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Press Release MARCH
17, 2004 Simon Named First-Team Fort Wayne, IN-IPFW junior center David Simon has been selected to the Division-I All-Independent First-Team in voting conducted by the Independent men’s basketball coaches. Rated as the 3rd best player in the nation by cbssportsline.com (trailing only Emeka Okafor of UConn as the best center in the nation) Simon posted a team-best 18.0 points per game and 9.8 rebounds. Broke the IPFW single season block record with 54 (1.92 per game). Nationally ranked in four categories: 65th out of 100 in points per game; 21st in field goal percentage (58.4); 18th in rebounds per game; and 39th in blocked shots per game. He was consistently double and triple teamed throughout the season, but scored a season, and career-high 33 points at Oakland, registered 14 double-doubles, reached double-figures in 24 of 28 games, and was named to the 2003-04 Boilermaker Classic All-Tournament Team. Simon also excelled in the classroom, being named to the 2003-04 District V CoSIDA Academic All-American Team. Senior guard Brian Evans, of Texas A&M Corpus Christi, was chosen the Division-I Independent Player-of-the-year. Evans started in all 26 games, averaging 12.4 points, 4.54 assists, connecting on 48.5 percent of his shots from the field and 71.8 percent of his free throws. He led the Islanders to their first-ever winning season, and single-season team records for wins (15) and road wins (5). Bob Hoffman of the University of Texas-Pan American was selected as the “Coach-of-the-Year”. Hoffman’s Broncs finished the 2003-04 campaign at 14-14. Included in that total was an impressive win over NCAA tournament participant Air Force. Broncs junior forward Chris Fagan was tabbed as the “Newcomer-of-the-Year”, and Corpus Christi’s Travis Bailey was selected as the “Defensive player-of-the-Year”.
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