SPOKANE, Wash. – Whitworth University forward Ryan Symes has been named to the 2008 National Association of Basketball Coaches NCAA Division III All-West Region First Team, his second such honor in as many days.

Ryan Symes

Symes, already named D3hoops.com First Team All-Region on March 19, led Whitworth to a second straight Northwest Conference championship and appearance in the NCAA Division III national tournament, where the Pirates advanced to the sectional semifinals.

Symes (Sr., Palo Alto, Calif. - Delta JC) averaged 19.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game this season and led Whitworth in scoring 19 times over the 28 game schedule. He led the NWC in free throw percentage (86.9%) and was named NWC Player of the Week on January 21st and February 18th this season. The only returning Whitworth starter from 2007, Symes was also one of only two players to repeat as a First Team All-NWC selection.

Symes saved some of his best career performances for the post season. Over the course of the NWC tournament championship game and the two NCAA Division III playoff games, Symes averaged 28.7 points per game, made 60.9% of his shots from the field (28-46) and 96.4% of his free throws (27-28). Symes finished his two-year Pirate career with 940 points.

NABC Division III All-West Region Team
First Team	Second Team
Matt Goodwin, UW Whitewater	Luke Linz, Concordia College (MN)
Kyle White, Loras College	Connor Whitman, Occiodental College
Jeff Skemp, UW Platteville	Zach Johnson, Carleton College
Dan Breyer, UW Eau Claire	Steve Hicklin, UW Stevens Point
Andre Wagner, Buena Vista College	Jason Foster, University of Puget Sound
Ryan Symes, Whitworth University
Tom Conboy, Macalester College
Coach of the Year: Brian Van Haaften, Buena Vista College

 

 

 

 

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