The North Platte Bulldogs boys basketball team held their season end banquet on Tuesday night and handed out the postseason awards.
The Dawgs season came to an end in the A-1 district finals with a 42-31 loss to the No. 1 ranked team, Omaha Benson. The loss made it so North Platte finished below .500 with a 12-14 record on the year. Coach Matt Kaminski chronicled the highs and lows of the season for North Platte at the team’s banquet. One of the highs of the season was that North Platte nearly defended their GNAC tournament title, but fell just short to a highly-ranked Norfolk team in the championship game. The varsity team received their second-place medals last night from that tournament.
Two Bulldogs received All-Conference awards. Seniors Drew Callaghan and Kade Erickson were honored by the GNAC for the seasons they had. There were also four players that received All-Conference Academic awards. Alec Wesslund, Darian Allberry, Drew Callaghan and Shane Mauch were honored for their success in the classroom and on the court. Of those four, two of them were nominated for the NCPA NSAA All-Academic team. Seniors Drew Callaghan and Darian Allberry were the nominees.
Coach Kaminski also handed out his yearly Mister Awards at the banquet. The list for all of the awards handed out last night can be seen below.
All-GNAC 2013-14
Drew Callaghan, Senior
Kade Erickson, Senior
All-GNAC Academic 2013-14
Alec Wesslund, Senior
Darian Allberry, Senior
Drew Callaghan, Senior
Shane Mauch, Junior
NCPA NSAA All-Academic Nominees
Drew Callaghan, Senior
Darian Allberry, Senior
Coach K’s Mister Awards 2013-14
Mr. Dedication- Dustin Horton, Senior
Mr. Western Community College- Nick Wilkinson, Senior
Mr. Teammate- Alec Wesslund, Senior
Mr. Perseverance- Kolby Foote, Senior
Mr. Big Game- Drew Callaghan, Senior
Mr. Floor General- Kade Erickson, Senior
Mr. Slash- Bradey Anderson, Senior
Dr. Defense- Bradey Anderson, Senior
Mr. Whopper- Shane Mauch, Junior
Mr. Reliable- Darian Allberry, Senior
Mr. Spark- Brady Mason, Senior
Mr. Slender- Josh Merz, Junior