SEATTLE (Mar. 20) – Tony Binetti and Dustin Bremerman of Elite Eight-bound Seattle Pacific University were both named to the all-West Region first team for NCAA Division II by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Falcons’ Jeff Hironaka was voted the regional coach of the year by his peers.

Hironaka led SPU to only its third Elite Eight berth in 41 years, and the team’s first Great Northwest Athletic Conference title since 2002. He is now a finalist for the national coach of the year.

Bremerman (Jr., 6-4, Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) is Seattle Pacific’s top scorer (18.4) and ranks among the top three-point shooters in the nation.

Binetti (Sr., 6-1, Enumclaw, Wa.), who was earlier voted the GNAC player of the year, averages 18.2 points and 5.1 assists.

The NABC All-America team will be announced later this week. Earlier, Binetti and Bremerman had been named to the Daktronics all-region team. Joining them on the NABC first team were Western Washington’s Grant Dykstra and Ryan Diggs, plus Vince Inglima of Sonoma State and Kemmy Burgess of Alaska Anchorage.

Seattle Pacific (25-5) meets Montevallo (Al.) Wednesday in the first game of the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass.

NABC West Region
First Team
Grant Dykstra Western Washington
Tony Binetti Seattle Pacific
Dustin Bremmerman Seattle Pacific
Ryan Diggs Western Washington
Vince Inglima Sonoma State
Kemmy Burgess Alaska-Anchorage
Second Team
Kevin Johnson Humboldt State
Antoine Griffin Cal State-Bakersfield
J.T. Tipton Sonoma State
Lance Den Boer Central Washington
Chris Reaves Chaminade

Coach of the Year – Jeff Hironaka, Seattle Pacific