Reached double-figures in 19 of the 22 NSIC games
- In the NSIC, Smoldt ranks first in three-pointers made per game, third overall in three-point percentage and twentieth in scoring

NSIC Newcomer of the Year
#4 Trevon Evans (G, 6-0, 175, Jr., Wichita, Kan. / Eisenhower HS / Dodge City CC) - Sioux Falls
- Finished second in the NSIC with 22.3 points per game in league play, 21.4 overall
- Registered five of his six 30+ point outings against NSIC foes with a career-high 42 at Northern State
- Recorded 16 games of 20 points or more this seasons, including 13 in league play
- With 598 points this season, including 468 in league play, set a new USF DII program mark; sits 12th all-time for a season in USF history
- Averaging 2.29 three points field goals and 3.1 assists in league play
- Twice registered back-to-back 30 point outings and had three double doubles
- Three-time NSIC South Division Player of the Week in 2017-18
- Helped USF to its best league record of 14-8 and most wins overall at DII level at 20

NSIC Coach of the Year
Paul Sather - Northern State
- Led the Wolves to their first NSIC Overall Championship in 15 years and first North Division Championship in program history
- Posted a 27-3 record overall and 20-2 mark in league action in the regular season
- NSU has spent 12 weeks on the NABC Top-25 Poll sitting as high as No. 8 in the nation
- The Wolves rank in the top-15 in the nation in scoring defense (65.4), scoring margin (+14.8), rebounding margin (+8.5), and field goal % (50.6)
- Landed four student-athletes on the NSIC All-Conference teams, the most during his tenure at NSU
- Coached one 1,000 point scorer in Darin Peterka in 2017-18
- Notched the highest winning percentage of his career (.903), improving to 153-81 while at Northern State
 

First Team		Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	School	Hometown
23	Jordan Spencer	G	6’2	Sr.	Augustana	Milton Keynes, England
0	Harrison Cleary	G	6’1	So.	Minnesota Crookston	Oak Creek, Wis.
10	Charlie Brown	G	6’1	Sr.	Minnesota State	Joplin, Mo.
25	Kevin Krieger	G	6’6	So.	Minnesota State	Plainfield, Ill.
24	Tyler Rudolph	F	6’6	Sr.	Minot State	Bismarck, N.D.
0	Ian Smith	G	5’10	Jr.	Northern State	Champlin Park, Minn.
4	Trevon Evans	G	6’0	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Wichita, Kan.
3	Ryan Bruggeman	G	6’0	Jr.	SMSU	Pelican Rapids, Minn.
24	Jon Averkamp	F/C	6’6	Sr.	St. Cloud State	Germantown, Wis.
20	Gage Davis	F/G	6’4	Jr.	St. Cloud State	Bolingbrook, Ill.
Second Team		Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	School	Hometown
10	Brandon Myer	F	6’7	So.	Minnesota Duluth	Superior, Wis.
3	Tanner Kretchman	G	6’0	Sr.	MSU Moorhead	Fargo, N.D.
11	Luis Ricci Maia	G	5’11	Sr.	Minot State	Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
35	Logan Doyle	P	6’8	Sr.	Northern State	Alexandria, Minn.
22	Darin Peterka	G	6’3	Sr.	Northern State	Miller, S.D.
11	DJ Pollard	G	6’3	Sr.	Northern State	St Louis Park, Minn.
23	Drew Guebert	F	6’9	Jr.	Sioux Falls	Apple Valley, Minn.
35	Carter Kirk	C	6’8	Sr.	SMSU	Mountain Lake, Minn.
3	Carson Parker	G	6’3	Sr.	Upper Iowa	New Hartford, Iowa
10	Caleb Wagner	G	6’1	So.	Winona State	Muskego, Wis.
Honorable Mention		Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	School	Hometown
3	John Warren	G	6’5	Jr.	Augustana	Hopkins, Minn.
12	Sharif Black	G	6’1	Sr.	Bemidji State	Detroit , Mich.
40	Sean Smith	F	6’8	Jr.	St. Cloud State	Seville, Spain
1	Kendall Jacks	F	6’4	Jr.	Wayne State	Bettendorf, Iowa
30	Tommy Gathje	C	6’8	Jr.	Winona State	Bloomington, Minn.