Kool named 2010 MAC Player of the Year
By Katrina Murphy
Sports Editor
On Monday, the Mid-American Conference announced Western Michigan University senior, David Kool, as the 2010 MAC Player of the Year.
The award was voted on by a panel of 24 MAC News Media Association members.
Kool took the award with a 13-to-24 vote to earn a place as the fourth Bronco to be named MAC Player of the Year. Previous WMU title holders include Jeff Tyson (1976), Booker James (1987) and Mike Williams (2004).
In the MAC, Kool leads all players with 20.9 points per game in all games, which ranks him 18th nationally, and 21.9 points per game in conference match-ups. In 9-of-16 conference contests, Kool scored 22 points or more, including four games of 30 points or more.
Kool is also the career leader in points at WMU with 2,057, after passing former Bronco Manny Newsome’s record of 1,787 points, set in 1964. He also ranks first in the MAC and 11th nationally in free throw shooting (.895) and set a school record in made free throws with 187 and is the conference all-time leader in career free throws made with 583.
During the 2009-10 season, Kool also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, while maintaining a shooting percentage of 44.3 from the field and 35.4 from beyond the three-point range.
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on Mar 10 2010. Filed under Sports.
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