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GVSU women’s basketball picked to win GLIAC South, center Cassidy Boensch named Preseason GLIAC POY

The Grand Valley State women’s basketball team was picked to win the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) South division by conference coaches, per a league release this past Thursday.

Senior center Cassidy Boensch was named GLIAC Preseason Player of the Year and senior guard Jenn DeBoer was selected to the GLIAC South Division Preseason All-Conference Team.

Boensch, an Au Gres, Michigan, native, averaged a double-double with 19.4 points per game, 11.6 rebounds per game and also added 3.09 blocks per game to anchor the front court.

GVSU men’s basketball picked to finish third in GLIAC South

The Grand Valley State men’s basketball team has been selected third in the GLIAC South Division in the conference preseason coaches’ poll. Davenport and Ashland were picked to finish ahead of them.

Junior Jake Van Tubbergen was selected to the preseason all-conference team, one of just ten players across the league to earn the preseason honors. Van Tubbergen averaged 14.0 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game last season.

 

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