Balentine and Mockevicius earn All-District honors

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Seniors honored by NABC

 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2015-16 NABC Division I All-District teams and coaches. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, these student-athletes and coaches represent the finest basketball players and coaches across America.

Representing District 16 on the First Team were University of Evansville seniors D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius.  The duo joins Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker along with Anthony Beane of Southern Illinois.

Evansville’s duo finished their careers as two of the top players in program history.  Balentine leaves the program as the top scorer in its history while Mockevicius finished with the records for career rebounds and blocked shots.

District 16

First Team

Fred VanVleet, Wichita State

Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville

D.J. Balentine, Evansville

Ron Baker, Wichita State

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