ST. PAUL, Minn. - Drew Sagedahl earned First Team All-Conference while Jax Madson earned Second Team and Dominik Bangu Honorable Mention as the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced its men's basketball awards on Tuesday. Winston Knox was named the Vikings honoree for the All-Sportsmanship Team.

Sagedahl has been having a career year as he led the UMAC in scoring by averaging 20.9 points per game on efficient splits from the field of .444/.388/.906. He also grabbed 6.6 rebounds per game which was tied for the fifth most in the conference while his 2.7 assists ranked sixth. The senior eclipsed 1,000 career points this season and is currently second all-time in program history in points and ranks first in career three point percentage and free throw percentage. His career free throw percentage of 89.4 currently ranks sixth of any active player with 300 attempts from the charity stripe throughout all of Division I, II, and III.

Madson, like Sagedahl, earns his third straight All-Conference nod in 2024-25 after averaging 17.0 points per game which ranked sixth in the conference. Another strong rebounding guard for Bethany, he averaged 6.2 boards per game which was good for eighth in the conference while his 63 made threes were the third most in the conference. Jax also surpassed 1,000 points on the season and during the week of 1/20-26, he earned D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors thanks in part to a career high 37 points against Martin Luther on 1/22/25. 

Bangu earns his first All-Conference honor after a season that saw him average 12.6 points per game and 5.2 rebounds. Similar to his previously mentioned senior teammates, Bangu reached 1,000 career points this season and is nearing 1,200 for his career. He currently ranks eighth all-time in program history for three point percentage with a career mark of 38.9 and also added his second and third career double-double this season with his most recent coming in the UMAC Championship win over Northwestern. 

UMAC Release

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Pal Dak (Minnesota Morris)
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Pal Dak (Minnesota Morris)
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Adam Loberger (Martin Luther)
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Paul Grove (Minnesota Morris)
 
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP
Martin Luther Knights
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Tyrus Buckner (Crown)
Pal Dak (Minnesota Morris)
Carrington McNeal (North Central)
Japheth Nyamari (Northwestern)
Drew Sagedahl (Bethany Lutheran)
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Dom Aguilar (Minnesota Morris) 
Reid Johnson (UW-Superior)
Jax Madson (Bethany Lutheran) 
Malik Siggers (North Central)
J'Vaun Walker (UW-Superior)      
 
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dominik Bangu (Bethany Lutheran)     
AJ Greene (Northwestern)
John Grigsby (Crown)        
Tanner Holtman (North Central) 
Adam Loberger (Martin Luther)  
Carmello McNeal (North Central)           
Remy Wedgeworth-Brown (North Central)
 
DEFENSIVE ALL-CONFERENCE
Pal Dak (Minnesota Morris)          
Carrington McNeal (North Central)        
Benjamin Pearson (Martin Luther)
Cameron Thomas (North Central)          
J'Vaun Walker (UW-Superior)
 
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP
Steven Colon (North Central)
Ian Fahje (Minnesota Morris)
Luke Fehrenbacher (UW-Superior)
Stephen Kesti (Northland)
Winston Knox (Bethany Lutheran)
Jacob Van Dam (Crown)
Seth Veers (Martin Luther)
Kelton Vincent (Northwestern)