Basketball Times 2020-21 Preseason Rankings and All-Americans (PDF)
 
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Shadeed Shabazz can now add another accolade to his impressive GNAC-career. On Thursday, Oct. 22, the senior-guard from Seattle, Wash. was named to the Basketball Times Preseason All-American list. 
 
Basketball Times is a monthly publication that covers NCAA Division II, III and NAIA college basketball. 
 
Shabazz, the reigning GNAC Player of the Year, Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year was the lone GNAC player selected to the preseason list. His 26.6 points per game a season ago led the GNAC and was the fourth highest points per game average in Division II. 
 
While a menace in the scoring column, Shabazz doubled-down as a star two-way player, leading the NCAA DII in steals per game, averaging 3.83 a game, and total steals with 114 on the season. Both of these were GNAC records as well. 
 
Alongside his end-of-year awards, Shabazz was a unanimous First Team All-GNAC selection, a First Team All-West Region selection by D2CCA and NABC and a Third Team All-American by the D2CCA. 
 
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