PORTLAND, Ore. – A week away from their first exhibition contest, the Alaska Anchorage men's basketball team reeled in its first individual honors of the 2021-22 season as senior
Oggie Pantovic and junior
Tobin Karlberg were named Thursday to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Team.
A 6-9 forward from Kovin, Serbia, Pantovic was the lone player to rank in the league's top 10 in both scoring and rebounding in 2019-20, averaging 15.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. The First Team All-GNAC performer also finished fourth in the league with his .583 field-goal percentage as a junior, scoring double figures in the final 19 contests. He helped the Seawolves to a 20-14 record two years ago as they advanced to the GNAC Tournament title game.
A 6-foot guard from Anchorage, Karlberg was the Seawolves' third-leading scorer with 12.9 points per game in 2019-20. The former Grace Christian High School star was the league's second-leading three-point shooter at .509, while his 2.5-to-1 assist-turnover ratio ranked sixth in the conference. Karlberg begins his junior season with his .471 career three-point percentage as the second-best in program history.
The Preseason All-GNAC Team is determined by a vote of the league's 10 head coaches.
The Seawolves make their debut Oct. 29 with the Green & Gold intrasquad game and Nov. 6 with the Seawolf Alumni exhibition at the Alaska Airlines Center, before beginning the regular season with three games in Hawaii, Nov. 13-16. UAA makes its regular-season home debut Nov. 19-20 against Lincoln Christian. For the complete schedule and ticket information, surf to GoSeawolves.com.
2021-22 GNAC Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
*Divant'e Moffitt, Seattle Pacific, G, 6-2, Sr., Spanaway. Wash. (Spanaway Lake HS)
*Shadeed Shabazz, Alaska Fairbanks, G, 6-1, Sr., Seattle, Wash. (Iowa Western)
*Oggie Pantovic, Alaska Anchorage, F, 6-7, Sr., Kovin, Serbia (Utah State Eastern)
*Harry Cavell, Seattle Pacific, G, 6-6, Sr., Keizer, Ore. (McNary HS)
*George Reidy, Northwest Nazarene, G, 6-5, So., Edmonds, Wash. (Cedar Park Christian HS)
*Jasdeep Singh, Simon Fraser, F, 6-8, Sr., Delta, B.C. (Northwest [Wash.] Univ.)
*D'Angelo Minnis, Western Washington, G, 5-10, So., Kent, Wash. (Kentwood HS)
Shaw Anderson, Seattle Pacific, F, 6-6, Jr., Kelso, Wash. (Kelso HS)
*Jalen Green, Western Washington, F, 6-8, Jr., Renton, Wash. (Lindbergh HS)
Tobin Karlberg, Alaska Anchorage, G, 6-0, Jr., Anchorage, Alaska (Grace Christian)
Cameron Cranston, Western Oregon, F, 6-6, Jr., Vancouver, Wash. (Union HS)
David Thompson, Central Washington, G, 6-0, Sr., Milwaukee, Wis. (Santa Clara)
+Damen Thacker, Montana State Billings, G, 6-0, Sr., Meridian, Idaho (Idaho)
Coleman Sparling, Alaska Fairbanks, F, 6-7, Sr., Ellensburg, Wash. (UT Arlington)
Marky Adams, Saint Martin's, C, 6-9, Sr., Forks, Wash. (Peninsula CC)
Preseason Player of the Year: Divant'e Moffitt, Seattle Pacific
* - Unanimous Selection
+ - Conference Newcomer
