TD
Tony Diemer
  • Business Management
  • Class of 2019
  • Rockford, IL

Tony Diemer Voted NACC Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week

2017 Jan 10

Rockford University sophomore forward Tony Diemer (Rockford, Ill.) has been named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week for his outstanding performance on the court this past week. Diemer is only the second RU men's basketball player to receive a weekly award from the conference this season, and this is the first NACC weekly award of his collegiate career.

Tony Diemer notched a triple-double and a double-double in Rockford's two games last week. He opened with 26 points, on 11-for-16 shooting, 13 rebounds and 11 assists to record the first triple-double for a Regent men's basketball player in over 10 years. He then followed up Wednesday's outstanding performance with 21 points and 12 rebounds on Saturday to tally his fourth double-double of the season. For the week Diemer averaged a double-double with 23.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.0 steal.

At the midpoint of the 2016-17 season, Diemer ranks in the top five in the conference in both points and rebounds. He is currently fifth in the NACC in scoring (19.1 ppg) and fourth in rebounding (8.6 rpg).

The RU men's basketball team returns to the court on Tuesday, January 10 at rival Aurora University. Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM.