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By Steve Carpenter
HCC Sports Information Director
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Hutchinson Community College sophomore point
guard Bobby Maze became the fifth Blue Dragon in program history to earn
first-team NJCAA All-America honors.
The NJCAA national office announced its 2008
Division I All-America teams on Tuesday. Maze became the first Blue Dragon
first-team All-American since Brandon “Pooh” Gary in 2004.
Other HCC first-team All-Americans are: Gary,
Roy “Pooh” Hairston (1994), Tyrone Jones (1987) and Rudy Jackson (1973).
Hutchinson has had 23 All-Americans in team history (four second team
players, three third-team players and 11 honorable mention players).
In his one season at Hutchinson, Maze quickly
made a name for himself as one of the best point-guards in Blue Dragon
history. Maze became the first Blue Dragon since “Pooh” Gary in 2004 to earn
Jayhawk West Most Valuable Player honors.
Maze’s legacy at HCC was made from his
ability to distribute the ball with a style and frequency where oohs and
ahhs from the Blue Dragon faithful became commonplace.
Maze became only the third Blue Dragon point
guard to have 200 assists in a season, finishing with 218. That’s second on
HCC’s single-season list and ninth on the Blue Dragon career assist list.
Maze had a combined 30 assists in the 2007
Quarterback Classic on Nov. 1-3. Against Brown Mackie on Nov. 2, Maze broke
the school record for single-game assists for the first time when he had 13
assists.
The sophomore transfer from Oklahoma topped
that mark with an incredible 16 assists against Barton County on Jan. 23.
Maze had nine or more assists in a single game nine times, a feat no other
HCC point guard has ever accomplished.
Maze also turned himself into a solid scoring
threat, becoming the only HCC player this season to score in double figures
in every game.
Maze became the first Blue Dragon since
“Pooh” Hairston in 1994 to average 20 or more points for a season and is
only the 10th HCC player to do so since 1968. Maze averaged 20.7 points per
game, shooting 50.5 percent from the field overall and 72.9 percent from the
free-throw line.
Maze had five games of 30 or more points,
scoring 34 twice this season against No. 7 Arkansas-Fort Smith and Colby. He
had 16 games of 20 or more points.
He was named NJCAA Division I Men’s
Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 6
Maze had a perfect game against Friends
University JV on New Year's Day, going 7 of 7 from the field and 5 of 5 from
the free-throw line for 19 points. He also added 12 assists and had no
turnovers with two steals and a blocked shot. He then scored 21 points on 7
of 13 shooting in an 80-76 win over Seward County on Jan. 5.
Maze was one of four Jayhawk Conference
players to earn 2008 All-America honors. Independence’s Antonio Hansen,
Cowley’s Montrel McDonald and Seward County’s Darko Cohadaravic were named
honorable mention.
First Team
Cory
Cooperwood F 6-6 215 So. Wallace State
C.C.
Devron
Bostick G 6-5 210 So. SW
Illinois College
Bobby Maze G 6-3
185 So. Hutchinson C.C.
Bryan
Sherrer G 6-0 195 So. Three Rivers
C.C.
Eric
Tramiel F 6-6
225 So. Paris J.C.
Davell
Jackson G 6-1
175 So. Salt Lake C.C.
Dominique
Gaines G 6-2 180 So. NE
Oklahoma A&M
Derwin
Kitchen G 6-4 190 Fr. Iowa Western
C.C.
Roderick
Flemings F 6-7 210 So. Weatherford College
Mario
Little F 6-5
210 So. Chipola College
Second Team
Anthony
Brock G 5-9 165 So. Itawamba C.C.
Tyrone
Appleton G 6-3 190 So. Midland College
Jared
Quayle G 6-2 180 So.
Western Wyoming C.C.
Jacquiese
Holcombe F 6-7 205 So. Georgia Perimeter Col.
Dominique
Johnson G 6-5 190 So. SW
Tennessee C.C.
Dynile
Forbes G 6-2
175 So. Cochise College
Lindsey
Hughey G 6-2 185 Fr. Seminole State
College
Tony
Dennison G 6-2 185
So. Broward C.C.
Joseph
Fulce F 6-7 195
Fr. Tyler J.C.
Antonio
Hanson G 6-2 180 So. Independence C.C.
Third Team
Jamel
Jackson G 6-3 195 Fr. Technical Career
Institute
Darrington Hobson G 6-7 195 Fr. College of
Eastern Utah
Roberto
Mafra F 6-9 235 So. Southeastern C.C.
Sean
Imadiyi F 6-7 200 So. Arizona Western
College
Travis
Mertens F 6-5 215 So. Lake
Region State College
Vince
Davis G 5-11 -- So. Guilford
Technical C.C.
Andrew
Lee F 6-6 195
So. Chesapeake College
Antoine
Ware F 6-6 220 So. Kennedy-King
College
Artem
Valov C 6-9 245
So. Three Rivers C.C.
Alvin (A.J.)
Thomas G 6-1 175 Fr. Walters State C.C.
Tyronne
Curnell F 6-5 220 So. Seminole C.C.
Honorable Mention
Robert
Glenn F 6-8 210
So. Wabash Valley College
Jimmy
Butler F 6-6 200
Fr. Tyler J.C.
Keith
Brumbaugh F 6-10 210
So. Hillsborough C.C.
Montrell
McDonald F 6-6 200 So. Cowley C.C.
Ridge
McKeither F 6-5 245 Fr. Kilgore College
Westley
Perryman G 6-2 180
Fr. Monroe College
Dwight
Buycks G 6-3 200
Fr. Indian Hills C.C.
Darko
Cohadarevic F 6-9 245
So. Seward County C.C.
Nick
Okorie
G 6-0
185 So. South Plains College
Art
Parakhouski C 6-11 260
So. College of Southern Idaho
George
DeGroat F
6-6 220 So. Allegany
Kelvin
Bright G 6-5 190 So. Hagerstown C.C.
Troy
Smith F 6-3 205 So. Northeastern
J.C.
Curtis
Mitchell G 5-8 165 So. Williston State
College
Jason
Simon G 6-1 210 So. Kennedy-King
College
Javon
Borum G 6-0 195 So. Wallace State C.C.
Robert
Murry G 6-1 190 So. Truett-McConnell
College
Trenton
Marshall G 6-5 225 Fr. Jones County J.C.
Sanijay
Watts F 6-4 220 So. State
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