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Division II Bulletin Official Release INDIANAPOLIS – Six Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s and women’s basketball teams and seven league standouts have earned preseason recognition by Division II Bulletin, it was announced by the publication on Wednesday. Three men’s squads are ranked in the top 20 of the DII Preseason Top 25 Poll, including No. 1 Bellarmine, No. 11 Drury, and No. 17 Indianapolis. On the women’s side, the GLVC is represented by No. 13 Bellarmine, No. 15 Lewis and No. 19 Drury.
Individually, Bellarmine senior forward Sarah Galvin enters 2016-17 as a Women’s DIIB Super 16 Selection, while fellow Knights senior guard Rusty Troutman has been named a Super 16 Selection on the men’s side. The Super 16 is made up of two players from each of the eight Division II regions.
Troutman is the lone of five unanimous first-team All-GLVC selections to return this season. He also earned NABC All-America honors after leading the Knights last season in scoring (18.2), three-point percentage (46.9) and three-pointers made (61).
Galvin finished her sophomore season third in the GLVC in rebounding (8.0), fifth in scoring (17.8) and eighth in field-goal percentage (51.4), while securing GLVC Championship Tournament most valuable player honors after helping the Knights to the league title. She was also a first-team All-GLVC and All-Midwest Region selection.
Additionally, Drury junior guard Tevin Foster and McKendree senior guard/forward David Franklin were named preseason All-America honorable mention selections, while Lewis sophomore Jessica Kelliher and fifth-year senior Jamie Johnson, along with Rockhurst senior Mary Dineen, were also recognized as honorable mentions on the women’s side.
Johnson was the 2014 GLVC Player of the Year, but suffered a season-ending injury just six games into the season last year. Kelliher was tabbed the 2016 GLVC Freshman of the Year and was the nation’s leading freshman scorer with 18.3 points per game. Dineen was a first-team All-GLVC selection last year.
Franklin led all GLVC scorers and ranked 29th nationally last year with 21.7 points per game, while Foster averaged 14.8 points each time out and ranked sixth in the GLVC in three-point field goal percentage (45.6).