Riverland Blue Devils Men's basketball team ties for top honors;

Release Date: February 28, 2019

Categories: Riverland News Area Media Stories Media Release

Blue Devils Men's Basketball Coach Derek Hahn has earned the coveted Coach of the Year Award in the Southern Division 2018-19. Further, the four Blue Devils  have been chosen to play in the The 14-player MCAC Southern All-Division team.

In the Minnesota College Athletic Conference, men's basketball teams in the Southern Division battled from start to finish in the regular season with several teams in the hunt for post-season spots.  In the end, two teams tied for top honors with St. Cloud Technical & Community College and Riverland Community College claiming co-champion honors.  Western Technical College had a chance to extend their season until a final victory by Rochester CTC over M State-Fergus Falls provided passage for the Yellowjackets to capture the fourth seed in the post-season.  Anoka-Ramsey Community College claimed a third-place regular season spot to allow them to participate in the Region XIII tournament held on their campus, while Ridgewater College and Minnesota West CTC will look to rebuild for a run at the 2019-2020 campaign.  Coach-of-the-Year voting was as close as the Divisional race and was decided by one vote; Derek Hahn of Riverland Community College claimed COY in the Southern Division for 2018-19. 

The 14-player MCAC Southern All-Division selections- as nominated by and voted on by Conference coaches - has been named and is available at this link and is also listed below: 

 2018-19 Men's Basketball 

MCAC All-Southern Division Team

Name

College

Year   Hometown  State

Justin Castro

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

  So.      Kissimmee, FL

Dillon Haider

St. Cloud Technical & Community College

  Fr.       Melrose, MN

Eric Racine

St. Cloud Technical & Community College

  Fr.       Brooklyn Park, MN

Jalen Dunlap

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

  So.      Houston, TX

Kwantez Simmons

Riverland Community College

  So.      Milwaukee, WI

Terrell Smith

Riverland Community College

  Fr.       Minneapolis, MN

Karmoga Lero

Rochester Community & Technical College

  Fr.       Mahtomedi, MN

Kadar Farah

Western Technical College

  Fr.       Rochester, MN

Deandre Raggs

Riverland Community College

  Fr.       Minneapolis, MN

Austin Miller

M State-Fergus Falls

  So.      Big Lake, MN

Naa'il Mahdi

Rochester Community & Technical College

  So.      Cincinnati, OH

Deandre Anderson

Riverland Community College

  Fr.       Milwaukee, WI

Samuel Priem

M State-Fergus Falls

  So.      Detroit Lakes, MN

Daiviante Ostrander

Ridgewater College

  So.      Columbia, MO

Coach-of-the-Year

Derek Hahn, Riverland Community College

  Austin, MN