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EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 Honors Won By Eastern Players Players Drafted Australian VENKY JOIS had a school- Into the NBA record 1,803 points (13th in Big Sky 1977 Ron Cox - Cleveland Conference history) in his 122-game 6th round (121st) career, with 1,015 rebounds (third in school history, fifth in league history) 2007 Rodney Stuckey - Detroit 1st round (15th) and 240 blocked shots (school record and second all-time in 2015 Tyler Harvey - Orlando the Big Sky behind the record 2nd (51st) of 247). He also broke school records his senior season (2015-16) for field goal ac- NCAA Division I curacy (67.9 percent) and Associated Press dunks (61), and also left as All-America the school’s career leader in 2004 Alvin Snow (honorable mention) games started (120), dunks 2006 Rodney Stuckey (hon. mention) 2007 Rodney Stuckey (hon. mention) (159), blocked shots per 2015 Tyler Harvey (honorable mention) game (2.0) and free throws at- Collegeinsider.com tempted (660). Another school All-America Team record – for a total of 10 – was set dur- 2007 Rodney Stuckey ing his junior campaign when he had 69 blocked shots (record 2.2 per game). Collegeinsider.com Freshman of the Year 2006 Rodney Stuckey Jois was only the third player in the 53-year history of the Big Sky Confer- Fox Sports Mid-Major Freshman of the Year ence to have more than 1,600 points and 2006 Rodney Stuckey 900 rebounds in his career. The only other players in league history to have more Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major All- than 1,600 points and 900 rebounds are America Team 2006 Rodney Stuckey Larry Krystkowiak (Montana, 1983-86, 2007 Rodney Stuckey 2,017 points, 1,105 rebounds, 3,122 total) and Steve Hayes (Idaho State, 1974-77, 1,933 points, Fox Sports Mid-Major All-America Team 1,147 rebounds, 3,080 total). For total points/rebounds, 2006 Rodney Stuckey (2nd team) Jois was fourth all-time with a total of 2,818. 2007 Rodney Stuckey (1st team) Rivals.com Mid-Major All- He earned All-Big Sky Conference honors all four years as an Eagle America Team – first team as a junior and senior, and honorable mention as a 2006 Rodney Stuckey (2nd team) 2007 Rodney Stuckey (1st team) sophomore and freshman. He was the league’s Freshman of the Year in the 2012-13 season. He was also honored twice on the National NABC All-District Association of Basketball Coaches Association All-District 6 squad, 2006 Rodney Stuckey (1st team) 2007 Rodney Stuckey (1st team) earning first team honors as a junior and second team as a senior. He was also an All- 2014 Tyler Harvey (2nd team) Tournament choice at the the 2015 Big Sky Conference Tournament when Eastern won 2015 Tyler Harvey (1st team) 2015 Venky Jois (1st team) three games, including a come-from-behind victory over host Montana to advance to 2016 Austin McBroom (1st team) the school’s second NCAA Tournament. 2016 Venky Jois (2nd team) 2016 CBI TOURNAMENT • 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT & REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 46 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 USBWA All-District 9 All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention Freshman of the Year 2007 Rodney Stuckey (1st tm.) 1989 Ronn McMahon 2002 Marc Axton First Team 1990 Brian Sullivan 2004 Matt Nelson 1990 David Peed Wooden Award Candidate Greg Trygstad 2006 Rodney Stuckey Ronn McMahon 1995 Melvin Lewis 2010 Glen Dean 2007 Rodney Stuckey 1991 Brian Sullivan -- One of 50 players selected nationally 1997 Travis King 2013 Venky Jois 1993 Brad Sebree Karim Scott 2015 Bogdan Bliznyuk 1998 Deon Williams 1998 Shannon Taylor Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Coach of the Year Karim Scott Michael Lewis 1998 Steve Aggers Year Finalist 1999 ShannonTaylor 1999 Deon Williams 2000 Steve Aggers 2015 Tyler Harvey 2000 Deon Williams 2000 Chris White 2004 Ray Giacoletti -- One of 16 players selected nationally Ryan Hansen 2001 Jamal Jones 2015 Jim Hayford 2001 Chris White 2002 Jason Lewis Lou Henson Award Finalist (top Aaron Olson 2003 Brendon Merritt mid-major player) & Mid-Major 2002 Alvin Snow 2006 Deuce Smith BSC Tournament MVP Chris Hester Paul Butorac 2004 Brendon Merritt All-America Team 2003 Marc Axton 2015 Tyler Harvey 2015 Tyler Harvey 2010 Glen Dean Alvin Snow -- One of 31 players selected nationally 2012 Collin Chiverton Chris Hester 2013 Venky Jois BSC All-Tournament 2004 Marc Axton Inland Northwest Male Amateur 2014 Venky Jois 1990 Brian Sullivan Alvin Snow 2015 Drew Brandon David Peed Athlete of the Year Brendon Merritt 2001 Chris White 2007 Rodney Stuckey 2005 Marc Axton Most Valuable Player Jamal Jones – Only the second time an EWU athlete 2006 Rodney Stuckey 2004 Alvin Snow 2002 Chris Hester earned the award (Scott Garske, football, 2007 Rodney Stuckey 2006 Rodney Stuckey Jason Lewis 1973; Since then, J.C. Sherritt, football, Paul Butorac Defensive Player of the Year 2003 Marc Axton won in 2010; Bo Levi Mitchell, football, won 2012 Cliff Colimon 2002 Alvin Snow Alvin Snow in 2011; Brandon Kaufrman, football, won 2014 Tyler Harvey Chris Hester Top Newcomer in 2012; and Cooper Kupp, football, won 2015 Tyler Harvey 2004 Marc Axton 1995 Melvin Lewis in 2015. Venky Jois Alvin Snow 2002 Chris Hester 2016 Venky Jois Brendon Merritt 2012 Collin Chiverton Austin McBroom 2006 Rodney Stuckey Second Team 2012 Cliff Colimon With 115 3-pointers in his lone 1989 David Peed 2015 Tyler Harvey season as an Eagle, senior gradu- 2008 Kellen Williams Venky Jois ate transfer AUSTIN McBROOM 2009 Benny Valentine finished No. 3 in Big Sky history 2011 Glen Dean (EWU players own five of the 10 performances in league history with at least 100). McBroom had a 21.0 scoring average to rank as the fifth-best in school history and his 692 total points were fourth. When including two previous collegiate stops, McBroom played in 130 games (76 as a starter) and had 257 career 3-pointers. McBroom came to EWU with 97 games and 45 starts worth of NCAA Division I experience – he played in 66 games at Saint Louis (15 as a starter) in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons, and 31 (30 as a starter) at Central Michigan in 2011-12. In those 130 games, McBroom had per game averages of 23.6 minutes (3,062 total), 11.5 points (1,492), 2.4 as- sists (314), 2.0 rebounds (261), 0.8 steals (110) and 1.8 turnovers (238). His shooting percentages were 40.1 percent (461-of-1149) overall, 40.0 percent from the 3-point arc (257- of-643), and 83.2 percent from the free throw line (313-of-376). 2016 CBI TOURNAMENT • 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT & REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 47 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII USBWA Oscar Robertson 2001 Aaron Olson National Player of the Week 2002 Jason Humbert 2015 Tyler Harvey 2006 Rodney Stuckey 2016 Austin McBroom 2007 Rodney Stuckey 2009 Benny Valentine Rivals.com National Freshman of 2015 Tyler Harvey 2016 Venky Jois the Week 2006 Rodney Stuckey V Foundation Comeback Award CBS SportsLine National Finalist 2004 Brendon Merritt Freshman of the Week 2006 Rodney Stuckey NCAA Postgraduate BSC Players Scholarship Award 2000 Ryan Hansen of the Week 1990 Ronn McMahon David Peed Big Sky All-Academic 1988 Jeff Curtis Brian Sullivan Mike King 1991 Dana Adams Brian Sullivan Brian Sullivan 1989 John Garrison 1992 Justin Paola Brian Sullivan 1993 Brad Sebree Mike King 1995 Melvin Lewis 1990 Ronn McMahon 1998 Shannon Taylor Brian Sullivan Karim Scott (2) John Garrison 2000 Deon Williams Dan Dieffenbach 2001 Aaron Olson 1991 Shawn DeLaittre Chris White Kalu Dennis Jamal Jones John Garrison 2002 Alvin Snow 1992 Shawn DeLaittre 2003 Marc Axton Miguel Johnson Alvin Snow (2) Justin Paola Brendon Merritt 1993 Troy LeBlanc 2004 Marc Axton Donald Smith Alvin Snow 1994 Carl Crider Brendon Merritt Luke Egan 2006 Rodney Stuckey (4) Joshua Lewis 2007 Rodney Stuckey (3) Brett Thompson 2008 Kellen Williams 1995 Carl Crider Adris DeLeon Ron Cox, who earned All-America recognition all four seasons he played Adam Dean 2010 Brandon Moore basketball for Eastern, had his No. 30 jersey retired in ceremonies taking Luke Egan 2012 Cliff Ederaine place March 8, 2014, at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash. Current Detroit Kevin Groves Cliff Colimon Piston Rodney Stuckey is the only other Eastern player to have his jersey Joshua Lewis 2013 Venky Jois retired, and Cox’s No. 30 now hangs next to No. 3. Formerly from nearby 1996 Luke Egan Martin Seiferth Coulee City, Wash., Cox played four seasons for the Eagles from 1973-77. Kevin Groves 2014 Tyler Harvey (2) He had record totals of 1,741 points and 1,273 rebounds in leading Eastern 1997 Zac Claus Venky Jois Karim Scott 2015 Drew Brandon (3) to a 77-30 record and three Evergreen Conference titles. In his first two Travis King Tyler Harvey (3) years playing for head coach Jerry Krause, the Eagles played in Memo- 1998 Jason Humbert Venky Jois (2) rial Fieldhouse along the East side of Washington Street. But the Special Chris White 2016 Venky Jois Events Center opened across the street in fall of 1975, and his final two Zac Claus Austin McBroom seasons were played in the new facility (later additionally named Reese 1999 Alex Carcamo Felix Von Hofe Court). In his senior season, in which the Eagles finished 25-4, Cox helped Dennis Fitzgerald Eastern start a school-record 31-game home winning streak, which would Ryan Hansen CoSIDA Academic All-America continue until Dec. 8, 1978.