Lights named Frontier All-Conference

Three Montana State University-Northern men's basketball players were named Frontier All-Conference for the 2023-2024 season.

MSU-N junior Zackary Martinez, one of the top scorers in the Frontier this past season, was named First-Team All-Conference, while Dae'Kwon Watson was tabbed Honorable Mention All-Conference and Xavier Bailey was named to the league's All-Defensive Team.

The award recipients are selected by the six head coaches in the conference, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

Andrew Cook from Carroll College was voted as this year's Frontier Conference Player of the Year. The Junior leads the conference in scoring at 20.4 points per game. He has scored 20-plus points in a game 19 times this season, including six times in the last seven games. Cook was a First Team All-Frontier selection last season.

The Defensive Player of the Year went to former Fort Benton star Hayden Diekhans of Montana Tech. The No. 5 rebounder in the Frontier, Diekhans is also among the conference leaders in blocked shots and steals.

Camdyn Larance from Montana Tech and Montana Western's Quincy Taylor were voted as the Co-Sixth-Man of the Year. Jalyn Stepney of Montana Western is the Newcomer of the Year while Freshman of the Year goes to Luca Brooks of Rocky Mountain.

For the second consecutive season, Adam Hiatt from Montana Tech was selected as the Coach of the Year. Hiatt guided the Orediggers to the regular season and tournament titles along with a host bid for the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship Opening Round.