The accolades continued to pour in for Valparaiso University men’s basketball senior Ben Krikke (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada / Jasper Place) on Tuesday as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its All-District Teams. Krikke was tabbed to the second team for District 16.

Krikke, the Missouri Valley Conference leader in scoring both overall (19.4 points per game) and in league play (21.0 ppg), became Valpo’s first NABC All-District honoree since Javon Freeman-Liberty in 2019-20. He pulled down 5.9 rebounds per game, shot 55.2 percent from the field and hit at a 79.6 percent clip from the free-throw line. Krikke was named to the All-MVC First Team, MVC Most-Improved Team and MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team, the only player in the conference to earn all three honors.

In addition to scoring, Krikke ranked among the league leaders in rebounding (11^th), field-goal percentage (second), free-throw percentage (10^th), blocked shots (ninth), offensive rebounding (ninth) and minutes played (second). He scored 622 points during the season – the sixth most in a single season in program history – and had 244 made field goals – the fourth most in program history and the most by a Valpo player since 1971-72.

The Edmonton native finished the season with 1,596 points, seventh on the program’s all-time scoring list. He closed the campaign with a career field-goal percentage of 54.1, the sixth highest in program history. In addition, Krikke wrapped up the season with 632 career made field goals, a total that ranks sixth in Valpo lore.

Krikke became just the third Missouri Valley Conference player since 2005 to average at least 17 points and five boards while shooting better than 75 percent from the line and 50 percent from the field, joining Missouri State’s Isiaih Mosley and Creighton’s Doug McDermott. He scored in double figures in 30 of his 32 games including 13 outputs of 20 points or more and 26 games with 15 points or more. He finished the season with 20 consecutive double-figure scoring outputs and was in double figures in all 20 league games.

Krikke was also named the MVC Player of the Week on Jan. 30 and Feb. 20.