2016-17 D3HOOPS.COM ALL-WEST REGION TEAMS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College men's basketball player Collin Olmscheid (JR, Buffalo, Minn.) was named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region Team as a third-team forward, it was announced on Monday.

The award is the latest for Olmscheid, who earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team honors for the second straight year, after earning All-MIAC honorable mention and All-MIAC Rookie Team honors in 2014-15. 

Olmscheid has been one of the top all-around players in the MIAC throughout his career. He averaged team highs of 19.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per-game this season, while also contributing 22 assists, 18 steals and eight blocked shots. He scored in double figures in 23 of his 26 games played this season, while pulling down six or more rebounds in 20 games -- including six point-rebound double-doubles. Among MIAC players in overall statistics, he finished second in points and fourth in rebounds per-game. Playing in 34.7 minutes per-game, he recorded 182 field goals and connected at a 50.1-percent clip from the field.

His high point of the season came on Jan. 18, when he scored a career-high 43 points in an 89-86 win at Macalester -- the most by an Augsburg men's basketball player since Devean George '99 scored an MIAC-record 52 points against Carleton on Jan. 16, 1999. The 43-point game was a conference high for the season and the most scored by any MIAC player in a single game since the 2010-11 season.

This season, Olmscheid became the 21st player in Augsburg men's basketball history to reach the 1,000-point plateau, and currently stands tied for 10th in school history on the all-time scoring list with 1,274 points in 77 career games (56 starts). He is also tied for 10th in school history in career scoring average (16.5) and 10th in career free-throw percentage (81.6 percent). He has pulled down 479 rebounds (6.2 per-game), connected on 123 three-pointers, and claimed 64 assists, 56 steals and 17 blocked shots in his career.

Under 12th-year head coach Aaron Griess, Augsburg finished 12-14 overall, 10-10 in MIAC play in 2016-17, reaching the six-team MIAC postseason playoffs. The Auggies made a dramatic run to secure a conference playoff spot, winning four of its last five regular-season games. Augsburg has reached the MIAC playoffs seven of the last nine years, and has recorded double-digit win totals each of the last 11 seasons.

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(NOTE: This story includes information taken from Augsburg's All-MIAC men's basketball release.)