ARLINGTON, Texas – Utah Valley’s Dominick Nelson captured 2024-25 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Year accolades on Monday, voted on by the conference’s nine head coaches as part of end of season awards presented by University Credit Union.

Nelson highlighted five major award winners representing three different institutions from across the WAC. Other top award winners included Utah Valley’s Carter Welling (WAC Defensive Player of the Year) and head coach Todd Phillips (WAC Coach of the Year), Tarleton State’s Keitenn Bristow (Freshman of the Year) and Grand Canyon’s Lök Wur (Sixth Player of the Year).

WAC regular-season champion Utah Valley led the way with three total players on WAC all-conference teams, including Nelson on the first team and Welling and Tanner Toolson on the second team. Grand Canyon also boasted three all-conference performers in JaKobe Coles and Tyon Grant-Foster on the first team and Duke Brennan on the second team. California Baptist’s Dominique Daniels Jr. and Seattle U’s Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe rounded out the five-man all-conference first team, while Southern Utah’s Jamir Simpson and UT Arlington’s Lance Ware capped the five-man all-conference second team.

2024-25 WAC Men’s Basketball Awards (as voted by the conference’s head coaches)

WAC Player of the Year: Dominick Nelson, G, Utah Valley
WAC Defensive Player of the Year: Carter Welling, F, Utah Valley
WAC Freshman of the Year: Keitenn Bristow, F, Tarleton State
WAC Sixth Player of the Year: Lök Wur, F, Grand Canyon
WAC Coach of the Year: Todd Phillips, Utah Valley

WAC All-Conference First Team
Dominique Daniels Jr., G, California Baptist
JaKobe Coles, F, Grand Canyon
Tyon Grant-Foster, G, Grand Canyon
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe, F, Seattle U
Dominick Nelson, G, Utah Valley

WAC All-Conference Second Team
Duke Brennan, F, Grand Canyon
Jamir Simpson, G/F, Southern Utah
Lance Ware, F, UT Arlington
Tanner Toolson, G, Utah Valley
Carter Welling, F, Utah Valley

WAC All-Defensive Team
Duke Brennan, F, Grand Canyon
Collin Moore, G, Grand Canyon
Maleek Arington, G, Seattle U
Lance Ware, F, UT Arlington
Carter Welling, F, Utah Valley

WAC All-Freshman Team
Dontrez Williams, G, Abilene Christian
Bradey Henige, F, California Baptist
Keitenn Bristow, G, Tarleton State
Madiba Owona, G, Utah Tech
Jackson Holcombe, F, Utah Valley