BRUCE ASATO / FEB. 2016
Hawaii’s Stefan Jankovic drivs on Cal State Northridgeճ Tre Hale-Edmerson in the first half of the Cal State Northridge vs the University of Hawaii men’s basketball game at the Stan Sheriff Center, Saturday, February 27, 2016.
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A day after being named Big West Player of the Year, Hawaii forward Stefan Jankovic picked up some more hardware on Tuesday.
He was named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Region IX team, one of 10 players among all teams in California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Arizona and Alaska.
Per UH, he is the first Rainbow Warrior to make that list since Michael Kuebler in 2004, and is the fifth ‘Bow, period.
The others were Carl English (2002-03), Predrag Savovic (2001-02) and Anthony Carter (1996-97).
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks was the region player of the year and UO’s Dana Altman is the region coach of the year.
The USBWA and NABC regional awards are different. Isaac Fotu last made the NABC list, a second-team region pick in 2013-14.
UH relocated from Long Beach to the Fullerton Marriott on Tuesday morning, on the campus of Cal State Fullerton. The Rainbow Warriors held a practice at nearby Fullerton Junior College.