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Saskatoon, Sask. - Andrew Spagrud was named First Team All-Conference today as the Canada West office released it's men's basketball award winners today. The University of Saskatchewan Huskie fourth-year senior forward had his best season to date, leading the Huskies to the Central Division Champhionship for the second straight year.

Spagrud became the first Huskie ever to lead the nation in scoring, averaging 23.5 points per game in conference play. He also led the conference in rebounding, finishing second in the country with 10.6 boards per game. He becomes just the seven player ever to lead Canada West in scoring and rebounding in the same season.

Huskie forward Andrew Spagrud

"Andrew has had an outstanding season," said Huskie head coach Greg Jockims. "He faces double and sometimes triple-teams every night, yet he has consistently been dominant at both ends of the floor. His hard work and preparation in the summer really helped him take his game to a whole new level this year."

Spagrud also finished fifth in Canada West, and sixth in the nation, in field goal percentage (.611). He also ranked eighth in the league, and 18th in the country in steals with 2.1 per game.

A two-time All-Canadian, Spagrud also leads the nation in double-doubles with 24 overall (16 in conference play) and defensive rebounds (7.95 per game).

He tied his career-high with 41 points on January 5th against Lethbridge, and has cracked the 30-point mark five times this season. He also tied a career-high with 18 rebounds against Victoria on February 2nd.

He has set numerous school season and career records this season. He broke the school's all-time scoring record for conference play on February 9th at Calgary, breaking a record that had stood for almost 20 years. He now has 1743 points in 82 career conference games. Roger Ganes previously held the record with 1707 points in 98 career games.

This is the third straight season that he has been named First Team All-Conference. He was also the Canada West Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2004-05. As a freshman was named to the second team as well as being the conference and national Freshman of the Year.

A complete list of Canada West award winners can be found below.

Player of the Year
Casey Archibald, UBC (G, 6-4, 5th, Salmon Arm, BC)

First Team All-Conference
Andrew Spagrud, Saskatchewan (F, 6-8, 4th, Saskatoon, SK)
Erfan Nasajpour, Winnipeg (G, 5-9, 4th, Winnipeg, MB)
Aaron Christensen, Simon Fraser (F, 6-8, 5th, Langley, BC)
Dany Charlery, Brandon (G, 6-3, 2nd, Montreal, QC)
Alex Steele, Alberta (G, 6-1, 4th, Edmonton, AB)

Second Team All-Conference
Josh Whyte, Victoria (G, 6-2, 2nd, Calgary, AB)
Isaac Ansah, Manitoba (G, 6-1, 3rd, Winnipeg, MB)
Adam Hartman, Brandon (F, 6-5, 4th, Virden, MB)
Chris Dyck, UBC (G, 6-2, 3rd, Winnipeg, MB)
Jacob Doerksen, Victoria (F, 6-6, 3rd, Abbotsford, BC)

Freshman of the Year
Jeff Lukomski, Regina (G, 6-0, 1st, Regina, SK)

Defensive Player of the Year
Yul Michel, Brandon (G, 6-1, 4th, Montreal, QC)

Ken Shields - TSN Award Nominee
Aaron Christensen, Simon Fraser

Coach of the Year
Barnaby Craddock, Brandon