Men's Basketball | 3/8/2010 5:11:16 PM

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Three members of the Western Oregon men's basketball team earned postseason honors. Blair Wheadon was named to the All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference second team and Rico Myles received an honorable mention, while Tarance Glynn captured Freshman of the Year honors, Monday, Mar. 8.

Wheadon, a sophomore point guard from Junction City, Ore. (Junction City High School), led the Wolves with 13.3 points per game, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals. He also placed second in the GNAC in minutes (34.9) and steals, while ranking sixth in three-point percentage (43.2) and fourth in treys per game (2.3).

Myles, a senior forward from Los Angeles, Calif. (Crenshaw High School/Morgan State), finished third in the league in rebounding (8.3), 10th in field goal percentage (54.7) and 16th in scoring (13.1) in his only season with the Wolves. He also had a team-best six double-doubles and scored a team-high 29 points in a game against Saint Martin's.

Glynn, a freshman forward from Molalla, Ore. (Molalla High School), split time this season as a starter and the sixth-man for the Wolves. He averaged 8.7 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 50.4-percent from the field. In the final game of the season, he recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. This was the third straight season, and fourth in the last five, that a Western Oregon basketball student-athlete has been named the GNAC Freshman of the Year.


Player-of-the-Year – Chris Banchero, Seattle Pacific.
Newcomer-of-the-Year – JC Cook, Central Washington.
Freshman-of-the-Year – Tarance Glynn, Western Oregon (F, 6-6, Fr., Molalla, OR).
Coach-of-the-Year – Ryan Looney, Seattle Pacific.

FIRST TEAM: +Chris Banchero, Seattle Pacific (G, 6-0, Jr., Seattle, WA); +*Morris Anderson, Western Washington (G, 6-3, Sr., Federal Way, WA); Brandon Walker, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-3, Jr., Hayward, CA); Brandon Larrieu, Seattle Pacific (W, 6-0, Sr., Puyallup, WA); Derrick Webb, Western Washington (F, 6-3, Sr., Port Orchard, WA); +Blake Poole, Saint Martin's (F, 6-5, Jr., Eugene, OR). +Unanimous *Repeater

SECOND TEAM: JC Cook, Central Washington (G, 6-1, Jr., Canby, OR); DeAndre Chambers, MSU Billings (G, 6-2, Jr., Monroe, NC); Blair Wheadon, Western Oregon (G, 6-2, So., Junction City, OR); Derrick Wright, MSU Billings (F, 6-7, Sr., Brooklyn, NY); Drew Eisinger, Northwest Nazarene (W, 6-3, Jr., Mill Creek, WA); Chris Sprinker, Central Washington (C, 6-9, Jr., Tacoma, WA).

HONORABLE MENTION: Emmanuel Jenkins, Alaska Fairbanks (PG, 6-0, Sr., Tacoma, WA); DaVell Jackson, Montana State Billings (PG, 6-1, Sr., Las Vegas, NV); Jon Clift, Central Washington (G, 5-10, Sr., Spokane, WA); Rob Diederichs, Seattle Pacific (W, 6-8, Sr., Shoreline, WA); Casey Robinson, Alaska Anchorage (F, 6-6, Jr., Manila, UT); Rico Myles, Western Oregon (F, 6-7, Sr., Los Angeles, CA); Nashorn Maynard, Alaska Fairbanks (F, 6-5, Jr., St. Paul, St. Kitts); Zach Bruce, Western Washington (C, 6-8, Sr., Oceanside, CA).