Fort Hays State University had two players named to the 2015 All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Team, released
on Monday by the conference office.
Dom Samac earned third-team honors, while
Craig Nicholson, whose season was cut short due to injury, still received an honorable mention nod.Samac earns honors in his first year with the program after transferring from Denver University. Samac leads active FHSU players in scoring at 10.7 points per game heading into the MIAA Tournament. Samac scored in double figures 18 times during the regular season. He scored a season-high 25 points in back-to-back games, which earned him MIAA Athlete of the Week honors once this year. Samac also averaged 4.9 rebounds per game during the regular season and ranked second in the conference in field goal percentage at .587.Nicholson earned All-MIAA status for the third time in his career, despite playing just 16 games in 2014-15. His season was cut short in the game against Central Oklahoma on
January 15 in Hays when he suffered a fracture in his leg while driving to the basket. After earning All-MIAA Second Team and MIAA Freshman of the Year honors in 2013, and All-MIAA First Team honors in 2014, Nicholson put up big numbers once again this season at 14.9 points and 6.1 assists per game. He led the MIAA once again in assists per game before suffering the injury. Nicholson will enter his senior year with 1,143 career points and 511 career assists.
Below is the entire 2014-15 All-MIAA Men’s Basketball Team.
Player of the Year
Connor Beranek, Jr., F, UNK
Defensive Player of the Year
Matt Wallace, Sr., G, NWMSU
Freshman of the Year
Justin Pitts, Fr., G, NWMSU
Co-Coach of the Year
Kevin Muff, PSU & Ben McCollum, NWMSU
All-MIAA First Team
Connor Beranek, Jr., F, UNK**
Brennen Hughes, Sr., F, UCM
Ethan Brozek, Jr., F, UNK
Justin Pitts, Fr., G, NWMSU
Josiah Gustafson, So., PSU
**Unanimous Selection
All-MIAA Second Team
Taevaunn Prince, Jr., F, MSSU
Rakeem Dickerson, Sr., G, UCM
Conner Crooker, Jr., G, NWMSU
Darris Smith, Sr., G, LWU
Kyle Wiggins, Sr., G, WU
All-MIAA Third Team
Dom Samac, Jr., F, FHSU
Terrence Moore, Jr., G, ESU
Devon Branch, Sr., G, PSU
Menas Stephens, Sr., G, SBU
Mahlon Jones, Sr., G, UCO
All-Defensive Team
Matt Wallace, Sr., G, NWMSU
TJ White, Sr., G, UCM
Javis Flynn, Jr., G, PSU
Greg Renfroe, Jr., C, MSSU
Preston Brunz, Sr., G, UCM
Honorable Mention All-MIAA
Dillon Deck, Sr., UCM
Phillip Brown, Sr., UCO
Craig Nicholson, Jr., FHSU
Joshua Buie, Sr., LU
Cory Arentsen, Jr., LWU
Chance Creekmur, Sr., LWU
Cameron Cornelius, Sr., MSSU
Lane Barlow, Sr., MSSU
Cortrez Colbert, Sr., MWSU
Trey Mohair, Jr., NSU
Grant Cozad, Sr., NWMSU
Zach Schneider, So., NWMSU
Alex North, Sr., WU
