Bison Athletic Hall of Fame
Ben Woodside
- Induction:
- 2024
- Class:
- 2009
Watch the 2024 Induction Ceremony
Most Valuable Player of the 2009 Summit League tournament and the 2009 Summit League Player of the Year...2009 Associated Press All-America honorable mention and CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American...2009 NABC All-District first team...2008 All-Summit League first team...Three-time Summit League Player of the Week...Three-time Summit League Male Athlete of the Month...2006 and 2007 Division I All-Independent first team...2006 D-I Independent Newcomer of the Year...NDSU’s career scoring leader with 2,315 points...League- and school-record 60 points scored, 30 free throws made and 35 free throws attempted against Stephen F. Austin on December 12, 2008...Tied the NCAA record for free throws made...League-record 766 points in 2008-09, including an NCAA tournament-high 37 points against Kansas...Made the winning basket with 4 seconds left in the 2009 Summit League championship game, sending NDSU to the NCAA tournament in its first year of Division I postseason eligibility...Selected to Hershey’s College All-Star Game...Started all 118 games of his career...Played his first two years on Division I independent teams before NDSU joined the Summit League for his final two years of eligibility...Averaged 22.02 points over his two years in the league, the second best in league history upon graduation...Played eight years of professional basketball in France, Slovenia, Georgia, Turkey, Italy, Spain and New Zealand.
Most Valuable Player of the 2009 Summit League tournament and the 2009 Summit League Player of the Year...2009 Associated Press All-America honorable mention and CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American...2009 NABC All-District first team...2008 All-Summit League first team...Three-time Summit League Player of the Week...Three-time Summit League Male Athlete of the Month...2006 and 2007 Division I All-Independent first team...2006 D-I Independent Newcomer of the Year...NDSU’s career scoring leader with 2,315 points...League- and school-record 60 points scored, 30 free throws made and 35 free throws attempted against Stephen F. Austin on December 12, 2008...Tied the NCAA record for free throws made...League-record 766 points in 2008-09, including an NCAA tournament-high 37 points against Kansas...Made the winning basket with 4 seconds left in the 2009 Summit League championship game, sending NDSU to the NCAA tournament in its first year of Division I postseason eligibility...Selected to Hershey’s College All-Star Game...Started all 118 games of his career...Played his first two years on Division I independent teams before NDSU joined the Summit League for his final two years of eligibility...Averaged 22.02 points over his two years in the league, the second best in league history upon graduation...Played eight years of professional basketball in France, Slovenia, Georgia, Turkey, Italy, Spain and New Zealand.
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