SEWARD, Neb. – For his role in this past week’s home win over MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.), sophomore Jaxon Stueve has been named the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league on Tuesday (Dec. 31). Stueve has earned a GPAC weekly award for the first time in his career. As a team, Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Basketball has pulled in three GPAC Player of the Week honors this season (Tristan Smith has collected two awards).
Stueve and his teammates limited the Pioneers to 30.9 percent (21-for-68) shooting overall and 19.4 percent (6-for-31) shooting from 3-point range in the 89-55 Bulldog win on Dec. 28. Stueve swiped four steals in his 20 minutes of action. He also tallied 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the floor. He was one of five Concordia players to reach double figures. In 13 games in 2024-25, Stueve is averaging 8.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. He has started all 13 outings.
A return to conference play is coming up Thursday when the Bulldogs (9-4, 4-3 GPAC) will be headed to Mitchell, S.D., for a matchup with Dakota Wesleyan (11-3, 4-2 GPAC) at the Corn Palace. Tipoff is set for 7:45 p.m. CT.