2021-22 D2CCA All-West Region Team >>>
Chico State's Malik Duffy has been selected as the D2CCA Men's Basketball West Region Player of the Year. He is the first Chico State men's basketball player ever to earn the honor.
Duffy was joined on the D2CCA All-West Region team by Cal State San Bernardino's Brandon Knapper and Daytone Jennings and Cal State San Marcos' Blake Seits.
Malik Duffy helped lead Chico State to a 22-4 record (15-3 CCAA) and the 2021-22 NCAA West Region Championship. He averaged 16.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game while shooting .486 percent from the field and .450 percent from 3-point range. The senior forward from Sacramento has seven double-doubles, and he has scored in double-figures in 24 straight games.
Brandon Knapper joined Duffy on the all-region first team. The junior guard led the CCAA and ranked 20th in NCAA Division II with 20.9 points per game. He scored 20 or more points in 15 games, and he had 32 or more points five times. The Ontario native ranked seventh in the league with a .428 field goal percentage and a .384 3-point shooting percentage. He helped lead Cal State San Bernardino to the 2021-22 CCAA regular-season title with a 16-2 conference record.
Blake Seits gave the CCAA three of the five first team all-region selections. The senior guard from Ramona finished second in the CCAA in scoring with 16.8 ppg. He was named the MVP of the 2022 CCAA Men's Basketball Tournament after leading Cal State San Marcos to three consecutive wins and its first tournament championship. Seits finished fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (.467), fifth in 3-point percentage (.406), and second in free throw percentage (.875).
Daytone Jennings picked up a second team D2CCA All-West region selection for efforts in helping lead Cal State San Bernardino to a 24-4 record and the 2021-22 CCAA regular-season title. Jennings ranked ninth in the CCAA with 14.0 ppg and seventh with 9.3 rebounds. He shot .514 percent from the field to rank second in the league. The forward from Battle Creek, Mich., was also among the conference leaders with 10 double-doubles.
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2021-22 Men's Basketball D2CCA All-West Region Team
First Team
Malik Duffy, Chico State | F | Senior | Sacramento, Calif. - Regional Player of the Year
*Kaden Anderson, Point Loma | F | Junior | Sacramento, Calif.
Xavier Smith, Central Washington | G | Senior | Seattle, Wash.
Blake Seits, Cal State San Marcos | G | Senior | Ramona, Calif.
Brandon Knapper, Cal State San Bernardino | G | Junior | Ontario, Calif.
*2nd-team all-region selection in 2019-20
Second Team
Daytone Jennings, Cal State San Bernardino | F | Senior |Battle Creek, Mich.
Divant'e Moffitt, Seattle Pacific | G | Senior | Spanaway, Wash.
Oggie Pantovic, Alaska Anchorage | F | Senior | Kovin, Serbia
*Shadeed Shabazz, Alaska | G | Senior | Seattle, Wash.
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones, Hawaii-Hilo | F | Freshman | Wellington, New Zealand
*1st-team all-region selection in 2019-20