TOLEDO, Ohio – Sophomore
Ryan Rollins and junior
JT Shumate were named first-team honorees and junior
Setric Millner Jr. was a second-team selection as part of the National Association of Basketball Coaches' announcement of the 2021-22 all-district teams on Tuesday.
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The trio's recognition marks the 11
th straight year at least one Rocket has been included on the all-district squad and the first time three Rockets were selected. The NABC divides the nation into 25 districts and honors 10 players from each district, signifying a five-player first team and a five-player second team.
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A Macomb, Mich. native, Rollins is the fourth Rocket ever to score 1,000 points in their first two seasons and leads the Rockets with 19.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 1.8 spg. He ranks fourth in the MAC in scoring and sixth among true sophomores nationally. He also is the only player in the nation averaging 19.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.5 apg and 1.5 spg or more. Rollins leads the conference with 18 20-point outings and has scored in double digits in 31 of 33 contests.
Shumate ranks second on the team with 15.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg and leads Toledo with a 57.3 FG%, 50.8 three-point FG% and 82.0 FT%. The Newark, Ohio native ranks in the MAC's Top 15 in seven statistical categories and emerged as the league's best three-point shooter. Shumate also led the conference with 1.6 bpg in league play and scored a season-high 29 points vs. Bowling Green (Jan. 15) and Central Michigan (Feb. 19).
A forward from Little Rock, Ark., Millner ranks third on the team with 14.9 ppg, a 37.5 three-point FG% and a 77.8 free-throw percentage. He scored a career-high 28 points at Western Michigan (Feb. 22) and has scored in double digits in 25 contests. Millner has been red-hot down the stretch and is averaging 19.0 ppg to go along with a 62.7 FG% (44-of-73) and 48.4 three-point FG% (15-of-31) in his last six games.
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Toledo will open the 2022 National Invitational Tournament on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. vs. Dayton in Savage Arena.
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