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Imhoff named NAIA men’s player of the year
Carroll College forward Ryan Imhoff was named the NAIA Division I men’s basketball player of the year — the first Carroll basketball player to be so honored.
The award was announced Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri, at the conclusion of the NAIA men’s tournament championship game.
Imhoff, the Frontier Conference men’s player of the year, said he’d dreamed of receiving the national honor, but didn’t think it would happen.
He averaged 19.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.4 steals and a blocked shot per game as Carroll posted a 28-6 record, won the league tournament and advanced to the second round of the NAIA national tournament. Imhoff tallied 30 points and 10 rebounds in Carroll’s 61-43 firstround win over Lindsey Wilson on March 15.
Alnutt named Buffalo athletic director
The University at Buffalo has hired Mark Alnutt to take over as athletic director.
Alnutt spent the previous three years at Memphis, where he was the school’s deputy director of athletics. He replaces Allen Greene, who was hired in January to take over as Auburn’s athletic director.
Alnutt previously spent three years as Southeast Missouri State’s AD after a 15-year tenure in various athletic department roles at his alma mater, Missouri. Alnutt played linebacker and earned a sociology degree at Missouri in the mid-1990s.
He takes over a Mid-American Conference program on the rise. The Bulls women’s basketball team won the program’s first two NCAA Tournament games this past week and will face defending champion South Carolina on Saturday.
US men’s coach takes new role with team
Sasha Rearick is stepping down from his role as the U.S. men’s Alpine ski coach to lead the development side in a restructuring move by the organization.
U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced the change Wednesday. A men’s coach will be named later.
The rearrangement comes on the heels of the Pyeongchang Games, where the men’s side didn’t earn an Olympic medal for the first time since 1998. The men’s squad was plagued by injuries and had one podium finish during the 2017-18 World Cup season.
Rearick has spent the last decade leading the team. In his new role, he will work with athletes, coaches and clubs. He also is part of the organization’s “Project 26” initiative, which examines national team development with an eye toward the 2022 and ‘26 Winter Games.