GPAC Announces All-Conference Honors for Basketball Seasons

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WBB

Hannah DeMars of The University of Jamestown has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America

Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2022-23. DeMars averaged 17.7 points and 9.9 rebounds per game for the Jimmies who went 21-8 overall and 16-6 in conference play.

Other GPAC basketball honorees for 2022-23 include: Co-Defensive Players-of-the-Year Jada Campbell of Dakota Wesleyan and Kennedy Benne from Briar Cliff; Freshman-of-the-Year Macy Sievers of Dordt; and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Co-Coaches-of-the-Year Bill Harmsen from Dordt and Thad Sankey from Jamestown. The All-GPAC Basketball Teams and honors are selected by the league’s 12 head coaches.

2022-23 GPAC Women’s Basketball All-Conference Teams

FIRST TEAM

NAME SCHOOL HEIGHT YEAR POSITION HOMETOWN

Bailey Beckman Dordt 5-3 Sr. Guard Panorama, Iowa
*Hannah DeMars Jamestown 5-11 Sr. Forward Grand Rapids, Minn.
Karly Gustafson Dordt 6-0 Sr. Forward Ethan, S.D.
Mak Hatcliff Doane 5-7 So. Guard Beatrice, Neb.
Maddie Jones Northwestern 5-5 Sr. Guard Twin Lakes, Iowa
Sophia Peppers Morningside 5-10 Sr. Forward Exira, Iowa
Matti Reiner Dakota Wesleyan 5-10 Sr. Forward Tripp, S.D.
Taysha Rushton Concordia 5-5 So. Guard Midland, Texas
Konnor Sudmann Briar Cliff 5-11 Sr. Guard Treynor, Iowa
Kia Tower Jamestown 5-6 Sr. Guard Bigfork, Minn.

*GPAC Player-of-the-Year

SECOND TEAM

Kennedy Benne Briar Cliff 5-8 Jr. Guard Oakland, Neb.
Jada Campbell Dakota Wesleyan 6-4 Sr. Center Alexandria, S.D.
Emilee Danner Northwestern 5-10 Sr. Guard Westside, Iowa
Madelyn Deitchler Briar Cliff 5-11 Sr. Center Treynor, Iowa
Macy Holtz Doane 5-7 So. Guard Plainview, Minn.
Isabel Ihnen Dakota Wesleyan 5-7 Jr. Guard Lennox, S.D.
Abby Krieser Concordia 5-8 So. Guard Lincoln, Neb.
Sadie Powell Concordia 6-0 So. Forward Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Molly Schany Northwestern 6-1 Jr. Forward Emmetsburg, Iowa
Janie Schoonhoven Dordt 5-10 So. Forward Hospers, Iowa

HONORABLE MENTION

Briar Cliff: Payton Slaughter, Peyton Wingert
College of Saint Mary: Madelyn Turner
Concordia: Kendal Brigham. Mackenzie Toomey
Dakota Wesleyan: Rylee Rosenquist, Morgan Edelman
Doane: Megan Chambers
Dordt: Macy Sievers
Hastings: Allie Bauer, Mariyah Avila
Midland: Erin Prusa
Morningside: McKenna Sims, Alexis Spier, Chloe Lofstrom
Mount Marty: Eve Millar. Kaela Martinez
Northwestern: Taylor VanderVelde
Jamestown: Audrey Rodakowski, Kate Busek

MAIN AWARDS

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year: Hannah DeMars, Jamestown
GPAC Co-Defensive Players-of-the-Year: Jada Campbell, Dakota Wesleyan and Kennedy Benne, Briar Cliff
GPAC Freshman-of-the-Year: Macy Sievers, Dordt
Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Co-Coaches-of-the-Year: Bill Harmsen, Dordt and Thad Sankey, Jamestown

MBB

Mason Walters of The University of Jamestown has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America

Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2022-23. Walters averaged 26.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game for the Jimmies who went 25-5 overall and 15-5 in conference play.

Other GPAC basketball honorees for 2022-23 include: Defensive Player-of-the-Year Trey Powers from Morningside; Freshman-of-the-Year Reggie Thomas of Hastings; and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year Trent Miller from Morningside. The All-GPAC Basketball Teams and honors are selected by the league’s 11 head coaches.

2022-23 GPAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams