(From the Northern Michigan University press office)
How does one follow up GLIAC Freshman of the Year honors? Earn the GLIAC's most prestigious award, of course. Northern Michigan men's basketball sophomore Max Weisbrod has been named the GLIAC Player of the Year and to the GLIAC First Team, announced by the conference on Friday. He is just the fourth Wildcat to be named conference Player of the Year and the first since Cory Brathol in 2000.
Weisbrod led the Wildcats to a 21-9 regular season record and 14-4 conference mark that saw the Wildcats earn the program's first regular season title since 1992-93. The native of DeForest, Wisconsin finished out the regular season fifth in the conference in scoring (17.1 ppg), second in assists/game (4.4), second in three-pointers/game (2.8) and total threes (75-189), and fourth in total free throws (101-125, 80.8%). In 15 conference games played, he averaged 19.1 points/game including 21.8/game over the final 11.
He recorded 22 games in double figures including the last 11 heading into the postseason. In those 22, he notched 20+ in 10, 25+ in five, and over 30 twice, including a career-high 35 points and seven triples in a 98-66 triumph of Michigan Tech.
No one was more clutch than Weisbrod throughout conference play this season, as he shot 7-9 (77.8%) in games in which the 'Cats were either leading by a single possession or trailing and attempting a comeback with less than two minutes to play. The most notable was the top of the key buzzer-beating triple to beat Lake Superior State at home.
Over his two seasons, Weisbrod has played 61 games, totaling 882 points (14.5 ppg), 289 assists (4.7 apg), and a 148-355 (41.7%) mark from the three-point line.
Coach Matt Majkrzak earned GLIAC Coach of the Year, which can be found here. Dylan Kuehl also earned First Team honors and All-Defensive accolades.
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