Official NWC Release
HILLSBORO, Ore. — The Northwest Conference released its postseason award winners for men's basketball on Tuesday with three Pacific Lutheran University student-athletes earning All-Conference recognition while Head Coach
Chad Murray was named the NWC Coach of the Year.
Emmett Holt was one of six student-athletes from around the league to secure First Team honors while
Miles Nash was Second Team All-Conference and
Brandin Riedel was Honorable Mention.
Emmett Holt secures First Team honors for the first time in his career. The Pocatello, Idaho native and Jessup University transfer was second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.9 points per game, including dropping 13.9 ppg during the 16-game league slate. The senior was a sharpshooter from beyond the arc, draining 36 treys on the year, shooting at an impressive 42.4 percent clip from distance. Holt scored in double figures 14 times this winter, including each of the final 10 games of the season.
Miles Nash lands Second Team accolades for the second consecutive year. The Peoria, Arizona native was the team's leading scorer (14.0 ppg) while also leading the team in assists (86) and steals (33). Nash scored in double figures 17 times this season, including five games of dropping over 20 points.
Brandin Riedel snags Honorable Mention All-NWC this winter after earning Second Team All-League the previous two seasons. The Olympia, Washington native was the only Lute to start all 26 games this year, leading the team in minutes played (26.9) and rebounding (5.7) while finishing third on the team in scoring, averaging 9.9 points per game. Riedel shot an impressive 56.8 percent from the floor this season and ends his career as the program's all-time leader in field goal percentage— draining 61.8 percent of his shots (494-for-799) over the past five seasons.
Head Coach
Chad Murray earns NWC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in four years. Murray's squad exceeded the preseason expectations after being picked to finish fifth in the conference in the coaches' poll. The Lutes ended the regular season on a five-game win streak, closing league play with an 11-5 record to secure second place in the conference standings. Murray's squad earned wins over each of the three other NWC Tournament participants, including scoring a 75-73 road win over regular season Champion Whitworth University along with sweeping the season series against eventual tournament champion Lewis & Clark College.
PLU finished the season with a 14-12 record, marking the sixth consecutive season the Lutes have had a winning record— the program's longest stretch of winning campaigns since Ed Anderson's Lute squads from 1976 to 1982.
