Feb. 28, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - San Diego State senior Brandon Heath has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 13 first team. After being honored last season, this marks the second time in his career that he has been recognized as one of the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes.
Heath, who earned player of the week honors on Monday from the Mountain West Conference, FOXSports.com and SportingNews.com, is joined on the all-district team by Nick Fazekas (Nevada) and fellow conference members Jason Smith (Colorado State), Dan Nwaelele (Air Force) and Keena Young (Brigham Young).
This marks the second straight season and the fifth time in six years that San Diego State has placed at least one Aztec on the all-district team. In 2005-06, Marcus Slaughter joined Heath on the first team.
The 150 student-athletes from 15 districts are selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC and are now eligible for the NABC Division I All-America team to be announced at the conclusion of the 2006-07 NCAA regular season.
Heath and seniors Mohamed Abukar and David Velasquez will play their final regular-season home contest of the season, Saturday, March 3, as San Diego State plays host to TCU. Game time is set for 3 p.m. PST at Cox Arena.