Four Warriors Earn All-Conference Honors; Orr named Co-Coach of the Year

3-7-06

With the 2005-2006 regular season coming to an end, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Lewis-Clark State College have a lot to be proud of. As a testament to the success and effort shown by Lewis-Clark State College athletes this past season, the Frontier Conference has announced that two Warriors have been named to the First Team All-Conference, two to the Second Team, and that Coach Brian Orr has been named Co-Coach of the Year. 

The men’s season on paper looks close to disappointing, but in actuality the 2005-06 season was another successful step by a program that has a very promising future. Notably, if the Warriors did not have to forfeit their first five wins, their regular season record would actually stand at 18-11—a very impressive statistic considering the level of competition featured in the Frontier Conference. During the year the men knocked off tough teams such as, Westminster (66-57 in Salt Lake City, Utah), the University of Great Falls, and Corban College twice. Overall, the men’s program did not accomplish all of their goals, but there were many positives. One such positive was a point guard who emerged late in the season to lead the team in scoring. Jonathan Burnett, who sat out the early part of the season due to ineligibility but played extremely well and led the team in the second half, earned Second Team All-Conference honors.  

Going 24-5 during the regular season, the success of Lewis-Clark State College’s women’s team goes without saying. Ashley Baker and Aundrea Morrison, who were the team and, at times, conference leaders in scoring and rebounding, were All-Conference First Team selections, and Jade Fulbright who had another great year defensively, leading the conference in steals (averaging 3.17 per game), was named to the Second Team All-Conference. The success of the team and of the individual players is a direct reflection of good coaching, and consequently, the Frontier Conference has selected head coaches Brian Orr and UM-Western’s Kevin Engellant as the Co-Coaches of the Year.