BYU-Hawaii senior Marques Whippy earns Basketball Times All-America Third Team honor

PINEHURST, NC – BYU-Hawaii senior Marques Whippy (Bua, Fiji/Woods Cross, UT) has been selected to the Basketball Times All-America Third Team.

The announcement came from the publication’s headquarters in Pinehurst, NC, on Monday, March 28, 2011.

Whippy led the Seasiders to their first NCAA Division II National Championship Game appearance on March 26 where BYU-Hawaii fell to Bellarmine (KY) 71-68 in a game broadcast on CBS.

The PacWest Player of the Year finished the season ranked in the Top 10 in seven major conference statistical categories, including leading the league in rebounding (11.5 per game) and in steals per contest (2.8).

He finished the year sixth in scoring after posting 14.2 points per contest, while he shot 52.0% (179 for 344) from the floor to rank fifth. He also averaged 3.5 assists per game to stand sixth and generated 1.3 blocks per contest to wind up fourth. His assist/turnover ratio of 1.0 landed him eighth for the season.

The Seasiders finished the year with a 22-9 overall record and a 12-4 PacWest mark that landed BYU-Hawaii in third place.