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Burnham Named Frontier Freshman of the Year, Taylor, Imhoff First-Team

WHITEFISH, Mont. – Match Burnham was named the Frontier Conference Freshman of the Year and Zach Taylor and Ryan Imhof were named to the Frontier Conference First-Team in the 2015-16 All-Conference teams, released Tuesday by the conference.
 
Burnham is the fourth-consecutive Saint to receive the honor. Riley King, now a minor league baseball player in the Royals organization, won it in in 2012-13, Taylor earned the honor in 2013-14, and Oliver Carr received the honor in 2014-15 before Burnham received this season's nod.
 
The freshman from Spangle, Washington, averaged 12.72 points and 3.62 rebounds per game. He ranks seventh in NAIA DI for free throw percentage at 86.5 percent.
 
Burnham was named National Player of the Week after scoring 39 points, including a school record 19 of 19 from the free throw line.
 
He was also named to the Frontier All-Conference Second-Team.
 
Junior Zach Taylor and Sophomore Ryan Imhoff were named to the Frontier Conference First-Team.
 
Taylor is the Saints' leading scorer at 17.36 points per game. He was second in the conference with 4.54 assists per game. He ranks in the top 50 in NAIA DI in Free throw percentage, Assists per game, total assists, points per game, total scoring and field goal percentage.
 
Taylor scored a career-high 35 points to lead Carroll to a win over Rocky Mountain in the Frontier Conference Semifinals.
 
Ryan Imhoff averages 13.5 points and leads Carroll with 6.1 rebounds per game.
 
The Saints finished second to Lewis-Clark State in the Frontier Standings and fell to the Warriors 79-71 in the Frontier title game Monday night in Lewiston, Idaho.
 
The Saints are a virtual lock for an at-large bid into the NAIA Tournament. They learn their seed Wednesday at 5 p.m. MST.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Oliver  Carr

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Players Mentioned

Oliver  Carr

#43 Oliver Carr

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Sophomore
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Ryan  Imhoff

#23 Ryan Imhoff

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Zach  Taylor

#5 Zach Taylor

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Match Burnham

#12 Match Burnham

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