Riley, Bokosky named All-Independent player and coach of the year

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Coming of its first NCAA Division III playoff appearance in school history and fifth-straight 20-win season, three Chapman University men’s basketball players have been selected to the Association of Division III All-Independent team. In addition, head coach Mike Bokosky has been selected as the All-Independent coach of the year for the second-consecutive season.

Junior F Justin Riley has been named player of the year and first team All-Independent for his efforts this season in which he led the Panthers in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Joining Riley on the first team is senior G Kyle Wood with junior G Griffin Ramme earning second team.

Riley who is on the first team for the second-straight season had a team-high nine double-doubles while averaging 15 points and nine rebounds per game and finished eighth in NCAA Division III with a 64.4 field goal percentage. This is just the second time a Chapman men’s basketball player has been chosen as the AD3I player of the year. The last Panther to be named player of the year was Josh Flynn-Brown during the 2006-07 season.

This is the second All-Independent selection for Wood and Ramme who were Chapman’s top perimeter threats this season averaging 13.7 and 13.4 points per game, respectively. Wood ends his career at Chapman tenth on the all-time scoring list with 1,113 points in 100 career starts. Ramme led the Panthers in three-point field goal made, three-point percentage and steals and also had a team-high seven games with 20 or more points.

The All-Independent Men's Basketball teams were selected by the men's basketball coaches from AD3I member schools. The Association of Division III Independents consists of 17 Division III independent institutions that have joined together to recognize student-athletes at independent institutions, and to provide exempted postseason championship competition in nine sports in 2008-09. The Association recognizes outstanding athletic achievements of its student-athletes on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. For more information about the Association of Division III Independents is available at http://www.d3independents.org.

by Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant