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Rother Named A NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Rother Is Honorable Mention NAIA All-American
Rother Is Second-Team Academic All-American
Rother Receives First-Team All-GPAC Honors
Rother Named To Academic All-District Team
Rother Receives Weekly GPAC Honor
Pargett Named GPAC Player Of The Week
Morningside’s men’s basketball team broke two school records during the 2006-07 season.
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Both records were set by Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., in the Mustangs’ 85-77 triumph against Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 4. Rother set school single-game records with 20 made free throws and 22 free throw attempts. He broke the former Morningside record of 17 made free throws by Tim West against North Dakota State University on Jan. 31, 1998, and by Tom Regan against Dana College on Jan. 21, 2006. Rother’s 22 free throw attempts against Johnson & Wales broke the Mustangs’ previous record of 21 free throw attempts by Regan in last season’s Dana game.
Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with an average of 19.1 points per game as well as their best free throw shooter with a team-high 146 made free throws in 175 attempts for 83.4 percent. Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 20 of their 32 games and had the team’s top individual scoring performance of the season with a career-high 35 points in the win against Johnson & Wales. He climbed into 14th place on Morningside’s all-time scoring list with 1,188 career points.
Thomas Pargett, a 6-3 junior forward from Syracuse, Neb., was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder with an average of 6.5 caroms per game. Pargett was Morningside’s leading rebounder in 20 of its 32 games and had the team’s top individual rebounding efforts of the season with career-high 13-board hauls in the Mustangs’ 79-70 win against the University of Sioux Falls on Nov. 18 and in their 87-57 victory against Dana College on Jan. 20.
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Aside from leading the Mustangs in rebounding, Pargett was also the Mustangs’ most prolific and accurate 3-point shooter with a team-high 86 treys in 187 attempts for 46.0 percent. Pargett, who averaged 16.5 points per game, climbed into 45th place on Morningside’s all-time scoring list with 790 career points.
Matt Johnson, a 6-0 junior guard from Council Bluffs, Iowa, led the Mustangs with 107 assists and 55 steals for averages of 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game to compliment a 9.3-point scoring average. He dealt a career-high nine assists against Dordt College on Nov. 29 for the Mustangs’ top single-game assist performance of the season.
Seth Atkins, a 6-6 sophomore center from Grand Island, Neb., led the Mustangs in field goal accuracy with 89 hoops in 175 attempts for 50.9 percent en route to an 8.0-point scoring average.
The Mustangs’ blocked shot leader was Lee Kubik, a 6-5 junior center from Thurston, Neb., who rejected 14 of the opposition’s shots.
Morningside posted a 19-13 record with a young team that included only one senior to finish just one triumph shy of a third consecutive 20-win season. The Mustangs finished sixth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) standings with a 10-8 league mark.
 Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named a 2007 Daktronics-NAIA Men’s Basketball All-America Scholar-Athlete.
Rother, who was named to the second-team of the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Men’s Basketball Team earlier this month, has a 3.90 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and is majoring in business administration with an emphasis in management and finance.
Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and second leading rebounder this season with averages of 19.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. He was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 20 of their 32 games, including a career-high 35-point performance in Morningside’s 85-77 win against Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 4.
He is the 14th leading scorer in Morningside history with 1,188 career points.
Daktronics-NAIA Men’s Basketball All-America Scholar-Athletes must be of at least junior status and have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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 Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named to the honorable mention list of the 2007 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Team.
Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and second leading rebounder this season with averages of 19.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 20 of their 32 games and had their top individual scoring performance of the season with a career-high 35 points in an 85-77 win against Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 4. He made 20 of 22 free throw attempts in the Johnson & Wales game to set a school record for free throws made in a single game.
He was the Mustangs’ top free throw shooter with a team-high 146 free throws in 175 attempts for 83.4 percent. Rother made 209 of 413 field goal attempts for 50.6 percent and 48 of 132 3-point field goal attempts for 36.4 percent. He ranked second on the team with 74 assists for an average of 2.3 per game and had 40 steals for a norm of 1.3 per game.
Rother is the 14th leading scorer in Morningside history with 1,188 career points and has a career scoring average of 12.1 points per game.
Morningside posted a 19-13 record and finished sixth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings with a 10-8 league mark during the 2006-07 season.
Click here for the complete 2007 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball All-America Team.
 Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named to the second-team of the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® College Division Men’s Basketball Team.
Rother has a 3.90 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and is majoring in business administration with an emphasis in management and finance.
Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and second leading rebounder this season with averages of 19.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. He was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 20 of their 32 games and had their top individual scoring performance of the season with a career-high 35 points in an 85-77 win against Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 4.
Rother is the 14th leading scorer in Morningside history with 1,188 career points.
The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball team is sponsored by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Student-athletes must be of at least sophomore status and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 to be eligible for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® teams.
Rother helped lead Morningside to a 19-13 record during the 2006-07 basketball season.
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Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named to the first-team of the 2007 All-Great Plains Athletics Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
In addition to Rother, the Mustangs placed Thomas Pargett, a 6-3 junior forward from Syracuse, Neb., on the All-GPAC second-team.
Rother, a second-team All-GPAC selection last year, was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and second leading rebounder this season with averages of 19.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 20 of their 32 games and had the Mustangs’ top individual scoring performance of the season with a career-high 35 points in an 85-77 win against Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 4. He made 20 of 22 free throw attempts in the Johnson & Wales game to set a school record for free throws made in a single game.
He was the Mustangs’ top free throw shooter with a team-high 146 free throws in 175 attempts for 83.4 percent. Rother made 209 of 413 field goal attempts for 50.6 percent and 48 of 132 3-point field goal attempts for 36.4 percent. He ranked second on the team with 74 assists for an average of 2.3 per game and had 40 steals for a norm of 1.3 per game.
Rother is the 14th leading scorer in Morningside history with 1,188 career points and has a career scoring average of 12.1 points per game.
Pargett was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder and second leading scorer with averages of 6.5 rebounds and 16.5 points per contest. He was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder in 20 of their 32 games and had their top individual rebounding performances of the season with 13-board hauls in victories against the University of Sioux Falls on Nov. 18 and Dana College on Feb. 20. Pargett finished the season in a flurry by increasing his production to averages of 19.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game over the Mustangs’ final seven contests.
He was the Mustangs’ most prolific and accurate 3-point shooter with a team-high 86 3-pointers in 187 attempts for 46.0 percent. Pargett made 169 of 343 field goal attempts for 49.3 percent and converted 105 of 128 free throw attempts for 82.0 percent. He made 37 of 41 free throw attempts for 90.2 percent over the season’s final 12 contests.
Matt Johnson, a 6-0 junior guard from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list. Johnson averaged 9.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game and led the Mustangs with 107 assists and 55 steals for averages of 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game as the team’s starting point guard. He made 95 of 203 field goal attempts for 46.8 percent, 35 of 82 3-point field goal attempts for 42.7 percent, and 72 of 94 free throw attempts for 76.6 percent.
Morningside posted a 19-13 record and finished sixth in the GPAC standings with a 10-8 league mark during the 2006-07 season.
Click here for the complete All-GPAC team.
 Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named to the first-team of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII College Division Men’s Basketball Team.
Rother has a 3.90 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and is majoring in business administration with an emphasis in management and finance.
As a first-team all-district selection, Rother will advance to the national ballot for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team, sponsored by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Student-athletes must be of at least sophomore status and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 to be eligible for the ESPN The Magazine Academic teams.
Rother, who is also this week’s Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, is the Mustangs’ leading scorer with an average of 19.3 points per game and their second leading rebounder at 4.4 rpg. Rother has been the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 18 of their 28 games. He also ranks second on the team with 68 assists.
 Jack Rother, a 6-3 junior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after he led the Mustangs to a pair of victories last week.
He averaged 23.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in the Mustangs’ triumphs against 14th-ranked Dakota Wesleyan University and Midland Lutheran College. He made six of eight 3-point field goal attempts for 75.0 percent and was eight-for-eight from the free-throw line in the two contests. He made 16 of 27 field goal attempts for 59.3 percent.
He scored 25 points to go along with six rebounds, two assists, and two steals in the Mustangs’ 96-85 win against Dakota Wesleyan and had 21 points, three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in a 91-73 triumph against Midland Lutheran.
Rother, who has climbed into 14th place on Morningside’s all-time scoring list with 1,102 career points, has been the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 18 of their 27 games this season and leads the team with an average of 19.5 points per game.
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Thomas Pargett, a 6-3 junior forward from Nebraska City, Neb., was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player of the Week after he averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds in the Mustangs’ 96-57 win against York College on Nov. 14 and their 79-70 triumph against eighth-ranked University of Sioux Falls on Nov. 18.
Pargett scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the win against York, then went for career highs of 26 points and 13 rebounds in the win against Sioux Falls.
Pargett missed only one shot with a four-for-five performance from the field and a four-for-four effort from the free-throw line when he scored 15 points in the Mustangs’ win against Mount Marty. He is averaging 17.6 points and a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game. He has been the Mustangs’ leading rebounder in five of their first eight games. His 13 rebounds against Sioux Falls on Nov. 18 is the Mustangs’ top individual rebounding performance of the season.
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