Since the league's inception of honoring a Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year in 2010-11, Garver is the first to win both awards in back-to-back season and just the second player to earn both accolades at any time. Dubuque's Andre Norris (2015-16) is the only other dual award-winner.
Playing in 15-of-16 conference games, Garver led the league in steals (46, 3.1/game), assists (115, 7.7/game) and assists-to-turnover ratio (4.6). Garver owned a league field goal percentage of .603, averaged 16.1 points per game (ppg) and 6.3 rebounds per game (rpg) to rank fourth, 11th and sixth, respectively. The senior forward earned Conference Player of the Week three times in 2018-19, including last week, when NWU won their second-straight Conference Tournament Title. Playing in 26-of-27 total games this season, Garver's 3.96 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks third in NCAA Division III and his assist per game average of 7.6 is number-one. The Lincoln Northeast prep averaged 3.08 steals per game, good for fourth in Division III and his 80 total steals stands fifth. With a 62.8 field goal percentage, Garver is 19th in Division III and his nine double-doubles this season ranks 91st.
