Nielsen Wins Two Major Awards and Garvin Earns Coach of the Year as Five Vikings Named All-Conference

Nielsen Wins Two Major Awards and Garvin Earns Coach of the Year as Five Vikings Named All-Conference

The Upper Midwest Athletic Confernece (UMAC) Wednesday afternoon announced its men’s basketball postseason awards and Hunter Nielsen and Pat Garvin highlighted the honors with Nielsen earning Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, while Garvin took home his second straight Coach of the Year accolade. Joining Nielsen as a First Team All-Conference member was Xavier Patterson, while Drew Sagedahl earned Second Team and Mason Ackley and Jax Madson earned Honorable Mention.