Tim Keller Named to All-MWC Third Team
3/10/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 10, 2003
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Colorado Springs, Colo. - Air Force sophomore Tim Keller was selected to the 2002-03 All-Mountain West Conference third-team by league coaches and media. Keller, who helped the Falcons post the most wins in one season by an Air Force team since the 1989-90 campaign, is one of three sophomores on this year's all-league teams. Junior Joel Gerlach earned honorable mention.
Keller averaged 15.3 points in AFA's 14 conference games. He connected on 41.3 percent of his three-point attempts, and was second in the league in free throw percentage (conference games only) at 87.3 percent. He is the second Air Force player to earn an All-MWC selection, as Jarvis Croff was a second-team pick in 2000.
Air Force is 12-15 overall and finished 3-11 in league play. The Falcons will face top-seeded Utah in the first round of this week's MWC Tournament. Utah led all conference teams with four all-conference selections. BYU had the second-most honorees with three, followed by UNLV and Wyoming with two and New Mexico, San Diego State, Colorado State and Air Force with one.
The league's eight men's head coaches along with a selected media panel picked the all-conference teams, coach, player, freshman and defensive awards.
Gerlach, who averaged 10.9 points per game in conference play and has scored in double figures in his last five games, earned all-MWC honorable mention for the second consecutive season.
2002-03 All-Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Team
First-Team All-Mountain West
Marcus Banks, UNLV, 6-2, 200, Sr., G, Las Vegas, Nev. (Dixie College)
Ruben Douglas, New Mexico, 6-5, 200, Sr., G, Altadena, Calif. (Univ. of Arizona)
Travis Hansen, BYU, 6-6, 210, Sr., F, Orem, Utah (Utah Valley State College)
Uche Nsonwu-Amadi, Wyoming, 6-10, 260, Sr., F/C, Enugu, Nigeria (Indian Hills CC)
Donta Richardson, Wyoming, 6-2, 170, Sr., G, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sheridan CC)
Second-Team All-Mountain West
Tony Bland, San Diego State, 6-5, 192, Sr., G, Los Angeles, Calif. (Syracuse)
Tim Frost, Utah, 6-10, 234, Jr., C, Klamath Falls, Ore. (Portland)
Marc Jackson, Utah, 6-1, 185, So., G, Salt Lake City, Utah (Olympus)
Britton Johnsen, Utah, 6-9, 213, Sr., F, Murray, Utah (Murray HS)
Dalron Johnson, UNLV, 6-10, 215, Sr., Los Angeles, Calif. (Verbum Dei HS)
Third-Team All-Mountain West
Rafael Araujo, BYU, 6-11, 260, Jr., C, Sao Pualo, Brazil (Ariz. Western College)
Mark Bigelow, BYU, 6-7, 190, Jr., F, Olympia, Wash. (Olympia HS)
Nick Jacobson, Utah, 6-4, 198, Jr., G, Fargo, N.D. (Roseville HS, Minn.)
Tim Keller, Air Force, 6-3, 180, So., G, Austin, Texas (USAFA Prep)
Matt Nelson, Colorado State, 7-0, 240, So., C, Morton Grove, Ill. (Niles North)
Honorable Mention
Air Force - Joel Gerlach (Jr., F)
BYU - Jared Jensen (So., F)
Colorado State - Andy Birley (Sr., G), Brian Greene (Sr., F), Michael Morris (Fr., G)
New Mexico - Mark Walters (Fr., G)
San Diego State - Evan Burns (Fr., F), Mike Mackell (Sr., F), Deandre Moore (Sr., G)
Utah - Trace Caton (Sr., F)
Wyoming - Jay Straight (So., G)
Player of the Year - Ruben Douglas, New Mexico
Freshmen of the Year - Evan Burns, San Diego State
Co-Defensive Players of the Year - Travis Hansen, BYU and Marcus Banks, UNLV
Coach of the Year - Steve Cleveland, BYU
