Men's Basketball Earns 2 All Conference Awards

Kansas City, MO – Avila University has 2 Eagle basketball players named to the All Heart of American Athletic Conference (HAAC) team.

Quinton Branch, junior guard from Fort Worth, Texas, was named 3 rd team All HAAC, and Adam Short, senior guard from Schererville, Indiana, was named Honorable Mention All HAAC.  Branch lead the Eagles in points (423), points per game average (15.1), rebounds (69) and made the team's second most 3 point baskets (49).

Adam Short lead the Eagles with 3 point baskets made (53), second in points (403) and averaged points per game (13.9); he also added 96 rebounds during the season.  Short ended his career at Avila, in dramatic fashion, by scoring his 1000 th point late in his final game Saturday against Evangel University.

The Eagles finished the season with a 10-19 record and 3-17 in the HAAC. 

Avila University is a private, co-educational, values-based liberal arts institution founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and is located at 119th and Wornall Rd in southwest suburban Kansas City, MO.

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