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MINNEAPOLIS -- For the second straight year, Augsburg University's
Booker Coplin (SR, Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) was named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region and National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-West District men's basketball teams, as a first-team honoree on both squads, it was announced on Tuesday.
The honors are the latest in a career of honors for Coplin, one of the best players in Augsburg men's basketball history. In February, he was named as the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's co-Player of the Year for the second straight year, earning All-MIAC first-team honors after being named a second-team All-MIAC honoree his sophomore campaign. The NABC all-district teams are chosen by men's basketball coaches in the region, while the D3hoops.com all-region teams are nominated by sports information directors in the region and selected by the staff of
D3hoops.com, a national website covering NCAA Division III basketball.
Also on Tuesday,
Coplin was named to the 20-player roster for the
NABC Reese's Division III College All-Star Game, a game featuring the top seniors in NCAA Division III men's basketball. The game had been scheduled to be held in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Saturday (3/21), but was
canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Named a
first-team Preseason All-American by D3hoops.com this season,
Coplin led all MIAC players in overall scoring for the second straight year, averaging 23.7 points per-game. He also led the conference in points scored (617), field goals (207) and free throws (141) made, while standing third in the league with 62 three-pointers. His 220 rebounds were second-most among league players, with his 8.5 rebounds per-game average was third-best. He also finished second in the conference in steals (42), fifth in assists (99) and fifth in blocked shots (28).
Among NCAA Division III players nationally (as of March 8 games), Coplin ranks 17th in points per-game, 24th in total points and 26th in field goals made.
Coplin earned MIAC Athlete of the Week honors three times this season (seven times in his career) and D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors twice this season (five times in his career). He scored in double-figures in 25 of his 26 games this season and 73 of 81 games in his Auggie career, scored 20-plus points in 20 games (49 career), and 30-plus points in four games (15 career). He finished this season with 11 double-doubles (28 career).
A transfer who played his first season at Wisconsin-River Falls, Coplin shined in his three Auggie campaigns, finishing fifth in school history with 1,784 points in an Auggie uniform (83 games, 81 starts). His 21.5 Augsburg points per-game career average is third-best in school history. He finished with 668 rebounds (seventh in school history), 280 assists (fifth), 157 steals (third) and 65 blocked shots (eighth) as an Auggie. His 179 career three-pointers are fourth in school history, while his 87.2-percent free-throw percentage (361-of-414) is a school record. Including his first year at UW-River Falls (111 games, 91 starts), Coplin finished his career with 1,868 points (16.8 per-game), with 725 rebounds (6.5 per-game), 193 three-pointers, 311 assists, 178 steals and 70 blocked shots.
Coplin had one of the best individual seasons in Augsburg men's basketball history in 2018-19. He was named
NABC Division III National Player of the Year, the first time an Auggie had ever earned the honor, and earned All-America honors by both the
NABC (first team) and
D3hoops.com (second team). He was also named
NABC Division III West District Player of the Year, as a first-team honoree to the
NABC Coaches' Division III All-West District Team, and as a first-team honoree to the
D3hoops.com All-West Region team.
A biopsychology major with a 3.60 grade-point average, Coplin was also named to the
Academic All-America Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for the second straight year, this season as a first-team selection. Coplin earned
CoSIDA Academic All-America second-team honors last season,
CoSIDA Academic All-District honors both last year and this year, and earned Academic All-MIAC and NABC Honors Court honors last season.
(NOTE: Story includes information taken from Coplin's 2020 Academic All-America release.)
