Feb. 19, 2004

MILWAUKEE - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior Dylan Page has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 11 First Team.

The honor makes Page eligible for All-America consideration.

Page, the leading scorer in the Horizon League, has led UWM to at least a share of its first-ever Horizon League regular season title. He is averaging 20.6 ppg and 6.5 rpg while leading UWM in scoring 18 times and scoring in double figures in every game this season.

Page, the leading candidate for Horizon League Player of the Year, has been named the League Player of the Week twice this season. He scored 35 points in a win at Loyola and scored 31 more at UIC. Along with leading the league's scoring list, Page is fifth in rebounding, seventh in field goal percentage, fifth in free throw percentage, ninth in three-point field goal percentage and fourth in blocked shots.

This season, Page has continued to climb up the scoring charts at UWM, with his career total now standing at 1,256 points. His 23 points Jan. 8 against Butler sent him past the 1,000 mark for his career. Page is now one of just seven Panthers to have passed the 1,000-point barrier since UWM moved back to the Division I ranks in 1990 and he currently stands third in that same time period in scoring. Making Page's accomplishment particularly remarkable is that injury and illness limited him to just 176 points in his first two seasons as a Panther.

Joining Page on the first team is Devin Harris of Wisconsin, Kris Humphries of Minnesota, Paul Davis of Michigan State and Travis Diener of Marquette.

Cedrick Banks of UIC, Jitim Young of Northwestern, Mike Williams of Western Michigan, Mike Wilkinson of Wisconsin and Deron Williams of Illinois were named to the second team.

UWM returns to action Saturday in ESPN's Bracket Buster Saturday, hosting Manhattan at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.