Men's Basketball | 3/5/2024 2:00:00 PM
March 5, 2024-Four Emporia State Hornets earned All-MIAA honors following a vote of the association's coaches.
Alijah Comithier headlines the group after earning First-Team honors while
Owen Long was named Second-Team,
Darius Yohe was named to the All-Defensive Team and
Atavian Butler was named Honorable Mention.
Comithier is the leading active scorer in the MIAA and ranks sixth nationally with 2,116 career points in NCAA Division II play with 1,005 coming at Emporia State. He ranks third in the MIAA in scoring this season at 18.0 points per game. He has reached double figures in 27 of 30 games this season with a high 28 points against Northeastern State and has eclipsed the 20 point mark 12 times this year. He had a triple double with 22 points, 10 rebounds and ten assists against Newman.
Long leads the MIAA in three-point percentage and made threes and ranks sixth in scoring this season. He ranks fifth in career made threes at Emporia State with 167 and is just seven points from scoring 1,000 points as a Hornet. He has scored 1,744 points in his collegiate career with 271 made threes. He was fifth in single season three-pointers at ESU with 90 last season and is seventh this year with 77. He scored 36 points at Washburn with eight made three-pointers.
Yohe leads the MIAA and is second in the nation in blocked shots. He is the active career leader in all of college basketball with 391 blocked shots. He is third on the Emporia State single season blocked shot chart with 99 this season. He has six games with at least five blocks. He had a triple double with 11 points, 12 rebounds and a school record 11 blocked shots against Friends.
Butler is 19th in the MIAA in scoring. He has reached double figures in 16 of the 24 games he has played. He missed six games due to a knee injury and illness this season. He had a career high 27 points at Pittsburg State in the second to last regular season game for the Hornets.
Emporia State, now 19-11 on the season, opens MIAA Tournament play on Wednesday evening against Lincoln in Kansas City, Mo. Tip-off is set for 8:15 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium.
2023-24All-MIAA Men's Basketball
First-Team
Alijah Comithier – Emporia State, Sr.
Wes Dreamer – Northwest Missouri, Sr.
Deshaun English II – Pittsburg State, Sr.
Kaleb Hammeke – Fort Hays State, Jr.
Jaden Wells – Central Oklahoma, Jr.
All-MIAA Second-Team
Darius Dawson – Missouri Southern, Jr.
Owen Long – Emporia State, Sr.
Elijah Nnanabu – Fort Hays State, Sr.
Andrew Orr – Washburn, Jr.
Bennett Stirtz – Northwest Missouri, So.
All-MIAA Third-Team
Rodney Battle – Rogers State, Sr.
Taye Fields – Missouri Western, Jr.
Donald Richardson – Lincoln, Sr.
Jeramy Shaw – Pittsburg State, Sr.
JaRon Thames – Missouri Western, Sr.
All-MIAA Honorable Mention
Atavian Butler – Emporia State, Sr.
MIAA All-Defensive Team
RJ Forney – Pittsburg State, Jr.
Jordan Hayes – Central Missouri, Sr.
Isaiah Jackson – Northwest Missouri, Jr.
Bjarni Jonsson – Fort Hays State, Sr.
Darius Yohe – Emporia State, Sr.
MIAA POSTSEASON AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Wes Dreamer, Northwest Missouri
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Bjarni Jonsson, Fort Hays State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:
Jordan Frison, Pittsburg State
COACH OF THE YEAR:
Ben McCollum, Northwest Missouri
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