Colorado State’s Andy Ogide, who fought off double-team defenses to average 17.0 points this season and lead the Mountain West Conference in shooting at 58.8 percent, was named Monday to the all-MWC first team.
Ogide, a 6-foot-9 senior forward from Marietta, Ga., who transferred to CSU from Mississippi, leads the Rams in scoring and rebounding (7.6).
MWC sixth-man honors went to CSU sophomore Pierce Hornung, a Ralston Valley High School product. Hornung is averaging 20.3 minutes, 4.6 rebounds and 4.3 points entering the MWC Tournament in Las Vegas.
“He’s deserving,” CSU coach Tim Miles said of Hornung, a 6-5 forward. “He changes the complexion of a game with his hard work.”
While the Rams (19-11, 9-7 MWC) hit a speed bump down the stretch, Ogide was a consistently strong player. He helped CSU get its first upper-division MWC Tournament seed (No. 4) since the league’s inaugural season.
“I’m very proud of Andy. He’s been a real force for us,” Miles said. “He’s continued to get better and better in all facets of his game.”
Ogide was joined on the first team by MWC player of the year and national scoring leader Jimmer Fredette of Brigham Young, San Diego State’s Kawhi Leonard and D.J. Gay and New Mexico’s Dairese Gary.
On the women’s side, CSU placed senior Kim Mestdagh on the second team and freshman Sam Martin on the third team. Wyoming’s Aubrey Vandiver made the first team and was named the MWC women’s player of the year. The 5-11 senior guard attended Greeley West for a year when her father, Shaun Vandiver, coached at UNC.
