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Kalkbrenner & Scheierman Earn NABC All-District Team Honors
3/14/2023 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton duo of Ryan Kalkbrenner and Baylor Scheierman have earned All-District Honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Kalkbrenner was named to the First Team while Scheierman was a Second Team selection in District 5.
The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.
Kalkbrenner leads the BIG EAST with 2.2 blocked shots per game, which ranks 18th nationally. The Florissant, Mo., native ranks second in CU history with 192 career blocked shots and anchors a Bluejay defense that led the league during conference play in scoring defense, scoring margin and field goal percentage defense. Kalkbrenner is also second on the team with 6.2 rebounds per game.
Offensively, Kalkbrenner leads the nation in field goal percentage (.714), which ranks seventh-best in NCAA single-season history (min. 5 FG/game), while his career field goal percentage of 67.3 percent is fifth-best all-time among players with at least 400 career field goals who make four or more shots per game.
Earlier this month Kalkbrenner was named 2023 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, becoming just the 11th player in league history to win the recognition more than once. He's also one of five players up for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award given to the nation's best center and one of 25 men in the running for the Lefty Driesell Award given to the nation's best defensive player. He was also recognized as the nation's top defender by Field of 68.
Also named Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST, Scheierman leads Creighton with 77 three-pointers made and 276 rebounds. His 13 double-doubles are the most in one season by a Bluejay since 1988-89. The Aurora, Neb., product was also honored with NABC All-District 12 honors last year, when he was at South Dakota State.
Creighton (21-12) returns to the court on Friday when the Bluejays face NC State (23-10) in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
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The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.
Kalkbrenner leads the BIG EAST with 2.2 blocked shots per game, which ranks 18th nationally. The Florissant, Mo., native ranks second in CU history with 192 career blocked shots and anchors a Bluejay defense that led the league during conference play in scoring defense, scoring margin and field goal percentage defense. Kalkbrenner is also second on the team with 6.2 rebounds per game.
Offensively, Kalkbrenner leads the nation in field goal percentage (.714), which ranks seventh-best in NCAA single-season history (min. 5 FG/game), while his career field goal percentage of 67.3 percent is fifth-best all-time among players with at least 400 career field goals who make four or more shots per game.
Earlier this month Kalkbrenner was named 2023 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, becoming just the 11th player in league history to win the recognition more than once. He's also one of five players up for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award given to the nation's best center and one of 25 men in the running for the Lefty Driesell Award given to the nation's best defensive player. He was also recognized as the nation's top defender by Field of 68.
Also named Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST, Scheierman leads Creighton with 77 three-pointers made and 276 rebounds. His 13 double-doubles are the most in one season by a Bluejay since 1988-89. The Aurora, Neb., product was also honored with NABC All-District 12 honors last year, when he was at South Dakota State.
Creighton (21-12) returns to the court on Friday when the Bluejays face NC State (23-10) in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
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| District 1 |
| First Team |
| Walter Clayton Jr. - Iona |
| Patrick Gardner - Marist |
| Nelly Junior Joseph - Iona |
| Dwight Murray Jr. - Rider |
| Noah Thomasson - Niagara |
| Second Team |
| Clarence Daniels - New Hampshire |
| Mervin James - Rider |
| Daniss Jenkins - Iona |
| Javian McCollum - Siena |
| Jackson Stormo - Siena |
| Coach of the Year: Pat Duquette - UMass Lowell |
| District 2 |
| First Team |
| Tyree Appleby - Wake Forest |
| Armando Bacot - North Carolina |
| Terquavion Smith - North Carolina St. |
| Hunter Tyson - Clemson |
| Isaiah Wong - Miami |
| Second Team |
| Jamarius Burton - Pittsburgh |
| Kihei Clark - Virginia |
| Kyle Filipowski - Duke |
| Jordan Miller - Miami |
| Norchad Omier - Miami |
| Coach of the Year: Jeff Capel - Pittsburgh |
| District 3 |
| First Team |
| Devontae Blanton - Eastern Kentucky |
| Kenny Dye - Queens |
| Darius McGhee - Liberty |
| Drew Pember - UNC Asheville |
| Chris Youngblood - Kennesaw St. |
| Second Team |
| Terrell Burden - Kennesaw St. |
| Tajion Jones - UNC Asheville |
| Jacob Ognacevic - Lipscomb |
| Kyle Rhode - Liberty |
| DaQuan Smith - Radford |
| Coach of the Year: Amir Abdur-Rahim - Kennesaw St. |
| District 4 |
| First Team |
| Adrian Baldwin Jr. - VCU |
| James Bishop IV - George Washington |
| Toumani Camara - Dayton |
| Yuri Collins - Saint Louis |
| DaRon Holmes II - Dayton |
| Second Team |
| Tyler Burton - Richmond |
| Dae Dae Grant - Duquesne |
| Josh Oduro - George Mason |
| Darius Quisenberry - Fordham |
| Erik Reynolds II - Saint Joseph's |
| Coach of the Year: Keith Urgo - Fordham |
| District 5 |
| First Team |
| Souley Boum - Xavier |
| Bryce Hopkins - Providence |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner - Creighton |
| Tyler Kolek - Marquette |
| Adama Sanogo - UConn |
| Second Team |
| Jordan Hawkins - UConn |
| Colby Jones - Xavier |
| Kam Jones - Marquette |
| Baylor Scheierman - Creighton |
| Joel Soriano - St. John's |
| Coach of the Year: Shaka Smart - Marquette |
| District 6 |
| First Team |
| Aziz Bandaogo - Utah Valley |
| RaeQuan Battle - Montana St. |
| Dillon Jones - Weber St. |
| Tevian Jones - Southern Utah |
| Cameron Tyson - Seattle |
| Second Team |
| Qua Grant - Sam Houston St. |
| Ray Harrison - Grand Canyon |
| Dalton Knecht - Northern Colorado |
| Steele Venters - Eastern Washington |
| Trey Woodbury - Utah Valley |
| Coach of the Year: Mark Madsen - Utah Valley |
| District 7 |
| First Team |
| Hunter Dickinson - Michigan |
| Zach Edey - Purdue |
| Trayce Jackson-Davis - Indiana |
| Kris Murray - Iowa |
| Jalen Pickett - Penn St. |
| Second Team |
| Chase Audige - Northwestern |
| Boo Buie - Northwestern |
| Terrance Shannon Jr. - Illinois |
| Tyson Walker - Michigan St. |
| Jahmir Young - Maryland |
| Coach of the Year: Chris Collins - Northwestern |
| District 8 |
| First Team |
| Marcus Carr - Texas |
| Adam Flagler - Baylor |
| Keyontae Johnson - Kansas St. |
| Markquis Nowell - Kansas St. |
| Jalen Wilson - Kansas |
| Second Team |
| Timmy Allen - Texas |
| Gradey Dick - Kansas |
| Keyonte George - Baylor |
| Gabe Kalscheur - Iowa St. |
| Mike Miles Jr. - TCU |
| Coach of the Year: Jerome Tang - Kansas St. |
| District 9 |
| First Team |
| Aidan Mahaney - Saint Mary's |
| Elijah Pepper - UC Davis |
| Brandin Podziemski - Santa Clara |
| Cam Shelton - Loyola Marymount |
| Drew Timme - Gonzaga |
| Second Team |
| Ajay Mitchell - UCSB |
| Zyon Pullin - UC Riverside |
| Khalil Shabazz - San Francisco |
| Julian Strawther - Gonzaga |
| Lassina Traore - Long Beach St. |
| Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett - Saint Mary's |
| District 10 |
| First Team |
| Ante Brzovic - Charleston |
| Aaron Estrada - Hofstra |
| Jameer Nelson Jr. - Delaware |
| Nicolas Timberlake - Towson |
| Amari Williams - Drexel |
| Second Team |
| Dalton Bolon - Charleston |
| Cam Holden - Towson |
| Jahmyl Telfort - Northeastern |
| Tyler Thomas - Hofstra |
| Trazarien White - UNCW |
| Coach of the Year: Pat Kelsey - Charleston |
| District 11 |
| First Team |
| Johnell Davis - Florida Atlantic |
| Dayvion McKnight - Western Kentucky |
| Tylor Perry - North Texas |
| Jordan Walker - UAB |
| Cobe Williams - Louisiana Tech |
| Second Team |
| Max Fieldler - Rice |
| Denver Jones - Florida International |
| Eli Lawrence - Middle Tennessee |
| Alijah Martin - Florida Atlantic |
| Quincy Olivari - Rice |
| Coach of the Year: Dusty May - Florida Atlantic |
| District 12 |
| First Team |
| Max Abmas - Oral Roberts |
| Dwayne Cohill - Youngstown St. |
| Antoine Davis - Detroit |
| Zeke Mayo - South Dakota St. |
| Grant Nelson - North Dakota St. |
| Second Team |
| Trey Calvin - Wright St. |
| Trenton Massner - Western Illinois |
| Jalen Moore - Oakland |
| Connor Vanover - Oral Roberts |
| Marques Warrick - Northern Kentucky |
| Coach of the Year: Jerrod Calhoun - Youngstown St. |
| District 13 |
| First Team |
| Jordan Dingle - Penn |
| Tosan Evbuomwan - Princeton |
| Chris Ledlum - Harvard |
| Kino Lilly Jr. - Brown |
| Tucker Richardson - Colgate |
| Second Team |
| Dame Adelekun - Dartmouth |
| Greg Dolan - Cornell |
| Matt Knowling - Yale |
| Keegan Records - Colgate |
| Jalen Rucker - Army |
| Coach of the Year: Matt Langel - Colgate |
| District 14 |
| First Team |
| Sincere Carry - Kent St. |
| Xavier Castaneda - Akron |
| RayJ Dennis - Toledo |
| Enrique Freeman - Akron |
| JT Shumate - Toledo |
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