{"id":139519,"date":"2018-02-26T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=139519"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:42:51","slug":"viking-jimmie-men-basketball-athletes-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=139519","title":{"rendered":"Viking, Jimmie men basketball athletes named"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(VCSU) \u2013 Valley City State senior\u00a0Jayden Ferguson\u00a0has been named All Conference for the third straight season, the North Star Athletic Association announced Saturday night.<\/p>\n

A senior forward from Williston, N.D., Ferguson was named 1st Team All Conference at the NSAA Men\u2019s Basketball Honors Banquet held Saturday night in Bellevue, Neb. VCSU senior guard\u00a0Rashad Satahoo\u00a0was named Honorable Mention All Conference. Senior guard\u00a0Alex Quist\u00a0was named the NSAA Champion of Character for VCSU.<\/p>\n

Ferguson led the Vikings in scoring this season at 16.4 points per game. He shot 51 percent from the field and 51 percent from 3-point range this season. Ferguson finishes his career with 2,128 points, ranking 2nd all time in VCSU history. It is Ferguson\u2019s third straight All Conference award.<\/p>\n

Satahoo, a senior guard from North Lauderdale, Fla., averaged 13.9 points per game this season and made a team-high 73 3-pointers, shooting 44 percent from 3-point range. He shot 86 percent on free throws this season and ended his career with 1,220 points, ranking 12th all time in Viking history.<\/p>\n

VCSU\u2019s season came to an end with a 14-16 overall record as they lost at top seed Bellevue University in the NSAA quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Five players were named 1st Team All Conference, five players were named 2nd Team All Conference, and five more players earned Honorable Mention. The All Conference honors are voted on by the NSAA head coaches. Complete NSAA All Conference teams are listed below.<\/p>\n

2017-18 North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Basketball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Team All-Conference<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSchool<\/strong><\/td>\nClass<\/strong><\/td>\nHt.<\/strong><\/td>\nPos.<\/strong><\/td>\nHometown<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B.J. Shelton #<\/td>\nBellevue (Neb.)<\/td>\nSenior<\/td>\n6-4<\/td>\nGuard<\/td>\nBakersfield, Calif.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcus White #<\/td>\nDickinson State (N.D.)<\/td>\nSenior<\/td>\n6-6<\/td>\nGuard<\/td>\nMilwaukee, Wis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leighton Sampson<\/td>\nJamestown (N.D.)<\/td>\nSenior<\/td>\n6-6<\/td>\nForward<\/td>\nWorthington, Minn.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jayden Ferguson\u00a0#$<\/td>\nValley City State (N.D.)<\/td>\nSenior<\/td>\n6-5<\/td>\nForward<\/td>\nWilliston, N.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julius Jackson<\/td>\nPresentation (S.D.)<\/td>\nJunior<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\nGuard<\/td>\nIndianapolis, Ind.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Second Team All-Conference<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSchool<\/strong><\/td>\nClass<\/strong><\/td>\nHt.<\/strong><\/td>\nPos.<\/strong><\/td>\nHometown<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justin Folkers<\/td>\nDakota State (S.D.)<\/td>\nJunior<\/td>\n6-9<\/td>\nForward<\/td>\nMission, S.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethan Haberman %<\/td>\nViterbo (Wis.)<\/td>\nSenior<\/td>\n6-5<\/td>\nForward<\/td>\nLa Crosse, Wis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaden Verdin !<\/td>\nWaldorf (Iowa)<\/td>\nSenior<\/td>\n6-9<\/td>\nCenter<\/td>\nAtwater, Calif.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Oberweiser<\/td>\nJamestown (N.D.)<\/td>\nJunior<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\nGuard<\/td>\nDrummond, Mont.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jon Purintun<\/td>\nJamestown (N.D.)<\/td>\nJunior<\/td>\n6-2<\/td>\nGuard<\/td>\nLinton, N.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

# \u2013 2016-17 North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Basketball All-Conference First Team Selection
\n% \u2013 2016-17 North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Basketball All-Conference Second Team Selection
\n! \u2013 2016-17 North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Basketball All-Conference Honorable Mention Selection
\n$ \u2013 2015-16 North Star Athletic Association Men\u2019s Basketball All-Conference First Team Selection<\/p>\n

Postseason Awards<\/u>
\nMost Valuable Player:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>B.J. Shelton \u2013 Bellevue (Neb.)
\nDefensive Player of the Year:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Cade Anderson \u2013 Viterbo (Wis.)
\nNewcomer Player of the Year:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Leighton Sampson \u2013 Jamestown (N.D.)
\nCoach of the Year:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Shane Paben \u2013 Bellevue (Neb.)<\/p>\n

NSAA Men\u2019s Basketball Honorable Mention<\/u><\/strong>
\nKevin Daniels \u2013 Dakota State (S.D.)
\nRashad Satahoo\u00a0\u2013 Valley City State (N.D.)
\nGorg Alhag \u2013 Mayville State (N.D.)
\nDaniel Lindgren \u2013 Mayville State (N.D.)
\nFalmata Tula \u2013 Waldorf (Iowa)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(VCSU) \u2013 Valley City State senior\u00a0Jayden Ferguson\u00a0has been named All Conference for the third straight season, the North Star Athletic Association announced Saturday night. A senior forward from Williston, N.D., Ferguson was named 1st Team All Conference at the NSAA Men\u2019s Basketball Honors Banquet held Saturday night in Bellevue, Neb. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139523,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139519\/revisions\/139523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/139520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}