NAIA’S BEST
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Glenn’s unanimous pick leads
Bobcats’ postseason awards
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The Union Bobcats boys
basketball team reached
the title game of the Blue
Mountain Conference tour-
nament and made the state
since 2017.
Sophomore
Keegan
Glenn was a vital cog to the
Bobcats success and along
with
Weston-McEwen’s
team all-league in the BMC
ence co-player of the year
Coach Dan Daggett said
the conference dropped its
player of the year honor this
season.
“He puts in so much time
outside of what I do (to
coach kids),” Daggett said.
“I run a summer program
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but he does more outside
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Add one more accolade to the docket
for Eastern Oregon standout Maya Ah
You-Dias.
The sixth-year senior was named NAIA
women’s basketball national player of the
year Thursday at the conclusion of a sea-
son where she helped the Mountaineers
win 29 games, claim a third consecutive
Cascade Collegiate Conference champi-
onship and reach the second round of the
NAIA national tournament.
“I was honestly really shocked,” she
said. “There’s great players in the nation.
To be recognized as one of the top ones
was crazy to grasp. I couldn’t really be-
lieve it.”
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for Ah You-Dias, who redshirted her fresh-
man year in 2013-14. An injury forced her
to sit out for the entirety of the 2015-16
season, but she was granted a second red-
shirt for this season, which allowed her
one more year in an EOU uniform.
Injuries, in fact, have been a common-
ality for Ah You-Dias since high school.
All told, she said she’s worked through
three torn ACLs — two in the left knee —
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and “four major surgeries” for her ACLs.
“Just my love for the game,” she said of
what kept her going through the myriad
of setbacks. “I worked really hard to get to
where I’m at. I’ve played basketball since
I was 7. The thought of not playing be-
cause of injury didn’t occur to me.”
In her six years, she was part of the
program during a stretch where the team
went 160-39. The last three years of that
run, with her as a primary catalyst on the
team, were arguably the best in program
history. EOU turned in a mark of 90-12,
won three straight CCC regular season and
conference tournament titles, reached
nationals all three times and matched its
deepest run at the national tournament,
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games of the season for the Mountain-
eers, and helped the team, which was on
a seven-game winning streak prior to her
with averages of 23.2 points per game and
9.0 rebounds per game, both of which led
the team.
But they were just a fraction of the ar-
The senior led the Mountaineers in 13 dif-
ferent categories, ranging from minutes
per game (31.0) to steals per game (2.0)
percentage (.443).
“It’s unreal to me,” she said of the num-
bers she posted. “Looking back, I had a
season that I didn’t think I could do. It’s
rewarding to have (the) season that I did.”
She was never held under double digits
in scoring this season, and dating to last
season scored at least 10 points in 35 of
her last 36 games. She eclipsed 30 points
in a game six times and twice reached
more than 40, including a program-re-
(Washington) on Feb. 1.
It’s the second time Ah You-Dias has
ter also accomplishing the feat a year ago.
week ago with a 61-57 loss to Indiana Tech
in the second round of the national tour-
improve himself. He works
hard. He’s got the work eth-
ic of a great athlete.
“I haven’t found a kid that
works as hard as he does.”
The Bobcats almost dou-
bled their win total from a
year ago, when they went
just 9-15, improving to 16-9
for their most wins since
the 2015-16 season. Glenn
was the leading scorer and
rebounder for the young
Union squad, which had just
two seniors on the team.
“He’s just constantly try-
The team in that three year run also went
57-3 in CCC play — 66-3 when counting
the conference tournament — and was a
perfect 42-0 at home.
She said if the right opportunity arose,
she would consider playing past college,
career ended.”
“It’s an amazing honor,” she said of the
award. “(I’m) happy I could bring this
award to our conference and, most im-
portantly, our university.”
Ah You-Dias was joined on the national
award stage by Jordan May of the Eastern
Oregon men’s basketball team, who was
an honorable mention NAIA recipient.
ished with a record of 15-15 overall, by av-
eraging 20 points per game. He also led the
ed (455), 3-pointers made (80) and attempt-
ed (222) and free throws made (75).
check out the
prove everything,” Daggett
said of Glenn.
Glenn was joined in the
postseason honors by one
of those seniors, Tate Lan-
tis, who was named honor-
able mention.
The Enterprise Outlaws
boys basketball team also
landed two players on the
all-league team, with se-
nior Dylan Marr and junior
Devin Greer securing sec-
ond-team spots.
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with a 9-15 record overall,
at 3-9.
On the girls side, three se-
nior members of the Enter-
prise Outlaws girls basket-
ball team, which grabbed
state in close to a decade,
were recognized.
Shelby Moncrief led the
charge for Enterprise by
team, while both Karli Be-
dard and Lexie Gassett were
second-team members.
The trio bolstered the
Outlaws, who turned in a
ished second in the regu-
lar season in the BMC and
ing the same placing the
team had in 2012 when it
last took home a trophy.
The Union Bobcats girls
basketball team made a re-
by winning 14 games, and
saw two players honored
Freshman Callie Glenn
received a second-team nod
from the BMC coaches, and
sophomore Kylie Marriott
picked up honorable men-
tion.
The Bobcats’ 14-11 record
was their best since the
2014-15 season, when the
team placed third at state.
Tigers girls land four,
boys three on all-GOL
The La Grande Tigers
girls basketball team had
four players earn all-Great-
er Oregon League from its
Sophomores
Camryn
Collman and Ella Dunlap
were both selected to the
Grace Neer and junior Jacie
Howton were voted to the
second team.
The Tigers turned in
their best record since
the 2015-16 team won 20
with a mark of 13-9 overall
and was second in the GOL
at 4-2. All 13 of the Tigers’
wins came in games where
they held their opponent to
40 points or less.
The LHS boys, mean-
while, landed three players
on the all-GOL squad, with
senior Braden Bell earning
seniors Hunter Youngblood
and Nick Tsiatsos gaining a
spot on the second team.
an overall record of 7-13,
was 4-2 in the GOL and
reached the play-in round
a win shy of a state berth.
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