Creighton senior and Atlantic alum Ryan Hawkins was honored as a USBWA All-District 6 Player on Wednesday. Hawkins was joined on the District 6 team by Ochai Agbaji of Kansas, Christian Braun of Kansas, Nijel Pack of Kansas State, Izaiah Brockington of Iowa State, AJ Green of UNI, and Keegan Murray of Iowa.

Hawkins has averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game this season so far for Creighton. He has shot 44.1% from the field to lead the Jays to the NCAA Tournament where they take on San Diego State tonight at 6:27 p.m. on truTV.

Agbaji was named the District Player of the Year. Bill Self was tabbed as the District Coach of the Year.

Former Drake Coach and current Colorado State Coach Nico Medved was named the District 8 Coach of the Year. Former SWCC Coach and current Wake Forest Coach Steve Forbes was named District 3 Coach of the Year.

Check out all of the honorees HERE.

The UNI men’s basketball team advanced at the NIT on Wednesday night with an 80-68 win at St. Louis. The Panthers got 21 poitns, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists from star guard AJ Green to lead the way. Noah Carter added 19 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds while Trae Berhow chipped in 18 points and 7 boards.

The Panthers improved to 20-11 on the season and will now square off against BYU in the second round on Saturday. That game will be in Provo at 8:00 p.m. Central Time and be televised through ESPN+. The Cougars advanced with an 93-72 win over Long Beach State.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa women’s basketball sophomore Caitlin Clark was named a first team USBWA All-American, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced Thursday. The honor is the second of her career after earning first team USBWA All-America status as a freshman a year ago.

The USBWA has named a women’s All-America Team since the 1987-88 season. Since the 2017-18 season, the USBWA has expanded the team to honor 15 players on three teams, regardless of position. The All-America Team is selected by the USBWA board after voting from the entire membership and the honor is based on performance during the regular season and conference tournaments.

The Des Moines, Iowa, native leads the nation in assists per game (7.9), total assists (236), points per game (27.4), total points (821), free throws made (189), triple doubles (5) and 30-point games (11).

Clark registered five triple-doubles this season, leading the country in most career triple-doubles by an active player with six. Clark’s six career triple-doubles ties former Hawkeye Sam Logic’s Big Ten record (2011-15) for most in a career and ties for the fifth most single season (5) and career (6) triple-doubles in NCAA Division I history.

In January, Clark joined the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, James Hardin, Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only NBA, WNBA, Division I men’s and women’s basketball to record back-to-back 30-point triple doubles since 2000. She is one of 10 women’s basketball players (15 times) to register back-to-back triple doubles in their careers — the only NCAA player (male or female) to do so with 30-plus points in the pair.

Clark broke the 1,000-career point barrier against Evansville in early January and became the fastest Division I player (men’s or women’s) to reach 1,500 career points over the last 20 seasons, reaching the feat in 56 games.

Clark set a career-high 46 points against No. 6 Michigan, registering her 12th double-double of the season with 10 assists and breaking her third women’s basketball arena scoring record. She now holds the scoring records at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena (44), Michigan’s Crisler Center (46) and Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bank Arena (39).

Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Tournament MVP, while earning unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors and an All-Big Ten Tournament spot. She was named a Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year finalist, Dawn Staley Award finalist, Naismith semifinalist and to the WBCA Wade Trophy Midseason Watch List and John R. Wooden Award National Ballot Top-15. She is a 2021-22 first team AP All-American and first team CoSIDA Academic All-American.

AMES, Iowa – Ashley Joens was named a USBWA All-American for the second-consecutive season. Joens earned Second-Team honors on the heels of a Third-Team nod in 2020-21.

Joens put together another standout season at Iowa State. The senior led the Cyclones averaging 20.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game en route to her third-consecutive unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection. She also leads the team with a career-best 84 triples and is shooting at a 37.2 percent clip.

The Iowa City, Iowa native has helped Iowa State to a 26-6 overall record, while the Cyclones’ 25 regular season victories set a new program record. Iowa State has also been ranked in the AP Top-10 for much of the 2021-22 season, climbing as high as No. 6.

Joens also cemented herself as the most prolific scorer in Iowa State history with 2,307 career points and counting, holding Iowa State’s top mark in the record book and ranking ninth in the Big 12 record book. She also ranks third in school history with 1,052 career rebounds.

Joens’ was also named a second Team All-American by the Associated Press earlier this week. Last season, Joens was also named the Cheryl Miller Award winner, honoring the nation’s best small forward.