Three Yellowjackets Earn All-Conference Honors (Mar. 8, 2005)
Lucas Walker Named PacWest Freshman of the Year

BILLINGS, MT – Three Montana State-Billings men’s basketball players earned all-conference recognition on Tuesday as announced by the Pacific West Conference.  Justin Hassell, Cameron Munoz and Buddy Windy Boy were each named to the all-conference second team.  Freshman Lucas Walker was voted the Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches.

Hassell, a senior from Brooklyn, NY, led the PacWest in rebounding this season and ranked fourth in the conference for scoring.  He averaged 19.6 points and 9.1 rebounds a game.  A slashing 6-5 forward, Hassell finished his career ranked tenth in school history for made free throws.  He was named the PacWest player of the week once this year.

Munoz, a junior from Chino, CA, ranked third in the PacWest for scoring at 20.4 points per game.  He led the conference in 3-point field goals per game, averaging 4.44.  A two time player of the week selection, Munoz finished his junior campaign with 1,268 career points and 304 career 3-pointers.  He is ninth in school history for points scored and second for made 3-pointers.

Windy Boy, a junior from Lodge Grass, MT, had a breakout season with 104 three-pointers.  He ranked eighth in the PacWest for scoring at 15.9 points per game and was second behind only Munoz for 3-pointers per game at 3.85.  In three seasons, Windy Boy has 216 three-pointers, sixth-most in school history.

Walker, a freshman from Launceston, Australia, averaged 15.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 20 games before missing the final seven games of the season with a broken hand.  He quickly became a crowd favorite at Alterowitz for his high flying dunks.  He scored a season high 32 points in a win over Hawaii Pacific just before the injury.

Two of the seven Academic All-Conference selections were from MSU Billings.  Jonathan Wiley, a sophomore from Westlake Village, CA, topped the list with a 3.94 GPA in finance.  He was also a CoSIDA District VII Academic First Team selection.  Windy Boy also made the PacWest academic team with a 3.37 cumulative GPA in math education.