Bolte Selected as Preseason First Team All-American by Street & Smith

ATHENS, W.Va. – Senior guard Tommy Bolte of the Concord University men's basketball team has been voted to the Street & Smith Basketball Magazine Preseason All-American First Team, the publication announced.

Bolte is the returning statistical champion in points per game across Division II after averaging 31.8 points per game last season as a junior. The Chillicothe, Ohio native scored 30 points in 12 different games last season including posting a Mountain East Conference Tournament record 51 versus Fairmont State in the tournament's quarterfinal round.

Bolte shot 49.9 percent (294-for-589) from the floor, 39.1 percent (68-for-174) from three-point range and 82.5 percent (203-for-246) from the foul line during his junior campaign. Additionally, Bolte collected 5.7 rebounds per game and handed out 5.6 assists per contest in 2017-18.

Bolte represented one of three MEC players on the list with Notre Dame's Will Vorhees landing on the preseason All-American Second Team while West Liberty's Dalton Bolon was tabbed to the honorable mention squad.

Concord starts the 2018-19 season against Street & Smith preseason nationally-ranked number three, Indiana (Pa.)November 9 at the IRMC/Hilton Garden Inn Classic hosted by IUP.