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Baker, VanVleet, Marshall Earn NABC Honors

Complete NABC All-District Teams | All-Time WSU Awards-Honors

WICHITA, Kan. –Wichita State's Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches' (NABC) All-District 16 first team, and Gregg Marshall was tabbed district Coach of the Year, Friday afternoon.
 
District 16 consists of the 10 Missouri Valley Conference schools, and this year's NABC District 16 first team mirrored the All-MVC picks from earlier this month. Southern Illinois' Anthony Beane and Evansville's Egidijus Mockevicius and D.J. Balentine rounded out the top-five.
 
Marshall earned COY status for the fourth time in five seasons after leading the Shockers to a 16-2 MVC finish – four games ahead of the next closest competition. WSU (26-9) also advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32 for the fourth-consecutive year.
 
Baker and VanVleet -- both seniors and both third-time selection to the first team -- were keys to a Shocker defense that allowed fewer points than any on team in the nation (59.0 per game), ranked second nationally in turnover margin (+5.6) and set a new school record for field goal percentage defense (.387).
 
Baker led WSU in both scoring (14.0) and rebounding (4.8), while VanVleet (12.0 points, 5.6 assists) finished his career as WSU's all-time leader in steals (225), assists (637) and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.08).
 
Since 2010, WSU has landed 15 players on the All-District 16 teams, with 10 of those earning first-team status.
 
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2015-16 NABC ALL-DISTRICT 16 TEAM:
(District 16 consists of Wichita State, Drake, Bradley, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Loyola, Missouri State, Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois)

First Team
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville
Ron Baker, Wichita State
D.J. Balentine, Evansville
Anthony Beane, Southern Illinois

Second Team
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, Illinois State
Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
Devonte Brown, Indiana State
Mikyle McIntosh, Illinois State
Brenton Scott, Indiana State

Coach of the Year
Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
 

WSU ALL-TIME NABC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS:

District 16 Coach of the Year*
2016 - Gregg Marshall
2014 - Gregg Marshall
2013 - Gregg Marshall
2012 - Gregg Marshall

Shockers on the NABC All-District Teams*
2016 - Ron Baker (1st), Fred VanVleet (1st)
2015 - Ron Baker (1st), Fred VanVleet (1st), Tekele Cotton (2nd)
2014 - Ron Baker (1st), Cleanthony Early (1st), Fred VanVleet (1st)
2013 - Cleanthony Early (2nd), Carl Hall (2nd)
2012 - Garrett Stutz (1st), Joe Ragland (2nd)
2011 - JT Durley (1st), Toure' Murry (2nd)
2010 - Clevin Hannah (1st)
1985 - Xavier McDaniel (1st)
1984 - Xavier McDaniel (1st)
1981 - Cliff Levingston (1st)
1981 - Antoine Carr (2nd)
1980 - Antoine Carr (2nd)
1979 - Cheese Johnson (1st)
1978 - Cheese Johnson (2nd)
1977 - Robert Elmore (2nd)
1976 - Robert Elmore (3rd)
1975 - Robert Elmore (3rd)
1972 - Ron Harris (3rd)
1967 - Jamie Thompson (2nd)
1966 - Kelly Pete (1st), Jamie Thompson (!st)
1965 - Dave Stallworth (1st), Kelly Pete (2nd)
1964 - Dave Stallworth (1st)
1963 - Dave Stallworth (1st)
1962 - Gene Wiley (1st), Lanny Van Eman (2nd)
1961 - Ron Heller (2nd), Gene WIley (HM)
1957 - Joe Stevens (1st)
1956 - Bob Hodgson (1st)
1955 - Cleo Littleton (1st), James McNerney (1st)
1954 - Cleo Littleton (1st), Paul Sheer (1st)
1953 - Cleo Littleton (1st)
1950 - John Friedersdorf (1st)

* - From 1950 to 2008, NABC Districts were geographically aligned. In 2008-09, district were reordered by conference affiliation. WSU was placed into District 16 along with the other nine Missouri Valley Conference schools. District Coach of the Year data prior to 2009 is unavailable.

 
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Players Mentioned

Tekele Cotton

#32 Tekele Cotton

G
6' 3"
Senior
Ron Baker

#31 Ron Baker

G
6' 4"
Redshirt Senior
Fred VanVleet

#23 Fred VanVleet

G
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Tekele Cotton

#32 Tekele Cotton

6' 3"
Senior
G
Ron Baker

#31 Ron Baker

6' 4"
Redshirt Senior
G
Fred VanVleet

#23 Fred VanVleet

6' 0"
Senior
G