KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today that Brett Hanson of Florida Southern College has been selected as the 2020 NABC Division II Player of the Year powered by ShotTracker for NCAA Division II and Northwest Missouri State University head coach Ben McCollum is the 2020 NABC Division II Coach of the Year presented by Wilson.
A member of the NABC Division II All-America team, Hanson was the leader of a Mocs’ team that finished the abbreviated season with a 29-2 won-lost record, winning both the regular season and Sunshine State Conference tournament championships. The 6-2 senior guard from Manchester, N.H., earned conference most valuable player honors in the regular season and postseason while leading the conference in scoring (22.4 ppg). Hanson hit on 50% of his field goal attempts with 213 rebounds, 149 assists and 61 steals. He scored his 2,000th career point on February 1 for FSC, which was ranked fifth in the final NABC Division II poll.
McCollum has become a regular as NABC Division II Coach of the Year, winning the honor in three of the last four seasons. The Bearcats finished the season with a 31-1 record and were ranked first in the final NABC Division II poll. McCollum won his sixth MIAA Coach of the Year honor as Northwest closed out its season on 23-game win streak. Northwest surpassed the 30-win mark for the fifth time in program history (third time in four years) and the 20-win mark for the ninth consecutive season.
