NWC’s Van Kalsbeek Earns GPAC Basketball Honor

Sioux City, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following basketball players-of-the-week for contests played Nov. 16-22, 2020. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2020-2021 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Basketball Players-of-the-Week

Men – Alex Van Kalsbeek, Northwestern College (Forward)

Alex Van Kalsbeek of Northwestern College is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports men’s basketball player-of-the-week. Van Kalsbeek, a freshman from Orange City, Iowa, helped the Raiders to a 2-0 record last week with both wins coming in GPAC play. He averaged 21.5 points, four rebounds and 3.5 assists in wins over Jamestown and Midland. Van Kalsbeek was extremely accurate, shooting 72 percent from the field and 88 percent (7-of-8) from the free throw line.

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