ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University senior men’s basketball player Mitch Boeck has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII Second Team.  All-District selections were announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.  The honor is the first of his career.

Voting for the award, which is based on both athletic and academic merit, is conducted through CoSIDA memberships.  One of eight districts across the U.S. and Canada, District VII is made up of colleges and universities in nine states (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming and North and South Dakota) and two Canadian provinces (Alberta and Saskatchewan).  The College Division includes all NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and 2-year collegiate institutions in that region.

Boeck, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, leads the Wolves in scoring, averaging 14.5 points per game heading into this weekend’s conference games at Winona State and Upper Iowa.  The senior is also closing in on the 1,000 career point threshold.  He currently sits at 931 career points and needs just 69 more in NSU’s final seven games of the regular season to reach 1,000 points.

Boeck, who also averages a team-high 28.5 minutes played per game, is also ranked in the top five in the nation in free throw shooting, hitting the free tosses at a 91.8 percent clip.

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