2017-18Â D3HOOPS.COM ALL-WEST REGION TEAMS
2017-18 NABCÂ DIVISION III ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS
2018 NABC/REESE'S ALL-STAR GAME RELEASE
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University men's basketball forward
Collin Olmscheid (SR, Buffalo, Minn.) has been honored by multiple organizations this week for his accomplishments this season. He was named as the D3hoops.com Division III West Region Player of the Year, in addition to earning D3hoops.com All-West Region first-team honors. He was named as a first-team honoree to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-West District team, and he has been named as one of 20 players to compete in the NABC Division III/Reese's Division III College All-Star Game this Saturday (3/17) in Salem, Va.
The honors are the latest for Olmscheid, who was named
the 2017-18 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, while earning All-MIAC first-team honors for the third straight year. In 2014-15, he earned All-MIAC honorable mention and All-MIAC Rookie Team honors. He was also named to the
D3hoops.com All-West Region squad as a third-team honoree in 2016-17.
Olmscheid is the second Augsburg player to ever be selected to play in the
NABC/Reese's College All-Star Game;
Dan Kornbaum was selected in 2014. The game will be played this Saturday (3/17) at 2:30 p.m. (Central time) at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va., prior to the NCAA Division III national championship game there. According to the NABC, the West and East regional teams are made up of two senior student-athletes from each of the eight Division III regions, two seniors selected in an online vote on D3hoops.com and two senior at-large selections.
The MIAC's scoring champion in 2017-18, Olmscheid finished his senior season scoring 613 points, averaging 21.1 points per-game -- the lone MIAC player to average 20.0 points or more in overall play. His 5.4 rebounds per-game average was 13th-best among MIAC players. Playing a league-high 33.3 minutes per-game this season, Olmscheid led the MIAC in field goals made (225), while standing seventh in field-goal percentage (56.4), 10th in three-pointers (48), sixth in three-point percentage (46.2), first in free throws (115) and first in free-throw percentage (88.5).
Among NCAA Division III players in overall statistics, he ranked 19th in total points and 20th in free-throw percentage. He scored in double figures in his final 20 games in a row, 75 of his last 82 games, and in 91 of his 106 career contests.
Olmscheid has cemented himself in the Augsburg men's basketball record book. Playing in 106 career games (85 starts), he finished his career fourth in school history in career scoring (1,887 points), with his 17.8 ppg career average seventh-best. Brian Ammann (1981-85) holds the Augsburg career scoring record with 2,271 points, followed by Devean George (1995-99) with 2,258 and Dan Anderson (1961-65) with 2,052.
Olmscheid finished fourth in Augsburg history in career field goals (692), 10th in career field-goal percentage (.529), third in career three-pointers (171), fifth in career free throws (332), fourth in career free-throw percentage (.838) and eighth in career rebounds (637), with his 106 career games played tied for fourth-most in program history. With 637 career rebounds (6.0 rpg), Olmscheid is one of only five Auggies to ever have 1,000-plus career points and 600-plus career rebounds.
Under 13th-year head coach
Aaron Griess, Augsburg finished 21-8 overall, 13-7 in MIAC play. The Auggies won the conference playoff championship for the first time in program history, coming from the No. 4 seed to win three games, including the final two on the road at Saint John's and Bethel. Augsburg competed in the NCAA Division III national playoffs for the fourth time in program history and first time since 1999.
(NOTE: This story was taken from Augsburg's All-MIAC men's basketball release.)
