Eaglestaff, Panoam named All-Summit League; King earns second all-defensive nod
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Three North Dakota men’s basketball standouts were among the student-athletes honored by The Summit League on Tuesday afternoon as the league announced its all-conference teams and superlative award winners on the eve of the 2025 championship tournament from inside the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.
Junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff, an All-Summit League preseason honoree, landed on the second team, sophomore guard Mier Panoam, in his first year in Grand Forks, was named to the honorable mention team and junior guard Eli King picked up his second straight Summit League All-Defensive Team honor.
A native of Bismarck, Eaglestaff’s third season as a Fighting Hawk has been highly impressive. He enters The Summit League Tournament with the fourth-highest scoring average (18.3) in the league and the ninth highest in league play (16.6 ppg). Eaglestaff is the league leader in field goal attempts (456), has scored the second-most points (566) and ranks fourth in field goals made (187).
He has scored in double figures in 29 of 31 games, has crossed over 20 points a dozen times and boast four games with 27 or more points, including a career-high and Betty Engelstad Sioux Center single-game record 40 points (career high 15 FGM, 8 3pt) against #6 Alabama. That performance, the 20th 40-point game by a Fighting Hawk all-time, vaulted Eaglestaff into UND’s 1,000-point club. He is the 39th player in program history and the 12th in UND’s DI era to reach the career scoring mark and he is currently 18th on the all-time scoring list.
In 31 regular season games, Eaglestaff has been among the league’s most active three-point shooters. Only one player has attempted more shots from range than Eaglestaff’s 214 and he holds top five marks in The Summit League in three-pointers per game (2.45) and total three-point field goals (76). At Kansas City on February 8, Eaglestaff became the fourth player in program history to reach 200 career made three pointers and is the first exclusively DI player to reach the mark. From the stripe, he has made the fifth most free throws (116), ranks sixth in attempts (146) and seventh in percentage (79.5%).
Eaglestaff leads the Hawks in minutes (31.5) and ranks second in assists (70) and steals (32), while having also grabbed 87 rebounds. A two-time Summit League Peak Performer of the Week this season, Eaglestaff became the first Fighting Hawk to earn Oscar Robertson Trophy National Player of the Week honors, which he claimed following his legendary effort against the Crimson Tide.
Panoam’s impact on North Dakota’s successes this season was immediate. The transfer guard from Tulane started every regular season contest for the Fighting Hawks. A consistent attacker on the offensive end, Panoam currently carries the 11th highest scoring average among Summit League players at 13.2 ppg, while his scoring average of 15.3 ppg in league play also ranked inside the top 12. He has recorded top 12 marks in field goal attempts (322) and field goals made (148). Additionally, Panoam is in the league’s top ten in free throw attempts (142) and free throws made (102).
A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Panoam heavily aided UND’s rebounding efforts that saw the Hawks rate as the second best rebounding team overall (37.68) and the best offensive rebounding team (13.45) in the Summit League. His 180 total rebounds are the second most by a Hawk this season and the fourth most in the league. On the offensive end, Panoam’s 2.19 such rebounds is the fourth highest in the league.
Panoam paces North Dakota in assists with 77 (2.5 apg) and in blocks with 17 (0.5 bpg). He has scored in double figures 23 times with six 20-point performances including a career-high scoring effort of 28 points at Denver. Panoam started Summit League play with three-straight 20-point games including the performance against the Pioneers that also saw him register the first of a team-leading three double doubles, all of which occurred in Summit League play.
Eaglestaff and Panoam were two of just four Summit League players to make 12 or more shots in a single game this season.
For the second straight season, King has been named among the best defenders in the league. His 40 steals are the third most in the league and his per game swipes average of 1.3 ranks fourth. The Caledonia, Minnesota native has recorded a steal in 24 of 31 games including eight multi-steal games with two four-steal efforts and five steals against Waldorf.
King ranks second on the team in blocked shots with 15 of which none were bigger than his stuffing of Jacari White’s game-tying attempt as time expired to give the Hawks a home win over their bitter league rival.
King, who has played the second-most minutes (926, 29.9) for the Hawks this season, leads UND in offensive fouls drawn (16), in defensive rebounds (128) and is one of three Hawks with 165+ total rebounds. On January 25 at North Dakota State, King delivered a career-high 13 rebounds.
Additionally, King is always an offensive threat for the Hawks, scoring a career high 24 points twice this season with five other double figure scoring efforts. He made a single-game best 10 field goals against South Dakota State and made a career high four three-point shots in a game twice this season.
King has led UND at least once in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks in a single game this season.
2024-25 Summit League Men’s Basketball Awards
Second Team
Treysen Eaglestaff, North Dakota (Jr., G)
Honorable Mention
Mier Panoam, North Dakota (So., G)
All-Defensive Team
Eli King, North Dakota (Jr., G)
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