BILLINGS, Mont. – Western Oregon junior Tanner Omlid was named to the 2016-17 Division 2 Collegiate Commissioners Association Men's Basketball All-West Region second-team, announced Monday morning.
 
The recognition marks the third time in as many years that a Western Oregon player has been named to the CCA All-West team after former Wolves' alum Andy Avgi earned regional honors over the last two years. Omlid becomes the fifth WOU player to earn All-West Region honors in the NCAA era, and second under head coach Jim Shaw.
 
In his junior season, Omlid was the only player in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference to rank in the top-12 in all five major stat categories. The first-team all-leaguer and league Defender of the Year was No. 12 in scoring (15.6 ppg), No. 8 in rebounding (7.6 rpg), No. 5 in assists (3.4 apg), No. 1 in steals (3.1 spg), and No. 7 in blocks (1.5 bpg). Omlid 20 or more points in four games and scored a career-high 34 points at Seattle Pacific on Jan. 5, 2017. He recorded the school's first triple double, also against SPU, on Feb. 4 with 18 points, 15 rebounds and a GNAC-record 11 steals during the game televised on ROOT Sports Northwest. Omlid is the only non-guard in the league's top-seven in assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
Omlid helped Western Oregon to an 18-13 overall record, a third-place finish in the GNAC at 13-7 and an appearance in the GNAC Championships title game.
 
2016-17 Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association Men's Basketball All-West Region Team
First Team
Michael Smith, California Baptist (Player of the Year)
Taylor Stafford, Western Washington
Adam Klie, UC San Diego
Chauncey Orr, Hawaii Pacific
Suki Wiggs, Alaska Anchorage
Second Team
Kalidou Diouf, California Baptist
Warren Jackson, San Francisco State
Tanner Omlid, Western Oregon
Conner Looney, Hawaii Pacific
Rohndell Goodwin, Chaminade