IRVINE, Calif. – Hawai'i Pacific University forward Jonathan Janssen was the Sharks lone selection on the 2019 All-PacWest Conference Men's Basketball Team announced on Wednesday by the conference office.
 
Janssen, a 6-9 junior from Noosa Heads, Australia/Mountain State who arrived from Cleveland State three seasons ago, was selected to the All-PacWest Third Team for the second time in his career.
 
Janssen led the Sharks in scoring and rebounding averaging 12.1 points (20th in the PacWest) and 5.9 rebounds per game (12th in the PacWest), with 1.73 assists per game. He was seventh after the regular season in blocked shots with 0.81 per game (21 total). He scored a season high 23 points in a win against Academy of Art in February, one of six games of 20 or more points this season. Janssen also collected two double-doubles and recorded three shots in a game three times this season.
 
Janssen also shot 43.9 percent (116-of-264) from the field in 2018-19, 33.3 percent (29-of-87) from the 3-point arc and 80.3 percent (53-of-66) from the foul line. He averaged 13.6 points per game and ranked seventh in the PacWest with 7.0 rebounds a contest. He ranked ninth in the PacWest in blocked shots per game with 29, an average of 1.0 per contest. He scored a career-high 25 points against Holy Names, with 11 rebounds twice and five double-doubles on the season. He collected three blocked shots against Chaminade and at Fresno Pacific.
 
Daulton Hommes of PacWest Conference Champion Point Loma was named the Player and Newcomer of the Year, while Azusa Pacific's Selom Mawugbe earned Defender of the Year and Concordia Irvine's Kayle Knuckles was tabbed Freshman of the Year. Point Loma's Ryan Looney was honored as the PacWest Coach of the Year.
 
Hommes and Mawugbe were selected to the All-PacWest Conference First Team, joined by Academy of Art's Andrija Blatancic, Concordia Irvine's Brian Chambers and Chaminade's Grant Dressler and Tyler Cartaino.
 
The Sharks finished the season at 7-20 overall, 4-18 in PacWest Conference play.
   
 

2018-19 ALL-PACWEST MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS
Player of the Year	Daulton Hommes	Point Loma
Defender of the Year	Selom Mawugbe	Azusa Pacific
Newcomer of the Year	Daulton Hommes	Point Loma
Freshman of the Year	Kayle Knuckles	Concordia
Coach of the Year	Ryan Looney	Point Loma

 

2018-19 ALL-PACWEST MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
Name	School	Pos.		Yr.	Hometown/Previous School
FIRST TEAM
Andrija Blatancic	Academy of Art		F	Jr.	Bergen, Norway/Howard College
Tyler Cartaino	Chaminade		F	Jr.	Newbury Park, Calif./Newbury Park
Brian Chambers **	Concordia		G	Sr.	Long Beach, Calif./Citrus College
Grant Dressler	Chaminade		G	Sr.	Las Vegas/Palo Verde
Daulton Hommes	Point Loma		G	Jr.	Lynden, Wash./Lynden Christian
Selom Mawugbe	Azusa Pacific		F	Jr.	Canyon Country, Calif./Canyon
SECOND TEAM
Alonzo Taylor	Holy Names		G	Sr.	Long Beach, Calif./El Camino College-Compton Center
Preston Beverly *	Point Loma		F	Sr.	Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore
Larry Bush	Hawai`i Hilo		G	Sr.	Calabasas, Calif./UNLV
Darien McClain *	Azusa Pacific		G	Sr.	O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township
Josh Rodriguez ***	Point Loma		G	Sr.	La Habra, Calif./Sonora
Erik Scheive	Chaminade		F	Sr.	Marysville, Calif./Marysville
THIRD TEAM
Will Ferris	Azusa Pacific		G	Sr.	Bellevue, Wash./Eastern Washington
James Griffin	Hawai`i Hilo		G	Sr.	Brisbane, Australia/West Liberty
Jonathan Janssen *	Hawai'i Pacific		F	Sr.	Noosa Heads, Australia/Cleveland State
Ziggy Satterthwaite *	Point Loma		C	Sr.	Puyallup, Wash./Rogers
Cedric Thomas	Dominican		F	Sr.	Orange County/Villa Park
Trevor Treinen	Biola		G	Sr.	Irvine, Calif./Servite

 
Honorable Mention:  Geoff Gerlach (Concordia), Aamondae Coleman (Fresno Pacific), Andre Green (Holy Names), Sterling Somers (Point Loma), Alex Talma (Biola)
 
* - Previous All-PacWest selection