ARLINGTON, Texas – Grand Canyon’s Tyon Grant-Foster earned the top yearly honor in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in men’s basketball for the 2023-24 season. Grant-Foster captured WAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year accolades as voted on by the conference’s 11 head coaches as part of end of season awards presented by University Credit Union.
 
Grant-Foster highlighted five major award winners representing three different institutions from across the WAC. Other top award winners included Tarleton State’s KiAndre Gaddy (WAC Defensive Player of the Year) and acting head coach Joseph Jones (WAC Coach of the Year), and UT Arlington’s Phillip Russell (Sixth Player of the Year) and Makaih Williams (Freshman of the Year).
 
WAC regular-season champion GCU led the way with three total players on WAC all-conference teams, including Grant-Foster and Gabe McGlothan on the first team. Seattle U, with Cameron Tyson on the first team and Alex Schumacher on the second team, and UT Arlington, with DaJuan Gordon on the first team and Shemar Wilson on the second team, boasted two all-conference selections each. Jakorie Smith from Tarleton State rounded out the first-team selections, while Abilene Christian’s Ali Abdou Dibba, GCU’s Ray Harrison and California Baptist’s Dominique Daniels Jr. were the other second-team honorees.
 
2023-24 WAC Men’s Basketball Awards (as voted by the conference’s head coaches)
 
WAC Player of the Year: Tyon Grant-Foster, G/F, Grand Canyon
WAC Defensive Player of the Year: KiAndre Gaddy, F, Tarleton State
WAC Freshman of the Year: Makaih Williams, G, UT Arlington
WAC Sixth Player of the Year: Phillip Russell, G, UT Arlington
WAC Coach of the Year: Joseph Jones, Tarleton State
 
WAC All-Conference First Team
Tyon Grant-Foster, G/F, Grand Canyon
Gabe McGlothan, F, Grand Canyon
Cameron Tyson, G, Seattle U
Jakorie Smith, F, Tarleton State
DaJuan Gordon, G, UT Arlington
 
WAC All-Conference Second Team
Ali Abdou Dibba, G, Abilene Christian
Dominique Daniels Jr., G, California Baptist
Ray Harrison, G, Grand Canyon
Alex Schumacher, G, Seattle U
Shemar Wilson, F, UT Arlington
 
WAC All-Defensive Team
Collin Moore, G, Grand Canyon
KiAndre Gaddy, F, Tarleton State
Emmanuel Innocenti, F, Tarleton State
DaJuan Gordon, G, UT Arlington
Shemar Wilson, F, UT Arlington
 
WAC All-Freshman Team
Braden Housley, G, Southern Utah
Emmanuel Innocenti, F, Tarleton State
Makaih Williams, G, UT Arlington
Aric Demings, G, Utah Tech
Osiris Grady, F, Utah Valley