Video COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Mountain West released its 2022-23 Preseason All-Conference Men’s Basketball team and preseason award winners Wednesday morning in conjunction with the start of virtual media days. As voted by select media members, the preseason team is made up of three seniors and two juniors. Five of the seven preseason honorees earned all-Conference accolades at the end of 2021-22. Wyoming junior Graham Ike was selected as the Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year, while San Diego State senior Darrion Trammell was named the MW Preseason Newcomer of the Year and Fresno State rookie Joseph Hunter was voted the MW Preseason Freshman of the Year. A 2021-22 All-Mountain West selection, Ike enters his junior season at Wyoming. Last season, he started all 33 games and ranked second in the league in scoring after averaging 19.5 points. Ike also grabbed 9.6 rebounds per game, ranking second in the Conference and 21st in the nation. A Marin City, California, native, Trammell joins San Diego State after two seasons at Seattle. The senior guard is a two-time First-Team All-WAC selection. Trammell started all 31 games in 2021-22, averaging 17.4 points, 5.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds. Hunter, a product of Fresno, California, enters his first season with Fresno State. The freshman finished his high school career with 2,337 points, sixth-most in the Central Section and second best in San Joaquin Memorial High School history. He was named the 2022 Fresno Bee Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Joining Ike on the preseason All-MW team are Colorado State’s Isaiah Stevens, New Mexico’s Jamal Mashburn Jr., San Diego State’s Matt Bradley and Wyoming’s Hunter Maldonado. A three-time All-MW selection, Stevens begins his senior season with Colorado State. The six-foot guard started every game for the Rams in 2021-22, averaging 14.7 points and 4.7 assists. Stevens shot 90.2 percent from the free-throw line, the best free-throw percentage in the Mountain West last season. Mashburn, a product of Miami, Florida, enters his second season with New Mexico. Last year, the guard led the Lobos in scoring with 18.2 points per game. Mashburn was one of two MW student-athletes to score in double figures in every Conference game. The 2021-22 MW Newcomer of the Year, Bradley begins his second season with San Diego State. He started every game for the Aztecs, averaging a team-leading 16.9 points, while shooting 43.8 percent from the field. Bradley grabbed 5.4 boards per game, second-most among the Aztecs. Maldonado, a 2021-22 All-Mountain West selection, started all 33 games for Wyoming last season. He netted 18.5 points per game, second-most on the team. Maldonado dished out the second-most assists per game (6.3) in the Conference last year. —mw— Mountain West10807 New Allegiance Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80921United States For all inquiries, please contact us at: tkurtz@themw.com If you would like to opt out of future emails, please unsubscribe |
MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES 2022-23 PRESEASON MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
