Pitts earns third MIAA Player of the Year honor

Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year

Freshman of the Year

Coach of the Year

All-MIAA First Team

All-MIAA Second Team

All-MIAA Third Team

All-Defensive Team

Honorable Mention All-MIAA

- Northwest Missouri State University senior guardhas been named the MIAA Player of the Year for the third time in his career.earned second team honors whileandeach garnered third-team all-conference honors. Dougherty was also named to the All-MIAA Defensive team.Pitts becomes the first player in Northwest history to earn first team honors four times and Player of the Year accolades three times. He scored in double figures 22 times this season and went over 20 points on 14 different occasions. He holds Bearcat school records in points (2,407), assists (561), field goals made (870) and field goals attempted (1,645). This year, he hit 170-of-326 field goal attempts (52.1 percent) and led the team with 19.1 points per game.Ndow has scored over 1,000 points in just under three full years at Northwest. This season he is averaging a career-high 14.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in 25 regular season games. The senior has scored in double figures 19 times this season and has seven games with 10 or more rebounds. He leads the team with five double-doubles. Nodw is shooting 50.9 percent (118-232) from the field and has connected on 58-of-123 three point attempts (47.2 percent).Dougherty appeared and started all 27 games for Northwest in the regular season. He shot 62.2 percent (117-188) from the field and averaged 3.5 rebounds per game. He set career-highs with 282 points, 69 assists and 117 made field goals. He also logged 732 minutes, averaging a career-high 27.1 minutes per game. He scored in double figures 15 times this season and dished off five or more assists five times.In his first season at Northwest, Witthus is averaging 12.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. He has 19 double-digit scoring performances and led the team in scoring four times. He is shooting 46.7 percent (113-242) from the field and hit 54-of-139 (38.8 percent) of his long range attempts. At the charity stripe, Witthus has hit 55-of-65 (84.6 percent) attempts., Sr., Northwest MissouriBrady Skeens, Sr., WashburnChris Rossow, Fr., Southwest BaptistJeff Boschee, Missouri SouthernCJ Carr, Sr., Missouri SouthernTrey Lansman, Sr., Nebraska-Kearney, Sr., Northwest MissouriSpencer Reaves, Sr., Central MissouriBrady Skeens, Sr., WashburnCorbin Byford, Sr., Central OklahomaElyjah Clark, So., Missouri SouthernHadley Gillum, Sr., Fort HaysLogan Hovey, Sr., Southwest Baptist, Sr., Northwest MissouriXavier Adams, Sr., Pittsburg State, Sr., Northwest MissouriJakob Lowrance, Jr., Central MissouriTerrance Smith, Jr., LincolnJr., Northwest MissouriCJ Carr, Sr., Missouri Southern, Sr., Northwest MissouriJake Hammond, Sr., Central OklahomaDJ Richardson, Sr., Central MissouriBrady Skeens, Sr., WashburnDJ Richardson, Sr., Central MissouriMarqueese Grayson, Sr., Central OklahomaBrandon Hall, Jr., Emporia StateStephaun Limuel, Sr., Emporia StateAmariontez Ivory, Jr., LincolnMaurice Mason, Sr., LincolnChandler Diekvoss, Jr., LindenwoodBrad Newman, Jr., LindenwoodJackson Price, Jr., LindenwoodKinzer Lambert, So., Missouri SouthernLavon Hightower, Jr., Missouri WesternTy Danielson, Sr., Nebraska-KearneyLane Rohrich, Sr., Nebraska-KearneyJamir Andrews, Gr., Northeastern StateDonovan Franklin, Jr., Pittsburg StateJavion Blake, Jr., Washburn