PACWEST MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
IRVINE, Calif. – After helping Dixie State win its sixth PacWest regular season title in program history,
Trevor Hill was selected by PacWest coaches as the PacWest Player of the Year, Defender of the Year and All-PacWest first-team selection to lead the all-conference team.
Hill was joined among those receiving special awards by his head coach
Jon Judkins, who was named the PacWest Coach of the Year after leading Dixie State to an 18-2 PacWest Record. Hawai`i Pacific’s
Niksha Federico is the PacWest Newcomer of the Year and Biola’s
Isaiah Jones is the PacWest Freshman of the Year.
In his senior season, Hill averaged 15.3 points and 4.9 assists per game. Hill is also averaging 2.1 steals per game, which is the best in the league this year. Early in the season, Dixie State made a trip to Oregon, where Hill had back-to-back 30-point games to earn recognition as the PacWest Player of the Week. Between the two games, Hill totaled 65 points, 13 rebounds and six steals. In the win at Dominican, Hill had 18 points, six rebounds, seven assists and six steals to lead the Trailblazers to victory. The senior helped Dixie State finish the regular season on a 15-game winning streak to win the PacWest regular season title.
Federico was the conference’s leader in both points and rebounds per game, averaging a double-double of 22.0 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. Federico recorded 17 double-doubles on the season, which led the PacWest and ranked sixth in the nation. Federico was once named the PacWest Player of the Week and was selected as the Defender of the Week four times. The first-team selection had 12 consecutive 20-point games early in the season and in the Sharks’ home finale, Federico scored a season-high 31 points as Hawai`i Pacific took Azusa Pacific to overtime.
Jones was named the PacWest Freshman of the Year after helping Biola win five conference games in its first year in the PacWest. Biola’s biggest win came against rival Azusa Pacific, winning in front of a capacity crowd. In that game, Jones tallied six points, eight rebounds, a steal and an assist. Jones finished the year with a double-double against Dixie State with 20 points and 11 rebounds. On the season, Jones made 59.2 percent of his shots, including a 9-for-11 performance from the field at Concordia as he earned All-PacWest Honorable mention recognition.
Judkins is the PacWest Coach of the Year after leading the Trailblazers to a historic regular season that included an NCAA-era program record winning streak of 15 games that continues into the PacWest Tournament. Judkins led Dixie State to its sixth PacWest title in program history. Dixie State finished with a 156-42 record all-time in PacWest regular season games.
Dixie State was also represented on the All-PacWest first team by
Brandon Simister, who averaged 15 points per game with a 42.6 field-goal percentage from 3-point territory.
Petar Kutlesic from Azusa Pacific earned his third career all-conference selection, while Chaminade’s
Austin Pope earned his second. Pop led the conference in assist-turnover ratio, while Kutlesic averaged 12.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.
California Baptist finished PacWest play in second place and was led on the season by
Kalidou Diouf, who averaged 18.6 points and 8.7 rebounds. Diouf had two 30-point games in the month of February, including a 35-point effort against Academy of Art, in which Diouf made 13 of 15 field-goal attempts.
| 2017-18 ALL-PACWEST MEN’S BASKETBALL AWARDS |
| Player of the Year |
Trevor Hill |
Dixie State |
| Defender of the Year |
Trevor Hill |
Dixie State |
| Newcomer of the Year |
Niksha Federico |
Hawai’i Pacific |
| Freshman of the Year |
Isaiah Jones |
Biola |
| Coach of the Year |
Jon Judkins |
Dixie State |
| 2017-18 ALL-PACWEST MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM |
| Name |
School |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Hometown/Previous School |
| FIRST TEAM |
| Kalidou Diouf * |
California Baptist |
C |
Sr. |
Heidelberg, Germany/Alaska Anchorage |
| Niksha Federico |
Hawai’i Pacific |
G/F |
Sr. |
San Diego/San Diego State |
| Trevor Hill ** |
Dixie State |
G |
Sr. |
Sandy, Utah/Alta |
| Petar Kutlesic ** |
Azusa Pacific |
F |
Sr. |
Uzice, Serbia/Lee Academy |
| Austin Pope * |
Chaminade |
G |
Sr. |
Burbank, Calif./North Idaho College |
| Brandon Simister * |
Dixie State |
G |
Sr. |
St. George, Utah/Desert Hills |
| SECOND TEAM |
| Preston Beverly |
Point Loma |
F |
Jr. |
Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore |
| Kendall Brown |
Academy of Art |
G |
Sr. |
Corona, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto CC |
| Tad Dufelmeier * |
Concordia |
G |
Sr. |
Canberra, Australia/Salt Lake CC |
| Jordan Heading * |
California Baptist |
G |
Jr.-RS |
Colonial Light Gardens, Australia/Sunrise Christian |
| Darien McClain |
Azusa Pacific |
G |
Jr. |
O’Fallon, Ill./O’Fallon Township |
| JT Roach * |
Concordia |
G |
Sr.-RS |
Apple Valley, Calif./Citrus College |
| THIRD TEAM |
| Brian Chambers * |
Concordia |
G |
Jr.-RS |
Long Beach, Calif./Cypress College |
| Jeremiah Gray * |
Dominican |
G |
Sr. |
Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake |
| Jonathan Janssen |
Hawai’i Pacific |
F |
Jr. |
Noosa Heads, Australia/Cleveland State |
| Corey Langerveld * |
Azusa Pacific |
F |
Sr. |
Pullman, Wash./Pullman |
| Josh Rodriguez ** |
Point Loma |
G |
Jr. |
La Habra, Calif./Sonora |
| Ziggy Sattherwaite |
Point Loma |
C |
Jr. |
Puyallup, Wash./Rogers |
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Honorable Mention: Adrian Antunez (Fresno Pacific), Sam Burt (Fresno Pacific), Grant Dressler (Chaminade), Zac Hunter (Dixie State), Isaiah Jones (Biola), Cory Lange * (California Baptist), Erik Scheive (Chaminade) Sterling Somers * (Point Loma), Trevor Treinen (Biola)
* - Previous All-PacWest selection