Funk Receives Pair of Honors as Men’s Basketball Announces Postseason Awards

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Funk Receives Pair of Honors as Men’s Basketball Announces Postseason Awards

6/9/2022 3:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Head coach Nathan Davis and the Bucknell men's basketball team announced its postseason award winners on Wednesday. Senior Andrew Funk headlined the list with a pair of awards: the Benton A. Kribbs Award as the team's Most Valuable Player and the Malcolm E. Musser Award for Leadership.

Junior Alex Timmerman received the Thomas A. Thompson Award for "spirit, intensity, and outstanding defensive play", and junior Xander Rice received the Coaches' Award for outstanding contributions to the program.

Funk is Bucknell's first repeat winner of the Musser Award since Bryson Johnson in 2011-12 and 2012-13. Funk is also the first Bison to win both the Kribbs and Musser awards in the same season since Cameron Ayers in 2013-14.

Funk, who will be using his final season of eligibility as a graduate student at Penn State next season, was the 2022 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a Second Team All-Patriot League selection. He became the ninth player in league history to earn Academic All-Patriot League honors three times, and he was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

Alex Timmerman

Funk averaged a career-high 17.6 points per game as a senior, the second-highest mark in the conference. He topped the 20-point mark 13 times and the 30-point mark three times while breaking the Bucknell single-season record for minutes played with 1,171. Funk scored a career-high 38 points at Illinois State, which tied the Cancun Challenge record, and he was a three-time Patriot League Player of the Week.

Timmerman enjoyed his best year to date in 2021-22. He played in all 32 games with 10 starts and tallied 7.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. A 6'9" center, Timmerman shot 59.9 percent from the field to rank second in the Patriot League, and 76.8 percent from the foul line.

Timmerman had a breakout stretch in November, when he logged 43 points and 32 rebounds in three games at the Cancun Challenge, including a career-high 22 points against Mercer. In the first game after the Thanksgiving-week tournament, he tallied 20 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Siena.

Mark Allsteadt

Rice was Bucknell's second-leading scorer at 13.1 points per game. He shot a league-best 88.4 percent from the foul line and ranked fifth in the league at 42.4 percent from the 3-point arc. Rice also ranked third in the PL in assists (3.9) and ninth in steals (1.3). He scored a career-high 25 points against Army late in the season and topped the 20-point mark six times in 2021-22.

Davis also announced that the 2022 recipient of the Backcourt Club is former Bison standout Mark Allsteadt '87, who has continued to be a loyal supporter of the program. Allsteadt recorded 1,020 points during his three varsity seasons from 1984-87. Allsteadt was Bucknell's leading scorer in 1985-86, and he was the co-recipient of the Musser Award during his senior season, when he captained the Bison to an East Coast Conference championship and the first NCAA Tournament appearance in team history.

Kribbs Award (Team MVP)
1974-75                Gerald Purnell
1975-76                Sam Stettler
1976-77                Bob Barry
1977-78                Bob Barry
1978-79                Bob Barry, Al Leslie
1979-80                Bob Barry, Al Leslie
1980-81                Al Leslie
1981-82                Jay Wright
1982-83                Jaye Andrews
1983-84                Jaye Andrews
1984-85                Jaye Andrews
1985-86                Chris Seneca
1986-87                Mark Atkinson, Chris Seneca
1987-88                Mike Butts
1988-89                Mike Butts
1989-90                Mike Joseph, Greg Leggett
1990-91                Bill Courtney
1991-92                Patrick King
1992-93                Mike Bright
1993-94                Brian Anderson, Chris Simpson
1994-95                Sekou Hamer
1995-96                Kihlon Golden
1996-97                J.R. Holden
1997-98                J.R. Holden
1998-99                Dan Bowen
1999-00                Dan Bowen
2000-01                Bryan Bailey
2001-02                Bryan Bailey, Boakai Lalugba
2002-03                Boakai Lalugba
2003-04                Kevin Bettencourt, Chris McNaughton
2004-05                Chris McNaughton
2005-06                Kevin Bettencourt, Charles Lee
2006-07                Donald Brown, Chris McNaughton
2007-08                John Griffin
2008-09                Patrick Behan
2009-10                Darryl Shazier
2010-11                Mike Muscala, Darryl Shazier
2011-12                Mike Muscala
2012-13                Mike Muscala
2013-14                Cameron Ayers
2014-15                Chris Hass
2015-16                Chris Hass
2016-17                Nana Foulland, Zach Thomas
2017-18                Stephen Brown, Nana Foulland, Zach Thomas
2018-19                Kimbal Mackenzie
2019-20                Not Awarded
2020-21                John Meeks
2021-22                Andrew Funk

Musser Award
1978-79                Pat Flannery, Len Klebanoff
1979-80                Bob Barry, Pat Flannery
1980-81                Al Leslie
1981-82                Ray Moss, Deb Okorodudu
1982-83                Ray Moss, Jay Wright
1983-84                Cal Puriefoy, Ed Sigl
1984-85                Jaye Andrews, Eric Hegedus
1985-86                Steve Schrader
1986-87                Mark Allsteadt, Steve Schrader, Chris Seneca
1987-88                John Watson
1988-89                Mike Butts, John Watson
1989-90                Mike Joseph, Greg Leggett
1990-91                Keith Fenton, Bill Courtney
1991-92                Bill Courtney, Patrick King
1992-93                Mike Bright, Russell Peyton, Paul Olkowski
1993-94                Chris Simpson, Raymond Brown
1994-95                Kevin Wenk
1995-96                Kevin Wenk
1996-97                Mark Treiber, Tom Welch
1997-98                J.R. Holden
1998-99                Willie Callahan, Max Wetzel
1999-00                Shaun Asbury
2000-01                Mike Seek
2001-02                Bryan Bailey, Dan Blankenship
2002-03                Dan Blankenship, Jordan Hardenbergh
2003-04                Matt Quinn, Roland Webber
2004-05                Kevin Bettencourt, Charles Lee
2005-06                Kevin Bettencourt, Charles Lee
2006-07                Abe Badmus, Donald Brown, Chris McNaughton
2007-08                John Griffin, Darren Mastropaolo, Rob Thomas
2008-09                Darryl Shazier
2009-10                Stephen Tyree
2010-11                Stephen Tyree
2011-12                Bryson Johnson
2012-13                Bryson Johnson
2013-14                Cameron Ayers
2014-15                Joshea Singleton
2015-16                Ryan Frazier
2016-17                Stephen Brown
2017-18                Kimbal Mackenzie
2018-19                Nate Sestina
2019-20                Not Awarded
2020-21                Andrew Funk
2021-22                Andrew Funk

Thompson Award
1996-97                Martin Gilliard
1997-98                Martin Gilliard
1998-99                Martin Gillard, Brian Muckle
1999-00                Brian Muckle
2000-01                Dan Blankenship
2001-02                Dan Blankenship
2002-03                Dan Blankenship
2003-04                Davorin Skornik
2004-05                Abe Badmus
2005-06                Abe Badmus, Darren Mastropaolo
2006-07                Abe Badmus, Darren Mastropaolo
2007-08                Stephen Tyree
2008-09                Bryan Cohen
2009-10                Bryan Cohen
2010-11                Bryan Cohen
2011-12                Bryan Cohen
2012-13                Mike Muscala
2013-14                Ryan Frazier
2014-15                Steven Kaspar
2015-16                Stephen Brown
2016-17                Kimbal Mackenzie
2017-18                Nate Sestina
2018-19                Bruce Moore
2019-20                Not Awarded
2020-21                Xander Rice
2021-22                Alex Timmerman

Coaches' Award
2000-01                Boakai Lalugba
2001-02                Chris Rodgers
2002-03                Davorin Skornik
2003-04                Charles Lee
2004-05                Chris Niesz
2005-06                Donald Brown, Chris McNaughton
2006-07                Justin Castleberry, John Griffin
2007-08                Darren Mastropaolo
2008-09                Justin Castleberry, Jason Vegotsky
2009-10                Patrick Behan
2010-11                G.W. Boon
2011-12                Cameron Ayers
2012-13                Joe Willman
2013-14                Cory Starkey
2014-15                Cory Starkey
2015-16                Dom Hoffman
2016-17                Ben Oberfeld
2017-18                Nate Jones
2018-19                Nate Jones, Matt O'Reilly
2019-20                Not Awarded
2020-21                Paul Newman, Jordan Sechan
2021-22                Xander Rice