Crown athletics photo; John Jay athletics photo |
All-time Final Vote winners |
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2011 | Kai Massaquoi, Richard Stockton Carl Hipp, Hamline |
2012 | Dylan Richter, Washington U. Ralph Temgoua, St. Lawrence |
2013 | Andrew Galow, Rhodes Spencer Niekamp, Capital |
2014 | Dan Kornbaum, Augsburg Brandon Gries, St. Norbert |
2015 | David Louison, St. Joseph's (Bklyn.) Marcus Alipate, St. Thomas |
2016 | Egzon Gjonbalaj, Brooklyn Jordan Bolger, Concordia-Moorhead |
2017 | Derek Hart, Clarkson Johnathan Belton, Medaille |
2018 | Dalton Myers, York (Pa.) Ishimeal Nance, Penn State-Altoona |
2019 | Daniel Rosenbaum, Pomona-Pitzer Austin Coene, Roger Williams |
2020 | Tim Wendel, Crown Doug Levy, John Jay |
Tim Wendel's voters started showing up early, and they never really went away, as the Crown senior led the vote nearly wire to wire to claim one of the fan vote spots on the 2020 Reese’s® Division III College All-Star team. For Doug Levy of John Jay, it was his fans' dogged support which carried him to the finish as he pulled into second place in the vote on the final morning.
Levy passed Andrew Bruggink, of Wisconsin Lutheran, who had previously pulled away from Ripon's Trent Jones and seemed to have second place well in hand.
Even though the enthusiasm may have been tempered by the NCAA announcement halfway through the vote that fans would not be permitted throughout the NCAA Tournament, and that announcement put the NABC All-Star Game itself in doubt, there were still more than 90,000 votes cast.
The two will join a roster of nine other players on each side, to be announced after the national semifinal participants are determined with this weekend's games in the rounds of 16. Some of the players under consideration may have to be replaced if their team wins this weekend and plays in the Elite 8.
Westminster (Pa.) coach Jim Dafler and former Washington U. coach Mark Edwards were named the head coaches for the game.
The game is scheduled to be played on Saturday afternoon, March 21, and if played, it will be streamed live from Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with a link available on D3hoops.com.
D3hoops.com will also announce the rest of the roster once it is available.
The final results: