MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University senior Justin Pitts has been named the 2017-18 Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) Central Region Player of the Year for the second straight season. He was also named to the All-Central Region first team for the third straight year. Pitts is now eligible for D2CCA All-America honors which will be voted upon later this season.

The three-time MIAA Player of the Year is the all time leading scorer in program history with 2,459 points in 124 career games (19.8 ppg). He also set Northwest career records with 575 assists, 887 made field goals and 1,681 field goals attempted

2017-18 D2 Conference Commissioner’s Men’s Basketball All-Central Region
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Justin Pitts, Northwest Missouri State

FIRST TEAM
*! Justin Pitts, Northwest Missouri State University
Jhonathan Dunn, Southern Nazarene
#Tyler Rudolph, Minot State
Harrison Cleary, Minnesota Crookston
CJ Carr, Missouri Southern State

SECOND TEAM
Trey Lansman, Nebraska-Kearney
Ryan Bruggeman, Southwest Minnesota State
#Brady Skeens, Washburn University
#Gage Davis, St. Cloud State
Ian Smith, Northern State

* – Two-Time D2CCA Region Player of the Year
# – Two-time D2CCA All-Region
! – Three-time D2CCA All-Region

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