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Walker named 1st Team All-GNAC

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Walker named 1st Team All-GNAC

SPOKANE, Wash. – Alaska Anchorage juniors Brandon Walker and Casey Robinson were honored Monday as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced its 2009-10 Men's Basketball All-Conference teams. Walker was a First Team selection, while Robinson received honorable mention in voting by the league's nine head coaches.

Walker, a 6-3 guard from Hayward, Calif. (Bishop O'Dowd HS), was the league's sixth-leading scorer at 15.4 points per game, while holding other GNAC ranks of 14th in rebounding (5.3 rpg), 12th in field-goal percentage (.509), 16th in assists (2.4 apg) and third in minutes per game (34.9).

The former Division I transfer from Loyola Marymount scored in double figures in 22 of his last 25 games as the Seawolves finished 17-10 overall and 8-8 in league play. Walker tallied 20 points or more on nine occasions, including 23 in UAA's upset of 9th-ranked Seattle Pacific in Saturday's season finale. In November, he was the second-leading scorer (23.0 ppg) against all-Div. I competition in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, earning all-tournament honors.

Robinson, a 6-6 forward, was named honorable mention after ranking second on the Seawolves in scoring (12.0 ppg) and leading the team in three-point shooting (66 of 162, .407) and steals (1.0 spg). The Manila, Utah, native ranked second in the GNAC with 2.4 three-pointers made per game, and he improved across the board in GNAC play, raising his numbers to 13.9 ppg, .419 3FG, 2.8 3FGs per game and .842 FT.

GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
2009-10 Men's Basketball Postseason Awards

Player of the Year: Chris Banchero, Seattle Pacific
Newcomer of the Year: JC Cook, Central Washington
Freshman of the Year: Tarance Glynn, Western Oregon
Coach of the Year: Ryan Looney, Seattle Pacific
   
FIRST TEAM: +Chris Banchero, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-0, Jr., Seattle, WA); +*Morris Anderson, Western Washington (G, 6-3, Sr., Federal Way, WA); Brandon Walker, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-3, Jr., Hayward, CA);  Brandon Larrieu, Seattle Pacific (W, 6-0, Sr., Puyallup, WA); Derrick Webb, Western Washington  (F, 6-3, Sr., Port Orchard, WA); +Blake Poole, Saint Martin's (F, 6-5, Jr., Eugene, OR).
+Unanimous  *Repeater

SECOND TEAM: JC Cook, Central Washington (G, 6-1, Jr., Canby, OR); DeAndre Chambers, MSU Billings (G, 6-2, Jr., Monroe, NC); Blair Wheadon, Western Oregon (G, 6-2, So., Junction City, OR); Derrick Wright, MSU Billings (F, 6-7, Sr., Brooklyn, NY); Drew Eisinger, Northwest Nazarene (W, 6-3, Jr., Mill Creek, WA); Chris Sprinker, Central Washington (C, 6-9, Jr., Tacoma, WA).

HONORABLE MENTION: Emmanuel Jenkins, Alaska Fairbanks (PG, 6-0, Sr., Tacoma, WA); DaVell Jackson, Montana State Billings (PG, 6-1, Sr., Las Vegas, NV); Jon Clift, Central Washington (G, 5-10, Sr., Spokane, WA); Rob Diederichs, Seattle Pacific (W, 6-8, Sr., Shoreline, WA); Casey Robinson, Alaska Anchorage (F, 6-6, Jr., Manila, UT); Rico Myles, Western Oregon (F, 6-7, Sr., Los Angeles, CA); Nashorn Maynard, Alaska Fairbanks (F, 6-5, Jr., St. Paul, St. Kitts); Zach Bruce, Western Washington (C,  6-8, Sr., Oceanside, CA).
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Players Mentioned

Casey Robinson

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Brandon Walker

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Players Mentioned

Casey Robinson

#44 Casey Robinson

6' 6"
Junior
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Brandon Walker

#22 Brandon Walker

6' 3"
Sophomore
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