FORT SMITH, Ark. – SWOSU junior guard Ty Frierson earned All-Great American Conference Honorable Mention honors, announced Wednesday night at the awards banquet preceding the GAC Tournament.
 
Frierson ranked 14th in the league in scoring at 12.8 points per game. He averaged 3.0 assists per contest, good for ninth in the conference, and tied for seventh with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. Defensively, Frierson finished fifth in the GAC with 48 steals.
 
He scored 20 or more points four times this season, highlighted by a 33-point, six-assist performance in a win over Harding.
 
Also announced were the GAC Academic Honor Roll selections, awarded to student-athletes who maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA and have completed at least one year of full-time college residency. Kaysen Gipson, Cade Hartley, Spencer Musgrove, and Tucker Shepherd earned academic recognition.
 
SWOSU Men's Basketball opens postseason play Thursday (March 5) against Ouachita Baptist in the quarterfinal round of the GAC Tournament. Tipoff is set for 12:00 p.m. inside Northside Arena in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

ALL-GAC MEN'S BASKETBALL
* - Unanimous Selection

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST #3 Terry Coner, Jr., G, Jr.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
OUACHITA BAPTIST #1 Chris Parks, F, Jr.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 
HARDING #15 Reggie Webster, G

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
OUACHITA BAPTIST #0 Devon Hancock, G, Gr.

COACH OF THE YEAR
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST - Jason Eaker

ELITE SCHOLAR ATHLETE
Rustin Coffey ECU

FIRST TEAM
* OUACHITA BAPTIST #0 Devon Hancock, G, Gr.
SOUTHERN NAZARENE #3 Baron Bracey, G, Sr.
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST #3 Terry Coner, Jr., G, Jr.
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST #21 Jackson Greene, F, Sr.
HARDING #1 Keyln McBride, G, Sr.
EAST CENTRAL #3 Jaden Miller, G, So.

SECOND TEAM
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE #1 Max Alexander, G, Sr.
HARDING #3 Wesley Booker, G, Sr.
OUACHITA BAPTIST #2 PJ Neal, G, Sr.
OUACHITA BAPTIST #1 Chris Parks, F, Jr.
HARDING #15 Reggie Webster, G, Fr.

HONORABLE MENTION
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE #79 Robbie Armbrester, F, Sr.
EAST CENTRAL #10 Rustin Coffey, F, Jr.
OUACHITA BAPTIST #4 Jaxon Conley, F, Fr.
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE #35 Chandler Dickinson, F, Sr.
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE #7 Ty Frierson, G, Jr.
SOUTHERN NAZARENE #23 Tracy Godfrey Jr., F, Sr.
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO #12, Isaac Jackson, G, Sr.
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST #55 Erik Madrid, C, So.
HENDERSON STATE #11 Zaveion Okoh, G, Jr.
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST #22 Joshua Udoumoh, G, Sr.