Mason Walters named NAIA Player of the Year
Men's Basketball
Posted 3 days ago
With a career full of numerous individual honors and accolades, Mason Walters added yet another to his list.
On Tuesday, Walters was named NAIA Men's Basketball National Player of the Year, headlining the list of All-Americans for the 2022-23 season.
Walters finished the year averaging 26.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game as Jamestown (27-7) advanced to the NAIA National Round of 16 for the third consecutive season. Among all NAIA players in 2022-23, Walters was first with 904 points and 347 made field goals. His 26.6 points per game was second, and he was fourth in both defensive rebounds (235) and total rebounds (321). He was tenth in free throws made with 163, 13th in blocks (63), 19th in field goal percentage (.638), and 20th in rebounds per game (9.4).
He is the first Jimmie since Brandon Wilkens in 2003-04 to be named NAIA National Player of the Year, and is a first-team All-American for the third straight year.
Walters is UJ's all-time leading scorer with 2,662 points and rebounder with 1,239 rebounds. This year he set Jimmie single-season records for points (904) and points per game (26.6), and finshes his career with the highest scoring average at 22.4 points per game.
This isn’t about UJ but Nebraska. Jamestown’s own Darin Erstad had his baseball number retired over the weekend in Lincoln. Very well deserved. Had the privilege of coaching him in bantams and by far the most intense kid I’ve coached in my 39 years of coaching hockey. Obviously it paid off
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Jimmie men’s volleyball team wins the GPAC Championship over Dordt in 3 sets. Jimmies have a 6’8” guy from Turkey who’s and absolute beast. It was fun to watch as all 3 games were close
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KFYR) -Your News Leader has learned that Mason Walters is transferring to the University of Wyoming this fall to continue his basketball career, per sources close to the Wyoming Men’s Basketball program.
Walters, a Jamestown High School graduate, won the 2022-2023 NAIA Player of the Year after averaging 26.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game for the University of Jamestown, and shot 63.8% from the floor. Along with national player of the year, this was Walters’ third consecutive First Team All-American selection.
Walters is the University of Jamestown’s all-time leading scorer (2,662) and rebounder (1,239) after four seasons with the Jimmies. This year he set Jimmie single-season records for points (904) and points per game (26.6).
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Good Choice. He will play alot there and be solid Day 1.
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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The University of Jamestown has received a $15 million gift from Jim and Candy Unruh. President Dr. Polly Peterson says it is the largest single donation in university history, as well as the largest single gift given to private education in North Dakota.
The gift goes toward the creation and naming of University of Jamestown’s new School of Character in Leadership and will support the renovation of the Voorhees Chapel and a new building that will become the center for faith and life. This gift kickstarts UJ’s next capital campaign, which will launch publicly in the fall.