KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 18, 2013) -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2013 NABC Coaches’ Division III All-District teams and coaches, recognizing the best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes and coaches in the division, selected by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division III.

Luther College senior center Tyler Wedemeier, the 2012-2013 Iowa Conference MVP, was named to the first team while Buena Vista University senior center Wes Nordquist was named to the second team. The honor is the second for Nordquist, who was also named to the second team last year.

2013 NABC COACHES’ ALL-WEST DISTRICT TEAMS AND COACHES – NCAA DIVISION III
First Team	Second Team
Josiah Brensdal, Redlands	Wade Gebbers, Whitworth
*Chas Cross, Wis.-Platteville	Tommy Hannon, St. Thomas
Ben Eisenhardt, Whitman	Trevor Hass, Wis.-Stevens Point
Taylor Hall, Bethel	Dan Kornbaum, Augsburg
Nathan Roeder, North Central (Minn.)	Wes Nordquist, Buena Vista
Tyler Wedemeier, Luther
Coach of the Year:  John Tauer, St. Thomas
* - District Player of the Year

About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Mo., the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest “Phog” Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas.  Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game.  The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches.  All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s student-athletes.  The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education.  Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.