February
27, 2007
CEDAR
RAPIDS , IOWA . . . The
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today
that Loras College junior forward Kyle White
(Antioch, Ill./Antioch) has been named the 2006-07 IIAC men’s
basketball Most Valuable Player and Loras head coach Chad
Walthall has been named the 2006-07 IIAC men’s
basketball Coach of the Year.
White
led a balanced Loras attacked in scoring and rebounding with
13.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in 26 contests, leading
Loras in scoring nine times and rebounding 13 times. He ranked
fourth in the Conference in rebounding, 11th in scoring and
tied for 12th in field goal percentage (50.0 percent, 136-of-272).
Sixty-two of his 179 rebounds were on the offensive boards,
most in the IIAC.
In
15 Conference games, White recorded five double-doubles, second
most in the IIAC. He averaged 14.2 points (9th in IIAC) and
7.9 rebounds (3rd) per game. He had a Conference-high 39 offensive
rebounds and ranked 12th in field goal percentage (48.8 percent).
Walthall
led Loras to its first Iowa Conference title since 1950-51,
its sixth overall, with a 15-1 Conference record. The Duhawks
enter their first NCAA Division III Tournament with a 21-6 overall
record, their sixth winning season in seven years under Walthall.
The 15 Conference wins are Loras’ most since re-joining
the IIAC in 1986, and the 21 wins are the schools most since
joining Division III that same year. The Duhawks held their
Conference opponents under their season scoring average in all
16 Conference games, and in Conference games, led the IIAC in
scoring defense (61.1 points/game), scoring margin (+9.2), field
goal percentage defense (40.6 percent) and rebounding margin
(+5.4). Walthall is the first Loras men’s basketball coach
to earn Conference Coach of the Year honors.
The
IIAC also announced today the 2006-07 men’s basketball
All-Conference Team. The 15-member Team includes eight repeat
All-Conference performers including University of Dubuque’s
Nick Thomas who becomes the 56th three-time
All-Conference pick. Loras and Simpson both had three All-Conference
performers. Central, Coe and Dubuque each had two All-Conference
selections.
The
complete 2006-07 IIAC men’s basketball All-Conference
Team is here.
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