AT COLLEGE: March 31, 2022
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 2 years, 10 months AGO
Nate Pryor
New Mexico State men's basketball
Pryor, a 6-foot-3 junior guard who played two years at North Idaho College before transferring to Washington, started six of his 20 games in the Aggies lineup after battling injuries, averaging 2.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 18 minutes per game. Pryor had two points and four assists for New Mexico State (27-7) in a second-round loss to fourth-seeded Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament on March 19, after the 12th-seeded Aggies beat No. 5 UConn in the first round. Pryor has since entered the transfer portal.
Allison Kirby
Idaho women's basketball
Kirby, a 5-7 super senior guard from Timberlake High, averaged 31.9 minutes per game, scoring 8.2 points and grabbing a career-high 6.3 rebounds per game. Kirby had a career-high 19 points against Northern Iowa on Dec. 18, 2021 and had a career-high 16 rebounds against Montana State (16) in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament on March 9. Kirby finished 10th in the nation in free-throw percentage (80 for 90 for 88.9%). For her career, Kirby finished with 583 points, 569 rebounds and 330 assists.
Brooke Jessen
Texas-Rio Grande Valley women's basketball
Jessen, a 6-foot freshman forward, appeared in 31 games, starting three for the Vaqueros (14-19), averaging 2.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. Jessen had a season-high 14 points and nine rebounds against Abilene Christian on March 9. Texas-Rio Grande Valley lost to Utah Valley in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on March 10.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska wrestling
Lovett, a sophomore from Post Falls High, ended his run at the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships with a runner-up finish at 149-pounds, falling to Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis 11-5 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Lovett was the first Husker finalist since Tyler Berger in 2019. Lovett, a 2019 graduate of Post Falls High, who went 169-0 as a Trojan, finished his sophomore year 28-4.
Braydon Huber
University of Mary wrestling
Huber, a 157-pound redshirt sophomore from Post Falls, opened his run at the Division II Championships with a pin and advanced to the quarterfinals before falling in his final two matches to finish the season with an 8-7 record.
Colby Gennett
Central Washington men's basketball
Gennett, a 6-4 freshman guard from Post Falls High, started 18 of 26 games for the Division II Wildcats (17-9) of Ellensburg, averaging 5.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
Katie Fleming
Wenatchee Valley women's basketball
Fleming, a 5-9 freshman guard from Post Falls High, started all 25 games, averaging 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and five assists per game for the Knights (19-9). Fleming scored a season-high 26 points for Wenatchee Valley in a win at Big Bend on March 5. Wenatchee Valley advanced to the Northwest Athletic Conference Championships as the third seed from the East Region, falling in an opening round game to Whatcom 61-51 on March 19 at Everett Community College.
Jaelyn Brainard
Blue Mountain women's basketball
Brainard, a 5-9 freshman guard from Coeur d'Alene High, led the Timberwolves in scoring at 14.9 points per game, and also grabbed five rebounds per game. Blue Mountain finished 13-13, and did not qualify for the NWAC tournament. Brainard, who started all 23 games she appeared in, scored a season-high 29 points against visiting Columbia Basin in a 78-70 win on Jan. 22 in Pendleton, Ore.
Jaden Chavez
Blue Mountain women's basketball
Chavez, a 5-5 freshman guard from Coeur d'Alene High, averaged 6.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game for the Timberwolves in 22 games, 18 starts. Chavez scored a season-high 22 points in a 101-99 double overtime win at Yakima Valley on Feb. 21.
McKeeley Tonkin
Blue Mountain women's basketball
Tonkin, a 5-5 sophomore guard from Timberlake High, started all 25 games she appeared in for the Timberwolves, averaging 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Ryan Graves
Ellsworth wrestling
Graves, a 141-pound freshman from Post Falls High, went 2-2 at the NJCAA Tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on March 6 for the Pirates, who finished 10th. Graves won by medical forfeit to open the tournament, then lost by fall in the second round. Graves won 6-5 and 7-5 in the consolation rounds before being pinned to end his tournament.
Isaiah Laguna
Ellsworth wrestling
Laguna, a 197-pound freshman from Post Falls High, went 2-2 in the NJCAA Tournament, winning twice in the consolation rounds.
Ethan Miller
Ellsworth wrestling
Miller, a 184-pound freshman from Post Falls High, advanced to the NJCAA Tournament, going 0-2.
Lane Reardon
Ellsworth wrestling
Reardon, a freshman from Post Falls, was named to the Academic All-Region team for the fall of 2021, finishing on the first team (GPA of 3.5 or higher).
RayQuan Evans
Florida State men's basketball
Evans, a 6-foot-4 senior guard from North Idaho College, scored a season-high 28 points for the Seminoles against Clemson on Feb. 15. Evans started 26 of 27 games this season, averaging eight points and 2.5 rebounds per game. Florida State finished the season 17-14 losing to Syracuse in the second round of the ACC tournament.
Alphonso Anderson
Pacific men's basketball
Anderson, a 6-6 guard/forward from North Idaho College, played in 30 games, starting 29 for the Tigers after transferring after two years at Utah State. Anderson recorded a career-high in scoring at 12.1 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 6.8 per game. Anderson scored in double figures 16 times during the regular season and had a career-high 26 points against Portland on Feb. 24 in Stockton, Calif. Pacific finished the season 8-24.
Sal Silva
Southeastern (Fla.) wrestling
Silva, who won the NJCAA championship at 149 pounds as a freshman at NIC, finished fifth in the NAIA Championships in Park City, Kan., on March 5. Silva finished the season 26-9.
Bella Murekatete
Washington State women's basketball
Murekatete, a 6-3 center from Genesis Prep Academy, averaged 10.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game for the Cougars (19-11), who advanced to the NCAA Tournament, falling in the first round to Kansas State on March 19 in Raleigh, N.C. Murekatete scored a season-high 26 points in the season opener against San Jose State.
Rachel Schroeder
Lewis-Clark State women's basketball
Schroeder, a 5-8 guard from Genesis Prep, appeared in 31 games, starting two for the Warriors this season. Schroeder scored a season-high 12 points against Walla Walla on Feb. 8. Lewis-Clark State finished 25-8, falling in the second round of the NAIA Tournament to Wayland Baptist in Plainview, Texas.
Sara Muehlhausen
Lewis-Clark State women's basketball
Muehlhausen, a 6-3 junior post from Lake City High, started all 31 games for the Warriors, averaging 9.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Muehlhausen also had 65 blocked shots and 28 assists.
Heidi Sellman
Lewis-Clark State women's basketball
Sellman, a 5-11 senior post who played at North Idaho College, started in all 29 of her appearances for the Warriors, averaging 5.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
Melody Kempton
Gonzaga women's basketball
Kempton, a 6-1 forward from Post Falls High, started every game for the Bulldogs (27-7) this season, logging 873 minutes. Kempton improved her points (10.9), assists (1.6), rebounds (6.2) and grabbed 215 total rebounds this season and had a career-high 25 points against Portland on Jan. 6 in Portland. In 125 games for Gonzaga, Kempton scored 909 points finished with 106 assists and 564 rebounds.
Dejah Wilson
Community Colleges of Spokane basketball
Wilson, a 5-7 sophomore guard from Lake City High, averaged 5.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for the Bigfoot (15-10). Wilson was named to the Northwest Athletic Conference East Region All-Defensive team.
Brooklyn Rewers
Michigan State women's basketball
Rewers, a 6-4 freshman center from Lake City High, played a season-high 14 minutes, scoring four points against Indiana on Feb. 12. The Spartans finished 15-15, losing in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State.
Taryn Riley
College of Idaho women's basketball
Riley, a 5-3 guard from Timberlake High, scored a season-high 14 points against Warner Pacific on Feb. 14 and had season-highs in assists (7) and steals (4) against Corban on Jan. 28. Riley, the former Taryn Soumas, started the final 13 games for the Yotes (16-15), who fell to Lewis-Clark State in the opening round of the Cascade Conference Championships on Feb. 22 in Lewiston.
Phillip Malatare
Eastern Oregon men's basketball
Malatare, a 6-0 junior guard from North Idaho College, scored a season-high 29 points for the Mountaineers (18-13) against Whitman on Nov. 5. Malatare started 26 of 27 games, averaging 19.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Eastern Oregon lost in the opening round of the Cascade Conference Championships on Feb. 23 to Lewis-Clark State.
Ismael Valdez
Eastern Oregon men's basketball
Valdez, a 6-9 junior forward from North Idaho College, started 24 of 28 games for the Mountaineers, averaging 4.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
Jonny Hillman
Carroll men's basketball
Hillman, a 6-2 junior guard from Genesis Prep, scored a season-high 12 points against Montana Tech on Feb. 10. Hillman started in 19 of 33 games for the Saints (29-5), finishing with six points and 2.5 rebounds per game and 71 assists. Carroll fell to the University of Jamestown in the second round of the NAIA Tournament on March 12.
Joey Naccarato
Fort Lewis men's basketball
Naccarato, a 6-5 junior forward from Coeur d'Alene High and North Idaho College, appeared in 15 games for the Division II Hawks of Durango, Colo.
Bayley Brennan
Seattle Pacific women's basketball
Brennan, a 5-7 senior point guard from Post Falls High, scored a season-high 14 points for the Division II Falcons (12-18) on Nov. 27 against Westminster (Utah). Brennan appeared in 28 games, starting two, averaging 4.1 points and 1.2 rebounds in 18 minutes per game.
Sam Edelblute
Utah Valley wrestling
Edelblute, a redshirt freshman from Lakeland High, went 8-10, with four wins by decision for the Wolverines, who are in the Western Athletic Conference in most sports, but competes in the Big 12 Conference in wrestling.
Will Edelblute
Utah Valley wrestling
Edelblute, a redshirt sophomore from Lakeland High, went 2-2 on the season for the Wolverines, winning one match by pin and another by major decision.
Esco Walker
Grand View wrestling
Walker, a junior formerly of North Idaho College, beat defending champion Brandon Orum to win the 125-pound title at the NAIA Championships on March 5 in Wichita, Kan.
Casey Randles
Grand View wrestling
Randles, a senior from Coeur d'Alene High, beat Trenton Munoz of Hastings to win the 165-pound title at the NAIA Championships on March 5 at Wichita, Kan.
Kon Ajang
East Mississippi men's basketball
Ajang, a 6-9 freshman forward from Genesis Prep, appeared in 23 games, starting 16 for the Lions (21-7). Ajang finished the season with 70 rebounds for the Lions, who lost in the quarterfinals of the Region 23 Tournament and failed to receive an at-large bid to the NJCAA Tournament.
Jalen Skalskiy
North Idaho College men's basketball
Skalskiy, a 6-8 forward from Lakeland High, averaged 11.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for the Cardinals (20-7), who finished second in the East Region, but was ineligible for the conference tournament due to postseason sanctions.
Noah Haaland
Allan Hancock College men's basketball
Haaland, a 6-8 freshman who played high school basketball at Lakeland, but attended Classical Christian Academy in Post Falls, appeared in 27 games for the Bulldogs (17-10, a California Community College Athletic Association in Santa Maria, Calif., starting 25. Haaland averaged 7.1 points per game in 19.1 minutes, scoring a season-high 20 points at Santa Barbara on Feb. 12.
Garrett White
Vanguard men's basketball
White, a 6-4 senior forward from North Idaho Christian and the Community Colleges of Spokane, started in 21 of his 25 games this season, averaging a team-high 16.6 points. Vanguard (18-13) lost in the opening round of the NAIA Tournament to College of Idaho in Caldwell on Feb. 11.
Jack Kiesbuy
North Idaho College men's basketball
Kiesbuy, a 6-7 freshman guard/forward from Lake City High, averaged 3.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game for the Cardinals this season.
Emmit Taylor II
Idaho State men's basketball
Taylor, a 6-4 junior from Lapwai High and North Idaho College, appeared in 23 games, starting two for the Bengals (7-23). Taylor's season-high was 17 points against Bethesda, Calif. on Dec. 18.
John White
Southern Oregon wrestling
White, a freshman from Lakeland High, went 16-23 for the Raiders this season. White went 0-2 at the Cascade Conference Championships on Feb. 19 in Havre, Mont., failing to advance to nationals.
Nolan Randles
Southern Oregon wrestling
Randles, a freshman from Coeur d’Alene High, went 7-9 for the Raiders at 165 pounds this season.
Laney Smith
North Idaho College women’s basketball
Smith, a 5-5 freshman guard from Post Falls, started in 14 of her 18 appearances for the Cardinals this season, averaging 5.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. NIC (14-11) lost in the opening round of the Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament.
Ashlynn Shanley
North Idaho College women’s basketball
Shanley, a 5-10 freshman guard from Lake City, appeared in 15 games for the Cardinals.