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March 12, 2008

Alves Named All-Region

Lucas Alves made the All-Region First Team

Laie, HI—Brigham Young University Hawaii’s Lucas Alves was honored today with a spot on the 2008 Daktronics All-Region Team for the West Region of NCAA II play. Alves also received All-Region All-Academic honors earlier this year.

Alves, a sophomore from Casa Branca, Brazil, was named Pacific West Conference Player of the Week four times during the season and led the PacWest in scoring with a 20.5 points per game average. He led BYU–Hawaii and was third in the conference in rebounds at 8.5 per game and shot .575 from the field, good for second in the conference. He also blocked 27 shots during the season. Alves and the Seasiders will be in action on Friday in the first round of the NCAA II Regional Tournament in Anchorage, Alaska.

Daktronics West Region First Team
Devin Peal (Humboldt State) – Player of the Year
Carl Arts (Alaska Anchorage)
Lucas Alves (BYU-Hawaii)
Marko Kolaric (Chaminade)
T- Luke Cooper (Alaska Anchorage)
T-Larry Gordon (Cal Poly Pomona)