NABC All-District Honors

Kansas City, Mo. – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior guard Sam Grieger of Randolph (H.S.) and senior guard Dustin Derousseau of Tomah (H.S.) have been named to the 2025-26 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 9 Team, the organization announced Tuesday.

Grieger has been selected to the NABC All-District First Team and selected the NABC District Player of the Year with Derousseau being named to the NABC All-District Second Team. It is the second career NABC recognition for Grieger after being named to the first team in 2025. It is Derousseau's first NABC All-District award.

The All-District honors are voted on by NABC member coaches across National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.

Both players were named to the D3hoops.com All-Region 9 Team on Monday with Grieger earning first team and Derousseau second team accolades. Grieger was also voted the D3hoops.com All-Region Player of the Year. 

Greiger and Derousseau were named to the 2025-26 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) First Team, starting all 31 games.

Named to the Bevo Francis Award Top 25 Watch List and one of 11 finalists for the Jostens Trophy this season, Grieger was voted the WIAC Player of the Year. He is the seventh player in school history to be named the WIAC Player of the Year, joining Eric Haug (1974-75), John Mielke (1980-81), Joe Werner (2006-07), Tony Mane (2010-11), Jared Staege (2015-16) and Wyatt Cook (2020-21). 

Currently seventh in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III in scoring at 25.7 points per game, Grieger led the WIAC in scoring, free throws made (212) and attempted (248) and assist/turnover ratio (2.5). He also led the league in field goals made (275) and attempted (533). Grieger leads NCAA Division III in field goals made while currently being third in attempts. He is tied for fourth in the country in free throws made and ranks fourth in attempts.
 
His 797 points this year breaks the single-season school record of 666 by Mane in 2010-11. The 797 points ranks fourth in single-season conference history. Grieger scored a school record 46 points at UW-Oshkosh on January 7, breaking Eric Dudek's single-game record of 43 versus UW-Whitewater on February 22, 1995.
 
Scoring in double figures in all 31 games this year, Grieger had at least 25 points in 17 contests. He became the 19th player in UWL history to eclipse 1,000 career points this year and currently ranks sixth with 1,503. Grieger set single-season school records for free throws made (212) and attempted (248) and field goals made (275) and attempted (533) this year. He is eighth in school history in career field goals made (539) and ninth in attempts (1,067) while ranking third in free throws made (346) and fifth in attempts (422).
 
He is third in the WIAC in assists per game (3.5) and free throw shooting (85.5%), tied for seventh in steals (1.2) and eighth in field goal shooting (51.8 %). Grieger is also averaging 5.0 rebounds per game.

Derousseau averaged 15.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game while leading the team in three-point field goals made (48) and attempted (143). He also led UWL in blocks (44) and steals (58) finishing second in assists (87).

He scored in double figures in 25 games with a career-high 34 points versus UW-Stout on February 11, going nine-of-14 from the field, including two-of-four from three-point range, and 14-of-16 at the free throw line. He became the 18th player in UWL history to score 1,000 career points this season and currently sits 12th with 1,318.
 

Named to the All-WIAC Defensive Team for the second straight season this year, Derousseau ranks second for UWL in career blocks (104) and third in career steals (148). He was second in the WIAC in blocks and steals per game while ranking fifth in scoring. Derousseau recorded at least two blocks in 12 contests with a career-high eight versus Concordia University Wisconsin on December 19. He recorded at least two steals in 16 games, including tying his career-high with six against Hampden-Sydney College (Va.) on November 7. Derousseau had six steals versus UW-River Falls on January 22, 2025. 

Derousseau played in 100 career contests at UWL with 93 starts. He ranks eighth in school history in career free throws attempted (388) and 11th in free throws made (281) while ranking 12th in career field made (454) and 13th in attempts (968).

UWL finished 24-7 this season, recording its second-most victories in school history. The Eagles were 25-6 a year ago. UWL advanced to the 2026 NCAA Division III Sweet 16, falling 83-78 at fifth-ranked the University of Mary Washington (Va.) on March 14. The Eagles advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 with a 79-62 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (Calif.) on March 7 after a 75-61 victory over Hope College (Mich.) in the first round on March 6.
 
The Eagles earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships after capturing the WIAC Tournament title with an 81-78 victory at UW-Whitewater on February 28. It marked UWL's first conference tournament title in school history.