2021 NABC All-District Teams

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Colorado School of Mines' Brendan Sullivan and Kobi Betts have been named to the NABC All-West District team for their play in 2020-21.

The duo have led the Orediggers (18-2) to this week's NCAA Elite Eight, where Mines will take on Lincoln Memorial Wednesday at 11 a.m. MT. It is the first all-region selection for both; the NABC All-America team will be announced on Tuesday. Sullivan earned a first-team spot and Betts was named to the second team.

Sullivan, a junior, was also named the RMAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-RMAC in the midst of a terrific year. He leads Mines scoring 18.0 points per game, and adds 4.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game while shooting .546 overall and .409 for three. Sullivan is coming off a West regional final against Northwest Nazarene where he scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting while adding four assists and two steals. One of the region's premier defenders, Sullivan is a team-leading +13.5 per game this season.

Betts, a senior, was also named First-Team All-RMAC as he has flourished in the starting point guard role this season. The Pueblo native averages 12.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steals per game, shooting .450 overall, .463 for three, and .796 at the line. Betts has crossed 20 points three times this season, most recently in the RMAC Tournament final at Colorado Mesa (20 point), and he has also contributed in a big way to Mines' defense at +12.1 per game, which ranks third on the team. 

The All-West team featured plenty of familiar faces as the first team included Colorado Mesa's Georgie Dancer and Ethan Menzies, Fort Lewis' Riley Farris, and Black Hills State's Joel Scott. In addition, five PacWest and GNAC players who competed in the NCAA West regional at Lockridge Arena were named including first-teamer Kaden Anderson from Point Loma, and Ezekiel Alley (Northwest Nazarene), Aamondae Coleman (Fresno Pacific), Brock Mackenzie (Point Loma), and Alex Wright (Biola) on the second team.