RENO — The University of Nevada men’s basketball team was well represented on the 2019 Mountain West coaches teams.
Jordan Caroline, Caleb Martin, Cody Martin and Jazz Johnson earned honors on Monday from the MW media and the same four have garnered recognition from the conference coaches today.
The four were key to the Wolf Pack winning a third consecutive MW regular season title posting a 15-3 conference record for the second year in a row.
Caroline and Caleb Martin were selected to the first team for the second consecutive season, Cody Martin was named to the third team.
Johnson was chosen as the Sixth Man of the Year. Caroline and both Martins were selected to the defensive team. Prior to the season the Martin twins and Caroline were named to the 2018-19 MW media preseason team.
Caroline and Caleb Martin were also named to the United States Basketball Writers Association District VIII team for the second year in a row. Caleb Martin was named the District VIII Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Caleb Martin, a repeat first-team MW coaches selection, was the 2018 MW coaches Player of the Year and 2018 Newcomer of the Year last season after helping the Pack to a second consecutive conference title.
It is his first selection to the MW defensive team. He tops the Pack scoring 19.6 points per game and has netted 1,288 points at Nevada which is 17th on the career list. In his college career he has scored 1,839 points.
Three times this season he was selected as the MW Player of the Week. In 29-of-31 games he scored in double figures which includes a 33-point game at Utah and a 30-point contest at home against Boise State.
Caroline was named the first team last season and was a second team selection as a sophomore. This year is his first on the MW defensive team.
He leads the Pack averaging 9.6 rebounds per game and is second scoring 17.7 points per contest. He set the MW record with his 45 career double-doubles and was second in the conference with 18 double-doubles this season. In 29-of-31 games he scored in double figures with a season-high of 40 coming at Colorado State. Currently he ranks sixth in scoring with 1,728 points and is fifth with 939 rebounds at Nevada.
In his college career he has scored 2,031 points and grabbed 1,145 rebounds. Four times this season and seven times in his career he has been named the MW Player of the Week.
Cody Martin was a second team selection last season and has earned third team honors in his senior year. A year ago he was the MW Defensive Player of the Year. This season marks his second on the MW defensive team.
He leads the MW averaging 5.1 assists per game and is third on the team scoring 11.6 points per game. In 18 games he has scored in double figures including a season-high current four-game streak. His three double figure assist games are the most in the MW this season with 11 vs. BYU, 10 vs. Pacific and 10 vs. Little Rock.
The 11 assists in the BYU game tied his career high. He scored a season-high 23 points in the home win over UNLV. In his college career he has netted 1,129 points and 865 have come in his two seasons at Nevada.
In his first season at Nevada, Johnson came off the bench in 29-of-30 games in which he played this season and is fourth on the team scoring 11 points per game. At Air Force he scored a career-high 27 points and made 7-of-10 three-pointers.
The seven made 3-pointers is the high for a Pack player this season. In 19 games he scored in double figures in his first season with the Wolf Pack. He is second in the MW making 44.1 percent of his 3-pointers and ninth making 2.1 per game. In his college career he has scored 1,071 points.
Superlatives
Player of the Year: Sam Merrill, Jr., G, Utah State
Defensive Player of the Year: Neemias Queta, Fr., C, Utah State
Newcomer of the Year: Braxton Huggins, R-Sr., G, Fresno State
Sixth Man of the Year: Jazz Johnson, Jr., G, Nevada
Freshman of the Year: Neemias Queta, Fr., C, Utah State
Steve Fisher Coach of the Year: Craig Smith, Utah State
First-Team
Sam Merrill, Jr., G, Utah State
Jordan Caroline, Sr., F, Nevada
Caleb Martin, Sr., G, Nevada
Nico Carvacho, RS-Jr., F/C, Colorado State
Deshon Taylor, Sr., G, Fresno State
Second-Team
Jalen McDaniels, RS-So., F, San Diego State
Justin James, Sr., G, Wyoming
Braxton Huggins, RS-Sr., G, Fresno State
Neemias Queta, Fr., C, Utah State
Devin Watson, Sr., G, San Diego State
Third-Team
Cody Martin, Sr., G, Nevada
Lavelle Scottie, Jr., F, Air Force
Justinian Jessup, Jr., G, Boise State
Kris Clyburn, Sr., G, UNLV
Anthony Mathis, Sr., G, New Mexico
Men’s Honorable Mention selections
Ryan Swan, Jr., F, Air Force
Derrick Alston, R-So., G, Boise State
J.D. Paige, R-Sr., G, Colorado State
Nate Grimes, Fr., F, Fresno State
All-Defense Team
Neemias Queta, Fr., C Utah State
Cody Martin, Sr., G, Nevada
Deshon Taylor, So., G, Fresno Stae
Jordan Caroline, Sr., F, Nevada
Caleb Martin, Sr., G, Nevada
Jeremy Hemsley, Sr., G, San Diego State