Dawson, Coffman named Daktronics, Inc. All-South Central Region
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Dawson, Coffman named Daktronics, Inc. All-South Central Region

  • 05 March 2007
  • 2 min read

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Midwestern State University's Eric Dawson and Drew Coffman were named as members of the 2007 Daktronics, Inc. All-South Central Region Team announced Tuesday.

Dawson
, the 6-9 senior center from San Antonio/Sam Houston, was chosen first-team and will advance to the national ballot. Coffman, the 6-2 senior guard from Midland/Lee was selected to the second team.

The team is selected by the sports information directors of the Division II schools in the South Central Region and sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition.

Dawson
leads NCAA Division II with 11.4 rebounds a game and is fourth in the nation in blocked shots with 3.3 per contest. He leads the South Central region in both categories. He scores 16.9 points per game and shoots 61.6 percent from the floor to go with his 1.6 assists and 1.5 steals a game.

Coffman leads MSU in scoring with 17.0 points a game, while ranking second in the LSC and region in assists with 5.28 per game. He shoots 45.9 percent from the three-point arc, ranking 14th nationally. He's connected on 84.7 percent of his free throws to rank second in the region.

Southeastern
Oklahoma
State
's Eric Babers and West Texas A&M's Damien Lolar shared the team's Regional Player of the Year honors and joined
Dawson
on the first team with John Davis of
Tarleton
State
, Hunter Henry of
Northwest
Missouri
State
and Zach Wright of
Central Missouri
.

Coffman heads the second team, joined by Jason Stampley of Southeastern Oklahoma, Donta Watson of

Emporia
State
(
Kan.
), Anthony Brown of Central Oklahoma and Marcus Hubbard of
Angelo
State
.

Of the 11 players (due to ties) on the squad, only three will not play in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional in

Warrensburg
,
Mo.
, starting this Saturday.

Third seeded

Midwestern
State
opens the tournament against sixth seeded West Texas A&M at 12 noon on Saturday in Warrensburg.

+++ MSU +++

2007 Daktronics, Inc., All-South Central Region Men's Basketball Team

First Team

Eric Babers, F, Sr, Southeastern

Oklahoma
State
(Co-Player of the Year)

Damien Lolar, F, Sr,

West Texas
A&M (Co-Player of the Year)

John Davis, F, Sr,

Tarleton
State

Eric Dawson, C, Sr,

Midwestern
State

Hunter Henry, F, So,

Northwest
Missouri
State

Zach Wright, G, Sr,

Central Missouri

Second Team

Anthony Brown, F, Sr,

Central Oklahoma

Drew Coffman, G, Sr,

Midwestern
State

Marcus Hubbard, F, Jr,

Angelo
State

Jason Stampley, G, Sr, Southeastern

Oklahoma
State

Donta Watson, G, Sr,

Emporia
State
(
Kan.
)