LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western fifth-year guards Josh Belvin (Long Beach, Calf.) and Jerric Palma have been named Canada West all-stars.
 
Belvin earned his first all-star honour by being named to the Canada West second team, while Palma earned his first Canada West all-star with a third-team nod. Belvin, a communications student, finished averaging 16.1 points per game (12^th in CW), with a Canada West best and TWU record 65 steals, to go with 45 assists (25^th). Belvin also set the TWU single-game scoring record with 43 points in his final home game as a Spartan. Palma, a graduate business student, led the Spartans in scoring with 17.4 points per game (9^th) and was second in assists with 64 (16^th), he was also first in Canada West in made and attempted three-pointers finishing 65-175.
 
Belvin and Palma led the Spartans to a 12-8 record and a third-place finish in the Pacific Division. TWU defeated the Brandon Bobcats 101-90 in the play-in game before falling to No. 3 Calgary 98-84 in the Canada West quarter-final.  
 
Canada West Men's Basketball All-Star and All-Rookie Teams
 
2024-25 CW Men's Basketball - First Team All-Stars
Sultan Haider Bhatti / Forward / Brandon Bobcats / 4th Year / Laval, Que.
Mason Kraus / Guard / Manitoba Bisons / 4th Year / Winnipeg, Man.
Adam Olsen / Guard/Forward / UBC Thunderbirds / 2nd Year / Surrey, B.C.
Nate Petrone / Guard / Calgary Dinos / 4th Year / Calgary, Alta.
Renoldo Robinson / Guard / Victoria Vikes / 3rd Year / Montreal, Que.

2024-25 CW Men's Basketball - Second Team All-Stars
Josh Belvin / Guard / Trinity Western Spartans / 5th Year / Long Beach, Calif.
Ethan Boag / Forward / Victoria Vikes / 4th Year / Victoria, B.C.
Dario Lopez / Forward / Fraser Valley Cascades / 4th Year / Madrid, Spain
Shawn Maranan / Guard / Winnipeg Wesmen / 5th Year / Winnipeg, Man.
Isaac Simon / Guard / Alberta Golden Bears / 3rd Year / Regina, Sask.

2024-25 CW Men's Basketball - Third Team All-Stars
Nikola Guzina / Forward / UBC Thunderbirds / 4th Year / Vancouver, B.C.
Angelo Mbituyimana / Guard / Lethbridge Pronghorns / 5th Year / Calgary, Alta.
Jerric Palma / Guard / Trinity Western Spartans / 5th Year / Richmond, B.C.
Keivonte Watts / Guard / Mount Royal Cougars / 5th Year / Utica, N.Y.
Noah Wharton / Guard / Calgary Dinos / 5th Year / Brampton, Ont. 2024-25 CW Men's Basketball - All-Rookie Team
Isaiah Bias / Guard / UNBC Timberwolves / 1st Year / Vancouver, B.C.
Diego Presingular / Guard / MacEwan Griffins / 1st Year / Winnipeg, Man.
Nylan Roberts / Forward / UBC Thunderbirds / 1st Year / Abbotsford, B.C.
Nash Semeniuk / Guard / Alberta Golden Bears / 1st Year / Kelowna, B.C.
Kyle Varner / Guard / Alberta Golden Bears / 1st Year / Munich, Germany
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
 
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.  

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