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Chivers Makes Men's Basketball First Team All-GNAC, Bremerman Is Frosh of Year
March 8, 2004

Jason Chivers was voted to the all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference first team for men’s basketball.

Dustin Bremerman was selected as the GNAC freshman of the year.

SEATTLE (Mar. 8) – Jason Chivers, the Seattle Pacific University center who led the league in rebounding, was today voted to the all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference first team for men’s basketball while the Falcons’ Dustin Bremerman was selected as freshman of the year.

Chivers (Jr., 6-8, Los Angeles, Ca.) was the only SPU player to make either the first or second team all-GNAC. He averaged 11.3 rebounds, topped the team in scoring (16.3), field-goal percentage (.518) and blocked shots (1.81)and posted a league-best 18 double-doubles. Chivers was also among the GNAC leaders in free throw accuracy (.805) and was the first SPU center to lead the team in scoring and rebounding while averaging a double-double since Jim Ballard in 1974.

Joining Chivers on the all-conference first team were player of the year Brad Oleson of Alaska Fairbanks; Austin Nichols and Fred Hooks of Humboldt State; and Robert Day of Western Oregon.

Bremerman (Fr., 6-4, Yakima, Wa/Eisenhower) was Seattle Pacific’s No. 2 rebounder (4.7) and No. 3 scorer (12.5), and scored 30 points in last week’s game with Alaska Fairbanks.

Jordan Lee (Jr., 6-2, Tacoma, Wa./Life Christian) earned honorable mention all-conference after averaging 15.9 points and shooting 50.4 percent (68-135) on three-pointers. The Falcons, despite losing four starters from the previous season, finished the second 14-13 overall and tied for fourth in the final standings of the GNAC.

First Team	Position	Height	Class	Hometown
Brad Oleson, Alaska Fairbanks	Guard	6-4	Jr.	North Pole, AK
++Austin Nichols, Humboldt State	Guard	6-6	Sr.	Berkeley, CA
++Fred Hooks, Humboldt State	Forward	6-6	Sr.	San Diego, CA
Robert Day, Western Oregon	Forward	6-5	Sr.	Portland, OR
Jason Chivers, Seattle Pacific	Center	6-8	Jr.	Los Angeles, CA

Second Team
Sean Kelly, Western Oregon	Forward	6-5	Sr.	Grand Junction, CO
Peter Bullock, Alaska Anchorage	Forward	6-6	Sr.	Anchorage, AK
Kemmy Burgess, Alaska Anchorage	Guard	6-1	Jr.	San Diego, CA
Brandon Hartley, Saint Martin’s	Guard	6-3	Sr.	Phoenix, AZ
Mark White, Humboldt State	Guard	6-3	Sr.	Bozeman, MT
Grant Dykstra, Western Washington	Guard	6-4	So.	Everson, WA
++Two-time repeater

Honorable Mention – Jordan Lee, Seattle Pacific (Guard, 6-1, Jr., Tacoma, WA); Andrew Smith, Alaska Fairbanks (Center, 6-8, So., Anchorage, AK); Niko Nunogawa, Saint Martin’s (Forward, 6-6, So., Federal Way, WA); Jeff McDaniel, Seattle (Forward, 6-6, So., Stockton, CA); Tyler Mitchell, Central Washington (Forward, 6-7, Sr., Everson, WA); Ryan Diggs, Western Washington (Guard, 6-2, So., Victorville, CA ); Jason Burrell, Western Washington (Guard, 6-1, Sr., Ontario, CA)