A consensus All-American, Taylor Rohde became the first student-athlete in school history to gain National Player-of-the-Year honors when he earned the award from Division II Bulletin. The 6-9, 255-pound center from Phoenix was also the Daktronics NCAA Div. II West Region and Great Northwest Athletic Conference player-of-the-year and became the first Seawolf to play in the Reese’s NCAA Div. II All-Star Game. Rohde led the GNAC in scoring (19.8), field-goal percentage (.627, 8th nationally) and double-doubles (9), and finished in a virtual three-way tie for the rebounding lead with 8.0 rpg. He was a double-figure scorer in 26 of 30 games this season and shot 50-plus percent from the floor in 25 of the last 26 contests, including an ending streak of 17. As a team, the Seawolves finished 23-7 overall and 15-3 in the GNAC – just one game behind eventual national champion Western Washington – and were a No. 2 regional seed in the NCAA Tournament.
