Four Earn All-GAC Honors

DURANT, Okla. – Kevin Buckingham and Adam Dworsky each took home First Team All-Great American Conference honors to highlight a total of four Southeastern selections announced on Wednesday night in Bartlesville, Okla.
 
Buckingham and Dworsky were first team honors, while Kellen Manek was a second team selection and Kayo Goncalves earned honorable mention recognition.
 
In addition, Dworsky and Manek were each recognized as Distinguished Scholar Athletes for their work in the classroom.
 
Buckingham, a senior from Keller, Texas, took home first team honors for the second-straight year and is a three-time All-GAC honoree.
 
He ranks second in the conference in scoring with 21.4 ppg and is seventh in the league in rebounding with 7.6 rebounds per game. He ranks among the conference's most efficient shooters, hitting 57.1 percent from the floor which ranks fourth.
 
Dworsky, a junior from Flower Mound, Texas, picks up his second career All-GAC honors and his first first team pick.
 
He ranks second in the nation in assists on the season with 8.3 assists per game and is 12 in the GAC in scoring with 14.5 ppg. One of the most efficient shooters in the league across the board, he is hitting 53.5 percent of his shots from the field which ranks eighth, is 12^th in the league in free throw shooting at 81.4 percent, and is eighth in three-point shooting at 42.2 percent.
 
In the classroom, Dworsky is a mathematics major.
 
Manek, a junior from Harrah, Okla., also picks up his second all-conference honor as well as taking home Distinguished Scholar Athlete for the second-straight year.
 
He ranks 15^th in the league in scoring with 13.8 ppg and is the only player in the league to rank in the top-15 in points, rebounds, and assists. He is hauling in 6.4 rebounds per outing which ranks 14^th, while his 3.1 assists per game is good for 10^th.
 
Manek is a marketing major.
 
Goncalves, a junior from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, picks up his first honors for his performance on the court and was a Distinguished Scholar Athlete in 2019.
 
He is averaging 12.2 ppg on the year and is second in the GAC in rebounding with 8.9 rpg and fifth in blocked shots with 0.9 per game. Goncalves is also the league's most efficient three-point shooter, hitting 47.2 percent from beyond the arc where he has sunk 3.2 three-point buckets per game.