Carthage Men's Basketball Honors and Awards

 

“D3hoops.com Player of the Year”

2010

Steve Djurickovic

 

“D3hoops.com” All-America

2000

Jason Wiertel, third team

2001

Jason Wiertel, second team

2002

Jason Wiertel, first team

Antoine McDaniel, second team

2009

Steve Djurickovic, third team

2010

Steve Djurickovic, first team

2011

Steve Djurickovic, first team

 

 

National Basketball Coaches Association All-America

2000

Jason Wiertel, second team

2002

Antoine McDaniel, first team

2010

Steve Djurickovic, first team

2011

Steve Djurickovic, first team

 

Jostens Trophy

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

“D3hoops.com” Midwest Region “Player of the Year”

2010

Steve Djurickovic

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

“D3hoops.com” Midwest Region “Rookie of the Year”

2008

Steve Djurickovic

 

National Basketball Coaches Association Midwest Region “Player of the Year”

2010

Steve Djurickovic

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

“D3hoops.com” All-Midwest Region

2002

Jason Wiertel, first team

Antoine McDaniel, first team

Rob Garnes, second team

2003

Antoine McDaniel, second team

Rob Garnes, third team

2004

Theo Powell, second team

2008

Steve Djurickovic, second team

2009

Steve Djurickovic, first team

2010

Steve Djurickovic, first team

2011

Steve Djurickovic, first team

 

National Basketball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region

1979

Michael Gardner, third team

1985

Tom Demith, second team

1993

William Berry, first team

2000

Jason Wiertel, first team

2001

Jason Wiertel, first team

2002

Antoine McDaniel, first team

Jason Wiertel, first team

2003

Antoine McDaniel, first team

2009

Steve Djurickovic, second team

2010

Steve Djurickovic, first team

2011

Steve Djurickovic, first team

 

Lutheran Brotherhood All-America

2000

Jason Wiertel, first team

2001

Jason Wiertel, honorable mention

 

NAIA All-America

1967

Jack Lutz, honorable mention

Jerry Parks, honorable mention

1968

Jack Lutz, honorable mention

 

CCIW “Fred Young Most Outstanding Player Award”

1971

Johnie Butler

2000

Jason Wiertel (co-winner with Illinois Wesleyan's Korey Coon)

2002

Antoine McDaniel

2010

Steve Djurickovic

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

Johnie Butler, Carthage’s first recipient of the Fred Young ‘Most Outstanding Basketball Player” Award, set a school record in 1971 with a 26.5 points-per-game average.  His 636 points that season was later eclipsed by Barry Bonnet's 648 in 1977.  Butler’s 17 field goals against Millikin on Jan. 30, 1971, remains a Carthage game record.  Butler was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.

 

All-CCIW

First Team

1947

Jay Todd

1948

John Thiel

1963

Paul Hubbard

1964

Paul Hubbard

Gary Meneley

1965

Jerry Parks

1966

Jerry Parks

1967

Jerry Parks

Jack Lutz

1968

Jack Lutz

1971

Johnie Butler

1972

Brian Scheunemann

1974

Dave Rosenbalm

1975

Dave Rosenbalm

1976

Dave Rosenbalm

1977

Barry Bennett

1978

Barry Bennett

1984

Tom Demith

1985

Tom Demith

1993

William Berry

1994

Erik Payne

1998

Ian Whittington

1999

Jason Wiertel

2000

Rob Garnes

Jason Wiertel

2001

Rob Garnes

Jason Wiertel

2002

Rob Garnes

Antoine McDaniel

Jason Wiertel

2003

Rob Garnes

Antoine McDaniel

2004

Theo Powell

2008

Steve Djurickovic

2009

Steve Djurickovic

2010

Steve Djurickovic

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

John Thiel was the first Red Men post-World War II basketball star and the only Carthaginian to play professional basketball in the United States.  Thiel led the Red Men in scoring in 1946 with 364 points but withdrew from school after the fall 1946 semester.  He returned for the 1947-48 season and earned All-Little 19 Conference honors with a 20.6 points per game scoring mark.  After scoring 33 points in the 1948-49 season opener against Quincy University, Thiel left the team to join the National Basketball Association Milwaukee (now Atlanta) Hawks.  He played one season for the Hawks before returning to play his senior year at Carthage in 1951.  Thiel went on to teach and coach basketball at Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Ill., where he compiled a 398-90 record from 1955-1973, losing only 11 home games in that period.

 

Jerry Parks, one of two Carthage players to be named first-team All-CCIW three times.  He was first team in 1965, 1966 and 1967.  His 1,653 points are seventh on the Carthage career-scoring list.  Parks was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.

 

Jason Wiertel was named National Association of Basketball Coaches second-team All-American in 2000, NABC first-team All-Midwest Region in 2000, 2001 and 2002, "D3hoops.com" All-American in 2000 (third team), 2001 (second team) and 2002 (first team), Lutheran Brotherhood All-American in 2000 and 2001, the CCIW/Fred Young Most Outstanding Player in 2000 (a co-winner) and first-team All-CCIW four-straight years from 1999 to 2002.  He is one of only six players to be named first-team All-CCIW four-straight years, three of whom are from Carthage  The other five are teammate Rob Garnes (2000-03), Carthage’s Steve Djurickovic (2008-11), Wheaton College's Bud Schaeffer (1947-50), North Central College's Bill Warden (1952-55) and Millikin University's Jesse Price (1966-69).   In a footnote, Wheaton's Mel Peterson was named first-team All-CCIW three-straight times from 1957 to 1959 and would have been named All-CCIW again in 1960, except that Wheaton left the league that year and returned in 1967.  Wiertel was also named GTE/CoSIDA academic all-district in 2000 and CCIW all-academic in 2000 and 2002.

 

Rob Garnes is one of only six players to be named first-team All-CCIW four-straight years (2000-03).  He was also named “D3hoops.com”second-team All-Midwest Region in 2002 and third-team all-region in 2003

 

Antoine McDaniel was named National Association of Basketball Coaches first-team All-American in 2002, NABC first-team All-Midwest Region in both 2002 and 2003, “D3hoops.com” second-team All-American in 2002, “D3hoops.com” first-team All-Midwest Region in 2002 and second-team all-region in 2003.  He was named All-CCIW four times, second team in 2000, third team in 2001 and first team in both 2002 and 2003.  McDaniel was also honored with the CCIW’s Fred Young Most Outstanding Player Award in 2002.

 

Steve Djurickovic was named “Player of the Year” in 2010 by “D3hoops.com.”  He was named “D3hoops.com” All-America three times, third team in 2009 and first team in both 2010 and 2011, first-team NABC All-America in both 2010 and 2011, NABC Midwest Region “Player of the Year” and “D3hoops.com Midwest Region Player of the Year” in both 2010 and 2011, the “D3hoops.com Midwest Region Rookie of the Year” in 2008, “D3hoops.com” all-region four times between 2008-11, NABC all-region three times between 2009-11, the CCIW “Fred Young Most Outstanding Player” in both 2010 and 2011, first-team All-CCIW four times from 2008-11, winner of the Jostens Trophy in 2011, ESPN the Magazine second-team Academic All-America® in 2010 and Capital One first-team Academic All-America® in 2011.

 

Second Team

1962

Gary Meneley

1963

Doug Bybee

1966

Jack Lutz

1969

Johnie Butler

Dennis Jackson

1975

Jeff Koenitzer

1979

Mike Gardner

1980

Rich Cary

1981

Gordy Zastrow

1982

Gary Jackson

Len Jensen

1983

Gary Jackson

1984

Jay Koenitizer

1987

Ron Meyer

1989

Dave Maaske

1991

John Hautzinger

1992

Jesse Ceballos

1997

Aaron Hoenisch

1998

Terrell Harvey

2000

Antoine McDaniel

2004

Kevin Menard

2006

Kyle Jeffery

2007

Brian Schlemm

2010

Malcom Kelly

 

Third Team/Honorable Mention

1949

Keith Scott

1950

Tony Russo

1952

Jim Scott

1973

Brian Scheunemann

1974

Brian Scheunemann

1978

Rich Cary

1979

Gordy Zastrow

1980

Gordy Zastrow

1982

Fred Bocker

1983

Fred Bocker

1986

Ron Meyer

1988

Ron Meyer

1991

Ashunta Hamilton

1993

Eric Payne

1996

Aaron Hoenisch

1997

Ian Whittington

2001

Greg Ktistou

Antoine McDaniel

2003

Theo Powell

2004

Pat Kalamatas

2007

Trey Bowens

2008

Trey Bowens

2009

Sean Fendley

2010

Tyler Pierce

Mitch Thompson

 

Team “Most Valuable Players”

1965

Jerry Parks

1966

Jerry Parks

1967

Jerry Parks

1968

Jack Lutz

1969

Johnie Butler

1970

Mike Burk

1971

Johnie Butler

1972

Rich Anderson

1973

Dave Rosenbalm

1974

Dave Rosenbalm

1975

Jeff Koenitzer

1976

Dave Rosenbalm

1977

Barry Bennett

1978

Barry Bennett

1979

Mike Gardner

1980

Rich Cary

1981

David Nelsen, Gordy Zastrow

1982

Gary Jackson

1983

Gary Jackson

1984

Tom Demith

1985

Tom Demith

1986

Ron Meyer

1987

Ron Meyer

1988

Ron Meyer

1989

Dave Maaske

1990

Mike Simon

1991

John Hautzinger

1992

Mario Miller

1993

William Berry

1994

Erik Payne

1995

Rod Frazier

1996

Aaron Hoenisch

1997

Ian Whittington

1998

Ian Whittington

1999

Jake Olson

2000

Jason Wiertel

2001

Jason Wiertel

2002

Rob Garnes

2003

Rob Garnes, Antoine McDaniel

2004

Theo Powell

2005

Pat Kalamatas

2006

Kyle Jeffery

2007

Brian Schlemm

2008

Steve Djurickovic

2009

Steve Djurickovic

2010

Steve Djurickovic

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

CoSIDA Academic All-America®

2010

Steve Djurickovic, ESPN the Magazine second-team

2011

Steve Djurickovic, Capital One first-team

 

CoSIDA District 5 All-Academic

2000

Jason Wiertel, second-team

 

CCIW “Jack Swartz All-Academic”

1994

Jacob Carlson

1999

Tom Schaer

2000

Jason Wiertel

2002

Jason Wiertel

2003

Bart Fabian

2011

Steve Djurickovic

 

NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Winners

2011

Steve Djurickovic