Hall Awarded All-GPAC 1st Team; Binder Named Honorable Mention
(Sioux City, Iowa) – Jesse Van Kalsbeek of Northwestern College has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2025-26.
(Sioux City, Iowa) – Jesse Van Kalsbeek of Northwestern College has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2025-26.
Other GPAC basketball honorees for 2025-26 include: Co-Defensive Players-of-the-Year Wil Lugar of Briar Cliff and Fitzy Grant of Morningside; Freshman-of-the-Year Kaden Van Regenmorter of Morningside; and the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year Trent Miller from Morningside. The All-GPAC Basketball Teams and honors are selected by the league's 11 head coaches.
2025-26 GPAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team:
Sutton Arend Mount Marty 6-4 Jr. Guard Emery, S.D.
Daniel Brocaille Morningside 6-5 Sr. Forward Papillion, Neb.
Caleb Dreckman Morningside 6-7 Sr. Forward Le Mars, Iowa
DaRon Hall Hastings 5-10 R-Sr. Guard Glendale Heights, Ill.
Brooks Kissinger Concordia 6-3 Jr. Guard Ashland, Neb.
Jalen Langsy Northwestern 6-0 So. Guard Shakopee, Minn.
Connor Millikan Dordt 6-0 Jr. Guard Springfield, Neb.
Blake Sindelar Briar Cliff 6-4 Sr. Guard Howells, Neb.
Jesse Van Kalsbeek* Northwestern 6-6 So. Forward Sheldon, Iowa
Alex Wilcoxson Morningside 6-1 So. Guard Gretna, Neb.
*GPAC Player-of-the-Year
Second Team:
Trevon Beckman Doane 6-1 Fr. Guard Brandon, S.D.
Dane Jacobsen Concordia 6-3 So. Guard Ashland, Neb.
Jake Orr Midland 6-2 Sr. Guard Omaha, Neb.
Anthony Riggans Dakota Wesleyan 6-5 Sr. Guard Carthage, Texas
Randy Rosenquist Jr. Dakota Wesleyan 6-0 Jr. Guard North Sioux City, Iowa
Jeff Rozelle III Midland 6-7 Jr. Forward St. Louis, Mo.
Ty Van Essen Dordt 6-5 Sr. Forward Sheldon, Iowa
Kaden Van Regenmorter Morningside 6-4 Fr. Forward Hull, Iowa
Deegan Williams Mount Marty 6-2 Sr. Guard Gillette, Wyo.
Jaxson Wingert Briar Cliff 6-7 So. Forward Dakota Dunes, S.D.
Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year: Jesse Van Kalsbeek, Northwestern
GPAC Co-Defensive Players-of-the-Year: Wil Lugar, Briar Cliff and Fitzy Grant, Morningside
GPAC Freshman-of-the-Year: Kaden Van Regenmorter, Morningside
Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year: Trent Miller, Morningside
Honorable Mention:
Briar Cliff: Wil Lugar, Colby Collison
Concordia: Jaxon Stueve, Zac Kulus
Dakota Wesleyan: Easton Neuendorf, Steele Morgan
Doane: Casen Chaney
Dordt: Jake Proctor, Judson Henkle
Hastings: Maverick Binder
Midland: Butch Lordeus, Nick Dolezal
Morningside: Fitzy Grant, Tyson Odvody
Mount Marty: Jake Jensen
Northwestern: Manny Hammonds, Kaleb Booth
Waldorf: Connor Aldridge, Krys Watley
