Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Posted: Mar 15, 2022

Ian Milsteadt Selected to D3hoops.com All-Region Second Team

File photo.
File photo.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Ian Milsteadt (East Peoria, Ill./East Peoria/Illinois Central College) became only the sixth Eureka men's basketball player ever to receive D3hoops.com All-Region honors on Tuesday.

He ends his prolific three-year run at Eureka by being named to the All-Region 8 Second Team, joining Craig Negangard (2004 All-Midwest Region Third Team), Michael Zasada (2010 All-Midwest Region Second Team), Mark Lessen (2013 All-Midwest Region Second Team), Shea Feehan (2018 All-Central Region Second Team and 2017 All-Central Region Third Team) and Dakota Bennington (2020 All-Central Region Third Team), as the only Red Devils to earn All-Region honors from D3hoops.com.

Milsteadt, who previously became the fifth Red Devil to earn the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, led all SLIAC scorers for the second straight year, averaging 18 points per game and totaling 467 points while shooting 44.6 percent from the field in 26 games. He was second in the league in free-throw percentage (86 percent) and made the second-most total free throws on the season, putting away 104 of 121 tries.

At 6-foot-2, he was also one of the Red Devils' best rebounders, pulling down 5.9 boards per game while distributing 2.2 assists per game. He also fourth in the league in total blocks with 19 and sixth in the league in steals with 40.

Milsteadt led the Red Devils (15-12, 10-4 SLIAC) to a second-place finish in the league and helped them reach the SLIAC Tournament semifinals. He became the 26th player in program history to score 1,000 points as a Red Devil in a 72-63 SLIAC Tournament quarterfinal victory over Principia. He also put himself in the record book by scoring the second-most points in program history in a single game when he dropped 50 in a pivotal 95-93 comeback win over Blackburn.

He ranks third in program history in career free-throw percentage at 84.1 percent and is 10th with 43 blocked shots in 62 games.

Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various Division III institutions. There were 746 players nominated nationwide. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region. It's the 21st season D3hoops.com has named All-Region teams.