BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Western Washington University men’s basketball players Daulton Hommes, Trey Drechsel and Deandre Dickson have been selected as members of the 2017-18 Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, announced Tuesday by the conference office in Portland, Ore.

Hommes (So., F, Lynden, WA/Lynden Christian) and Drechsel (Jr., G, Woodinville, WA/Cedar Park Christian) were two of the six players selected First Team All-GNAC, while Dickson (Sr., F, Easton, CA/Bakersfield College) was a Second Team selection. WWU was the lone team to have two first-team selections, and led all GNAC schools with three selections to the first and second teams.

Hommes started all 28 games for the Vikings during the regular season, scoring in double-digits in all but one game. Heading into the GNAC Championships he is 2^nd in the conference averaging 18.3 points per game and also listed amongst the GNAC leaders in rebounding (12^th, 5.8/game), field goal percentage (9^th, 54.6/172-for-315), 3-point field goal percentage (6^th, 44.9/53-for-118), blocked shots (T9^th, 1.3/game) and minutes played (2^nd, 34.5/game). He is also the current leader in free throw percentage at 88.4% (114-129). He was one of five unanimous selections to the first team by conference coaches this season, after earning honorable mention All-GNAC as a freshman in 2016-17.

Drechsel also started all 28 games for the Vikings and was the only player in the conference to rank in the top 10 in scoring average (9^th, 15.2/game), rebounding (6^th, 7.2/game), assists (6^th, 3.8/game) and steals (T9^th, 1.3/game). The junior has scored in double-digits in 19 of 28 games, including 12 of his last 13 games heading into the postseason. Overall he is shooting 46.9% (144-for-307) from the field and is at 85.7% from the free throw line (102-for-119). His five double-doubles are tied for 5^th in the conference and nine 20-point games are tied for 3^rd-most.

Dickson was voted as a second-team selection after being named honorable mention in 2016-17. The senior forward is averaging 13.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game. A force on both offense and defense, Dickson ranks among conference leaders in scoring average (12^th), rebounding (8^th), blocked shots (3^rd), field goal percentage (15^th) and free throw percentage (8^th). He is tied with Drechsel for the team lead with 5 double-doubles (tied for 5^th in GNAC).

The Vikings (21-7, 16-4 GNAC) finished the regular season 21-7 overall and in 2^nd place in the GNAC with a 16-4 league record. WWU is the No. 2 seed in this week’s GNAC Championships that opens play Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The Vikings will play the quarterfinal winner of the No. 3-seed Saint Martin’s vs. No. 6-seed Saint Martin’s game on Friday at 12 pm AKT/1 pm PT. The GNAC Championships will stream live in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds at GNAC.tv, with the championship game on ESPN3/WatchESPN.

About WWU Basketball:

One of the premier basketball programs in NCAA Division II, recording a 20-win season in eight of the last 10 seasons. WWU is a six-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion and has appeared in the NCAA II Elite 8 three times. The Vikings won the 2011-12 NCAA Division II National Championship and advanced the following season to the NCAA II Final Four. Western is coming off a 2016-17 season where the program went 25-6, winning the GNAC regular season and conference championships title, and advanced to the NCAA Division II Championships as the No. 3 seed in the West Region. The program enters its 116^th season, having combined for 1,479 victories and a .591 winning percentage.

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