2018-19 All-Pacific West Conference Men's Basketball Team
IRVINE, Calif. -- A key figure in sending Academy of Art to their first PacWest Championship Tournament in program history, junior forward
Andrija Blatancic has been named to the All-PacWest First Team as announced Wednesday by the Pacific West Conference.
Blatancic led the conference in rebounds per game (8.5), was third in scoring (17.8), and fifth in field goal percentage (.540). His 17.8 points per game is the highest mark any Academy of Art men's basketball player has ever accomplished throughout a full season. In his first year as an Urban Knight, the junior forward collected six double-doubles, scored over 30 points on three separate occasions, including a career high 33 points versus Dominican on
Jan. 17, and claimed the ART U single game record for most field goals made with 15 in another 33 point performance against Concordia on
Jan. 24.
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