Five members of the Wabash College basketball team have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches' (NABC) 2019-2020 Honors Court.
Recent Wabash graduates
Colten Garland and
Harrison Hallstrom were named to the 2019-2020 Honors Court. They were joined by rising seniors
Jack Davidson,
Parker Manges, and
Connor Rotterman.
In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must be either a junior or senior academically and member of the varsity basketball team. Members of the Honor Court must also hold a cumulative grade points average of 3.2 or higher at the end of the academic year and have matriculated at least one year at their current NCAA Division I, II, III or NAIA Division I or II institution.
Garland graduated in May and majored in political science. He played in 92 games over his four-year career with the Little Giants and averaged 8.4 points per game. Garland was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year in 2017 and earned Honorable Mention All-NCAC honors, as well. He played in 18 games during the 2019-2020 season with 11 starts and averaged 3.1 points a contest. Garland finished his career ranked fifth in Wabash basketball history with 152 made three-point baskets.
Hallstrom earned his degree in May as a history major. A two-time All-NCAC player, he was named to the Honorable Mention team in 2020 with an 11.2 points- and 7.6 rebounds-per-game average. He played in 104 career games with 94 starts. Hallstrom ended his career ranked third in career rebounds with 795. He averaged 9.2 boards a contest in 2019-2020, third-best among NCAC players, and ranked fourth in field goal percentage by hitting 56.5 percent of his shot attempts.
Davidson, an economics major, earned All-NCAC First Team honors for the second consecutive season in 2019-2020 after averaging 20.1 points over 26 games. He ranked second in the conference in scoring and three-point field goal percentage (43.8). Davidson was named the NCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and received First Team All-NCAC honors last season. He was the NCAC Newcomer of the Year while earning Second Team All-NCAC honors at the end of the 2017-2018 season. Davidson is also a two-time Academic All-America selection and was named to the NABC All-America First Team in 2019. He currently ranks sixth in career scoring with 1,647 points with a 21.1 points-per-game average in 78 career starts. His 508 career free throws made ranks second in Wabash history. Davidson set the NCAA all-divisions record for consecutive free throws during the 2018-2019 by hitting 95 shots in a row over the course of 14 games.
Manges, a political science major, played in 13 games during his junior season. He averaged 1.2 points a game and earned three starts. Manges tied his career-best effort with three steals against Wittenberg. He has appeared in 48 games in his career with average of 3.1 points per game with a career-high 13 points against Webster University in 2017.
Rotterman, a biology major, played in all 26 games in 2019-2020 and average 4.5 points and 2.7 assists per contest. He shot 49.5 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Rotterman handed out a career-best 11 assists in the Little Giants' win over Greenville College to tie for third-most single game assists in Wabash history. He has appeared in 73 games with 38 starts over his three-year career with a 7.9 points- and 1.8 assists-per-game average.
"Colten, Harrison, Jack, Connor, and Parker have been outstanding students every semester," Wabash head coach
Kyle Brumett said. "Their leadership and commitment to the true definition of being a student-athlete is everything that makes Division III athletics, and athletics at Wabash College, so worthwhile."
