LCSC’s Gordy is selected
for two more postseason
awards
Lewis-Clark State College
senior forward Mike Gordy
has picked up two more
postseason honors for his
strong play during the
2007-08 season.
Gordy was named to the State
Farm/National Association of
Basketball Coaches Men’s
Basketball All-America Team
and was a third-team
selection to the Basketball
Times NAIA Division I
All-America Team.
The State Farm All-America
Team was voted on by the
NABC coaches and chose the
top 10 players in NAIA
Division I for the honor.
Basketball Times selected a
starting five for each of
its squads and Gordy wound
up on the third team.
Earlier this week, Gordy was
named to the first team NAIA
Division I All-America Team,
selected by the NAIA Men's
Basketball Coaches'
Association All-America
Committee.
Gordy, a 6-foot-5 forward
from Denver, Colo., was a
second-team NAIA All-America
Team selection last season.
Gordy had a remarkable
season for LCSC, which went
22-10 and won both the
Frontier Conference regular
season and tournament titles
for the second straight
season and qualified for the
NAIA national tournament.
Gordy was named the MVP of
the Frontier Conference for
the second straight season
and also was the MVP of the
conference tournament.
Gordy finished the season
ranked fourth in the NAIA in
field goal percentage and
seventh in scoring.
Gordy started all 32 games
for the Warriors this season
and led them in scoring at
20.8 points and in rebounds
at 5.8 per contest. He made
238 of 392 shots from the
field for 60.7 percent
accuracy and was even
21-of-53 from the 3-point
line for nearly 40 percent.
Gordy also shot more than
twice the number of free
throws than any one else on
the team and was 170-of-228
at the line for 74.6
percent.
Gordy, who played at
Northern Colorado for two
seasons before transferring
to LCSC, also finished third
on the team in assists with
51, and was fourth in steals
with 29.
2008 State Farm / NABC
Division I Men’s Basketball
All-America Team
|
NAME |
School |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Hometown |
|
Ollie Bailey |
Oklahoma City
University |
Sr. |
F |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Gordon “Gus” Chase |
Georgetown
(Ky.) College |
Sr. |
F |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Glen Dandridge |
Lambuth (Tenn.)
University |
Sr. |
F |
Goochland, Va. |
|
Mike Gordy |
Lewis-Clark
State (Idaho)
College |
Sr. |
F |
Denver, Colo. |
|
Brad Harris |
Lee (Tenn.)
University |
Sr. |
G |
Winston-Salem, N.C. |
|
Othyus Jeffers |
Robert Morris (Ill.)
College |
Sr. |
F |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Eric Palm |
McKendree (Ill.)
University |
Jr. |
G |
Machesney Park, Ill. |
|
Josh Porter |
Louisiana
State-Shreveport |
Sr. |
G |
Shreveport, La. |
|
Mark Roussin |
California Baptist
University |
Jr. |
F |
Yorba Linda, Calif. |
|
James Spencer |
Mountain
State (W.Va.)
University |
Sr. |
G |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
2008 State Farm NAIA
Division II Men’s Basketball
All-America Team
|
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Pos. |
Hometown |
|
Preston
Broughton |
Dakota Wesleyan
(S.D.) University
|
Jr. |
Jr. |
Corsica, S.D. |
|
Ben Falkenberg |
Mt.
Vernon Nazarene
(Ohio) University |
Jr. |
G |
Wadsworth, Ohio |
|
Ryan Fiegi |
Oregon Institute of
Technology |
Sr. |
G |
Medford, Ore. |
|
Danny Hawkins |
MidAmerica Nazarene
(Kan.) University |
Jr. |
P |
Platte City, Mo. |
|
Adam Hepker |
MidAmerica Nazarene
(Kan.) University |
Sr. |
G |
Maquoketa, Iowa |
|
Scott O'Gallagher |
Warner Pacific
(Ore.) College |
Sr. |
G |
Gresham, Ore. |
|
Jerome Pierce |
Notre Dame (Ohio)
College |
Sr. |
G |
Toledo, Ohio |
|
Chad Schuiteman |
Northwestern (Iowa)
College |
Sr. |
F |
Sioux Center, Iowa |
|
Doug Sheckler |
Huntington (Ind.)
University
|
Sr. |
F |
Columbia City, Ind. |
|
DeSean White |
Northwood (Fla.)
University |
Jr. |
F |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
About the National
Association of Basketball
Coaches
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the NABC was founded in 1927
by Phog Allen, the legendary
basketball coach at the
University of Kansas.
Allen, a student of James
Naismith, the inventor of
basketball, organized
coaches into this collective
group to serve as Guardians
of the Game. The NABC
currently claims nearly
5,000 members consisting
primarily of university and
college men’s basketball
coaches. All members of the
NABC are expected to uphold
the core values of being a
Guardian of the Game by
bringing attention to the
positive aspects of the
sport of basketball and the
role coaches play in the
academic and athletic lives
of today’s
student-athletes. The four
core values of being a
Guardian of the Game are
advocacy, leadership,
service and education.
Additional information about
the NABC, its programs and
membership, can be found at
www.nabc.com.
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2007-08 Basketball Times /
NAIA Division I Men’s
Basketball All-America Team
– March 27
FIRST TEAM
NAME,
SCHOOL
HT YR
Ollie Bailey, Oklahoma
City
6-7 Sr.
Gordon “Gus” Chase,
Georgetown (Ky.)
6-2 Sr.
Othyus Jeffers, Robert
Morris
(Ill.)
6-5 Sr.
Josh Porter, LSU-Shreveport
(La.)
6-3 Sr.
James Spencer, Mountain
State (W. Va.)
6-4 Sr.
SECOND TEAM
NAME,
SCHOOL
HT YR
Nestor Colmenares,
Campbellsville (Ky.)
6-7 Jr.
Glen Dandridge, Lambuth
(Tenn.)
6-6 Sr.
Jeff Ferguson, Pikeville
(Ky.)
6-10 Sr.
Kameron Gray, Oklahoma
City
6-1 Sr.
Matt Neaville, Union
(Tenn.)
6-0 Jr.
THIRD TEAM
NAME,
SCHOOL
HT YR
Phil French, Olivet Nazarene
(Ill.)
6-7 Sr.
Mike Gordy, Lewis-Clark
State (Idaho)
6-5 Sr.
Brad Harris, Lee
(Tenn.)
6-3 Sr.
Jon Meriweather, Park
(Mo.)
6-8 Jr.
Mark Roussin, California
Baptist
6-7
Jr.
Co-Player of the Year
- Othyus Jeffers, Robert
Morris (Ill.)
Co-Player of the Year
- Josh Porter, LSU-Shreveport
(La.)
Coach of the Year
- Happy Osborne, Georgetown
(Ky.)
