LACEY, Wash.- After claiming another regular season championships, the awards began flooding in for the Saints, with head coach Aaron Landon being named GNAC Coach of the Year, and Brett Reed earning first team honors.
 
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Landon, in his third season at the helm, only second full season, led the Saints from a ninth-place preseason poll to the regular season championship. Saint Martin's finished with the most wins in the conference at 18-8, with an 11-6 record in conference play.
 
Reed, who transferred to Saint Martin's for his final year of eligibility, quickly became a force in the conference, earning a unanimous spot on the first team All-Conference. The senior posted 13.9 points per game, second best on the team, and tied for the lead in the GNAC in rebounding at 8.5 per game. He finished with the fifth best field goal percentage at 57.0 percent.
 
Against Academy of Art, Reed went for a season-high 23 points, scoring 9-for-14 from the field, along with 12 rebounds. Reed accounted for eight double-doubles, reached the 20-point mark five times, and reached double-digits in scoring 22 times.
 
Joining Reed on the conference team was Kyle Greeley and Alex Schumacher on the second team, and Jaden Nielsen-Skinner as an honorable mention.
 
Schumacher led the team scoring at 14.3 points per game, good for 12th-best in the conference. Playing over 30 minutes a game, Schumacher was efficient on the floor, shooting 45.9 from the field, 46.3 percent beyond the arc, and 84.8 percent at the line. The sophomore guard also finished with 5.0 rebounds per game, 4.0 assists per game, and 1.5 steals per game.
 
He scored a season-high 27 against Western Oregon, along with six rebounds, and a season-high eight assists. In the game before, Schumacher finished with a double-double at 11 points, and 10 rebounds. Over 23 games, Schumacher reached 20-points seven times, and double-digits 19 times.
 
Greeley, another transfer for the Saints, established himself as one of the top shooters in the conference. Finishing with the team's third best marking in scoring at 13.5 points per game, Greeley shot 52.3 percent from the field, 45.8 percent beyond the arc, and 78.7 percent at the line. His 52.3 percent was 12th best in the conference.
 
In 26 games, Greeley reached 20-points five times, along with double-digits in 19 games. Greeley caught on fire for a six-game stretch in February, leading the way by averaging 18.8 points, while shooting a blistering 66 percent from the field. The hot streak was capped off by a game-winning 3-pointer to beat Northwest Nazarene at home.
 
Nielsen-Skinner, who transferred in from Portland State along with Greeley, earned his spot as an honorable mention with conference leading 5.5 assists. He led the conference in average 0.5 assists per game, along with his 120 total assists, which also led the conference.
 
Nielsen-Skinner finished the year averaging 7.8 points per game, 1.2 steals per game, while shooting better than 43 percent from the field, 44 percent beyond the arc, and 75 percent at the line. He posted a career-high 12 assists, and 10 points for a double-double in a win over Simon Fraser. He reached the 10-assist mark four times on the season, along with 10 or more points in nine games.
 
Saint Martin's enters the GNAC Tournament as the number one seed, and will face the winner of #8 Western Washington/#9 Western Oregon on Thursday, March 3 at 7:30 PM.