KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has released the 2023 NABC Division I All-District Teams and District Coaches of the Year Tuesday. Gonzaga's
Drew Timme was named First Team All-District 9, while
Julian Strawther was second team.
The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I. Timme was Second Team All-District 9 in 2021, and first team last season.
Timme, a three-time All-American, was named First Team All-Conference the last two seasons, after being named All-Freshman in 2019-20. He tops the West Coast Conference averaging 20.9 points per game, and second shooting 62.4 percent from the field. The senior is fifth in the WCC grabbing 7.3 rebounds per game, and seventh blocking 0.9 shots per game.
Timme is third in the nation with 272 made field goals and is sixth with 689 points. He is now Gonzaga's all-time leading scorer and has 2,210 points during his four seasons at GU. The Dallas native's 859 career rebounds rank sixth and his 109 blocks are eighth. Timme owns the record for most made field goals in GU history with 869, and his 62.1 career field goal percentage is third. He boasts a record of 118-12 (.901) in his Gonzaga appearances, going 58-4 (.934) in conference play.
Strawther, a First Team All-West Coast Conference selection, is second on the team averaging 15.1 points per game, which is also ninth in the league. His 17.6 points per conference game ranked eighth. He is grabbing 5.9 rebounds per outing. The Las Vegas native has scored 20 or more seven times this season, including a 40-point outburst at Portland on Jan. 28. He was 8-for-12 from behind-the-arc in that road victory. The junior had 28-point scoring efforts at Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine on Jan. 16 and 18. Against Kentucky, the junior had a double-double of 20 points and 14 rebounds. Strawther recently was named to the WCC All-Tournament Team.
| District 9 |
| First Team |
| Aidan Mahaney - Saint Mary's |
| Elijah Pepper - UC Davis |
| Brandin Podziemski - Santa Clara |
| Cam Shelton - Loyola Marymount |
| Drew Timme - Gonzaga |
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| Second Team |
| Ajay Mitchell - UCSB |
| Zyon Pullin - UC Riverside |
| Khalil Shabazz - San Francisco |
| Julian Strawther - Gonzaga |
| Lassina Traore - Long Beach St. |
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| Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett - Saint Mary's |
