INDIANAPOLIS – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has released its 2022-23 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership of 900-plus. Gonzaga's
Julian Strawther and
Drew Timme were named All-District IX.
The USBWA has selected All-District teams since the 1956-57 season, its founding year, for each of the nine geographic districts, ten players are selected as well as a player and coach of the year. Timme receives the honor for the third straight 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.
Twenty-three Division I conferences are represented among the 90 players honored by the USBWA with the Big Ten and SEC leading all conferences with 11 All-District players. The Big 12 has 10 selections featuring three Baylor teammates. Fourteen other schools – UConn, Gonzaga, Houston, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, NC State, New Mexico, Providence, Saint Mary's, Tennessee, UCLA, Utah State and Utah Valley – also have teammates who have been lauded by the USBWA.
The USBWA will release its 2022-23 men's and women's All-America teams tomorrow at 12 p.m. PT.
DISTRICT IX
Player of the Year: Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett, St. Mary's
DISTRICT IX
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Cam Shelton, Loyola Marymount
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Aidan Mahaney, Saint Mary's
Boogie Ellis, USC
Julian Strawther, Gonzaga
Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Brandin Podziemski, Santa Clara
