GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference had representation on the men’s and women’s basketball DII Bulletin All-American teams that were unveiled earlier this week.
 
The G-MAC’s respective players of the year, Raegan Ryan (Cedarville) and Malcolm Tatum (Alderson Broaddus), were both named to the DII Bulletin Honorable Mention All-American Team.
 
DII Bulletin released first, second, third and fourth team, honorees in addition to the all-freshman team and honorable mention recipients.
 
Ryan helped lead Cedarville to the G-MAC regular-season and tournament crown, culminating with the No. 8 seed as an at-large selection in the Midwest Region for the NCAA Championships.
 
Cedarville finished the season with a 27-4 overall record and a 15-1 mark in the conference while being ranked as high as No. 17 in the USA Today Sports DII Top-25 Coaches Poll.
 
Ryan, a senior guard, finished third in the league in scoring at 17.5 points per game. She was fifth in field-goal percentage (.473) and third in assists (4.4 per game). Additionally, Ryan ranked second in free-throw percentage (.819) and also runner-up in the steals category (2.2 spg).
 
In addition to her first-team all-conference status, she was G-MAC Athlete of the Week three times this past season and ranked 21st nationally in three-point field goal percentage.
 
Factoring three years of G-MAC history, Ryan is the conference’s all-time leading scorer with 1,176 points from 2012-15. She also netted 308 points as a freshman.
 
Tatum, a smooth all-around guard who wrapped up his sophomore season, helped Alderson Broaddus secure back-to-back conference crowns on the men’s side.
 
The Battlers finished 22-7 overall and 11-3 in the G-MAC, garnering attention during their championship run in the Midwest Region rankings at No. 10. Tatum was named the G-MAC Player of the Year after averaging nearly 15 points per game to finish sixth in the league.
 
Tatum was also third in free-throw percentage (.829) and pulled in at sixth in assists (3.5) while leading all players in minutes played at over 36 per contest.
 
He scored a game-high 21 points in the G-MAC Championship final against Kentucky Wesleyan, shooting 7-of-11 from the field.