RAPID CITY, S.D. --- South Dakota Mines senior
Wil Dickson was named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Second Team while
Alejandro Rama and
Kolten Mortensen earned RMAC Honor Mention accolades, announced from the league office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, late Thursday afternoon.
Dickson, a senior guard from Napier New Zealand, led the Hardrockers in scoring all season, averaging 12.8 ppg and started every game this year. He logged 598 total minutes to lead the 'Rockers averaging 33.2 minutes per game (ranked 10
th in the RMAC). Dickson also finished in the RMAC Top 25 in scoring and ranked seventh for free throw percentage, making good on 52-61 to shoot .852.
Rama, a sophomore from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, earned his first RMAC Honorable Mention award, ranked third on the team this season in scoring, averaging 11.3 ppg, led the 'Rockers with 41 assists, was second in three-pointers made (26), and was third on the team in minutes played, averaging 25.8 per game. He ranked 23
rd in the RMAC for assists per game (2.3).
Mortensen also earned his first RMAC Honorable Mention nod. The junior transfer from Santaquin, Utah, finished his first season with the Hardrockers as the team's leading rebounder. He tallied 131 total to average 7.3 per game. He tallied 41 offensive and 90 defensive. He also led the team in blocked shots at 14, and was second in minutes played – starting in every game this season to average 32.4 minutes per game. Mortensen ranked fourth in the RMAC in rebounding, ninth in blocked shots and 14
th in minutes played.
Colorado School of Mines Brendan Sullivan leads the 2020-21 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Men's Basketball All-Conference teams as the RMAC Player of the Year. MSU Denver's Laolu Oke earned Defensive Player of the year while Christopher Speller of Colorado Mesa was named Freshman of the year. Rounding out the major awards is Mike DeGeorge of Colorado Mesa as he was tabbed the Coach of the Year.
The major awards, along with All-RMAC First and Second Teams were voted on by the conference's 15 head men's basketball coaches. Coaches could not vote for their own student-athletes. Student-athletes who received one First Team vote or two Second Team votes were named Honorable Mention.
RMAC ALL-CONFERENCE
Dickson
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Mortensen
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Rama
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First Team
Kobi Betts, Colorado School of Mines
Alijah Comithier, UCCS
Georgie Dancer, Colorado Mesa
Brian Dawson, Regis
Riley Farris, Fort Lewis
Ethan Menzies, Colorado Mesa
Laolu Oke, MSU Denver&
Joel Scott, Black Hills State
Brendan Sullivan, Colorado School of Mines*
Destan Williams, Adams State
Second Team
Joey Andrews, Westminster
Brenden Boatwright, Fort Lewis
Sindou Cisse, Black Hills State
Wilfred Dickson, South Dakota Mines
Michael Glen, Colorado School of Mines
Frederick Jackson, Adams State
Matthew Ragsdale, Western Colorado
David Simental, CSU Pueblo
Andy Stafford, Colorado Christian
Ross Williams, Colorado Christian
Honorable Mention
Ben Boone, Colorado School of Mines
Kaelin Crane, Adams State
Mavrick Gildyard, MSU Denver
Rrece Johnson, Colorado Mesa
Matt Kitzman, Westminster
Teddy Parham Jr., Chadron State
Alejandro Rama, South Dakota Mines
Kobe Sanders, MSU Denver
Cole Sienknecht, Western Colorado
Christopher Speller, Colorado Mesa^
Austin Means, Colorado School of Mines
Kolten Mortensen, South Dakota Mines
Adam Moussa, Black Hills State
Trey Whitley, Black Hills State
* - Player of the Year
& - Defensive Player of the Year
^ - Freshman of the Year
