Forty-one men’s collegiate basketball players from Centennial State earned post-season honors from coaches, players, and media in the Big Sky, Big XII, Mountain West, Rocky Mountain Athletic, Southern Collegiate, and Summit League conferences.

RMAC regular- and post-season champions Colorado Mines netted two top awards. Majok Denk was the player of the year, and Pryor Orser was named the coach of the year.  The seventh-ranked Orediggers posted an 18-2 league record and enter this weekend’s NCAA Division II South Central Regional with a 27-4 mark.

A transfer from Pepperdine, Deng is averaging 15.2 points a game and is shooting 88.5 percent from the free throw line (108 of 122).  He recovered from a late-season slump (87 points in nine games) to compile 45 points in the Orediggers’ RMAC finales last weekend in Golden to net post-season most valuable player honors.

In his 24th season in Golden, Orser’s 2024-2025 Mines team is his 12th Oredigger squad with 20 or more wins in a season.  Entering this weekend, Orser has a 472-231 record with Mines (67.1 percent).  Only Regis University’s Lonnie Porter has won more games (538) at a 4-year school in the Centennial State.

Specialty Awards

• Majok Deng, Mines, G, 6’4″, Grad, Tucson, Ariz. (Pepperdine), RMAC, Player of the Year
• Sebastian Akins, Denver, G, 6’2″, Frosh, Concord, N.C., Summit League, Freshman of the Year/All-Newcomer Team
• William Becker, UCCS, F, 6’9″, Grad, Aurora, Colo. (Evansville), RMAC, Defensive Player of the Year
• Zach Bloch, Northern Colorado, G, 6’2″, Sen., Lawrence, Kan. (Colorado Prep), Big Sky, All-Defensive Team
• Nique Clifford, Colorado State, G, 6’6″, Sen., Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado), MWC, All-Defensive Team
• Pryor Orser, Colorado Mines, RMAC, Coach of the Year

First Team

• Ty Allred, Colorado Mesa, G, 6’9, Jun., Mona, Utah, RMAC
• William Becker, UCCS, F, 6’9″, Grad, Aurora, Colo. (Evansville), RMAC
• Brayden Carter, MSU Denver, F, 6’9, Sen., Denver, Colo. (Regis/Fort Lewis), RMAC
• Nique Clifford, Colorado State, G, 6’6″, Sen., Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado), MWC
• Majok Deng, Colorado Mines, G, 6’4, Grad, Tucson, Ariz. (Pepperdine), RMAC
• Isaiah Hawthorne, Northern Colorado, F, 6’8″, Sen., Tracy, Calif. (San Francisco), Big Sky
• Biko Johnson, Fort Lewis, G, 6’2, Sen., Carson, Calif. (Western Nebraska/Omaha), RMAC
• Chase Mayo Harmon, Regis, G, 6’4″, Jun., Peoria, Ariz., RMAC
• Caleb McGill, MSU Denver, F, 6’8, Sen., Aurora, Colo. (UC Davis), RMAC
• Langston Reynolds, Northern Colorado, G, 6’4″, Jun., Denver, Colo. (East/Colorado Prep), Big Sky
• Jaron Rillie, Northern Colorado, G, 6’3″, Sen., Sydney, Australia (Samford), Big Sky
• Riley Schroeder, Colorado Mines, F, 6’7″, Sen., Orange, Calif., RMAC

Second Team

• Jalen Brown, Regis, G, 6’2″, Soph., Salinas, Calif., RMAC
• Chuol Deng, Fort Lewis, F, 6’7, Sen., Juba, South Sudan (Colorado NW/Hill/Oakland), RMAC
• Bradley Land, Colorado Christian, F, 6’6″, Soph., Dallas, Texas, RMAC
• Asher Nofziger, Colorado College, F, 6’9″, Jun., Denver, Colo., SCAC
• Xavier Martinez, UCCS, G, 5’11″, Soph., San Antonio, Texas, RMAC
• Markus Pastorcic-Straun, Colorado Mines, G, 6’3″, Soph., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, RMAC
• Kobe Sanders, Regis, G, 6’0″, Grad, Denver, Colo. (Chaparral/Concordia Irvine), RMAC
• Jude Tapia, Adams State, G, 5’11, Jun., Albuquerque, N. M., RMAC
• Yaak Yaak, Colorado Mesa, C, 6’11”, Soph., Adelaide, Australia (New Mexico State), RMAC

Third Team

• Devin Philio, Colorado College, F, 6’6″, Sen., Aurora, Colo. (Rangeview), SCAC
• Ethan Taylor, Air Force, G, 6’5″, Sen., Houston, Texas, MWC

Honorable Mention

• Tru Allen, Fort Lewis, G, 6’1″, Sen., Lapwai, Idaho (Northwest Nazarene), RMAC
• De’Shaun Cooper, CSU Pueblo, F, 6’9″: Sen., San Diego, Calif., RMAC
• Eddy Egun, Regis, G, 6’4″, Sen., Woodland Hills, Calif. (Montana), RMAC
• Kyan Evans, Colorado State, G, 6’2″, Soph., Kansas City, Mo., MWC
• Julian Hammond III, Colorado, G, 6’3″, Sen., Denver, Colo. (Cherry Creek), Big XII
• Ty Hendler, Colorado College, F, 6’4″, Soph., San Diego, Calif., SCAC
• Kade Juelfs, Western Colorado, G, 6’1″, Sen., Kingman, Ariz., RMAC
• Will Mortimore, Colorado Mesa, F, 6’8″, Frosh, Windermere, Australia, RMAC
• Armon Muldrew, CSU Pueblo, G, 6’2″, Sen., Perris, Calif. (Lenior-Rhyne/San Bernardino Valley), RMAC
• Grant Pressly, Colorado Mines, G, 6’6″, Sen., Plano, Texas, RMAC
• Quave Propst–Allison, MSU Denver, G, 6’1″, Jun., Charlotte, N.C., RMAC
• Alex Romack, Colorado Mines, F, 6’7″, Soph., Westfield, Ind., RMAC
• Scott Ruegg, Colorado College, G, 6’1″, Sen., Lafayette, Calif., SCAC
• Haanes Saar, UCCS, G, 6’6″, Sen., Tartu, Estonia (Barton), RMAC
• Logan Threat, MSU Denver, G, 6’3″, Frosh, Belmont, N.C. (Queens), RMAC