LAKELAND, Fla. - Florida Southern College sophomore,
Alex Steen was selected to the 2023-24 Academic All-District men's basketball team announced by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Tuesday afternoon.
The Panama City Beach, Fla. native is pursuing a degree in business administration and just received second-team honors in the NABC, and D2 CAA during the teams' run at the NCAA DII regional tournament. Other accolades added to Steen's resume for the 2023-24 season are Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Second Team All-SSC, and a member of the All-Defensive Team during his performance in the regular season.
Steen has played in 24 games with 23 starts while leading the team in rebounding at 10.6 per game and averaging a double-double with 16.6 points per game. The 6-8 forward averaged 29.4 minutes per game and shot a team-best 58.6 percent from the field making 160 baskets. He ended his second campaign with 398 total points and 255 rebounds while registering 86 blocks for 3.58 per game which was second most in the nation.
He scored in double-figures in 22 of his 24 games with 15 double-doubles. Steen notched his career-high in scoring with 28 points which was one of his six 20-point scoring performances where his career-high rebound performance came against Savannah State when he pulled down 17 boards on his way to finishing the season with 15 double-digit rebounding performances.
During the NCAA South Region Championship, in which Steen was fighting illness, he tallied 16 total blocks which led the nation in total blocks during the postseason at 5.33 per game. Overall, through the three games, he tallied 36 points and had 26 rebounds to go along with his 16 blocks. In the Moccasins' first game of the regional, Steen finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds, and six blocks against Clark Atlanta before posting nine points, eight rebounds, and three blocks in the win over No. 13 West Georgia. Against the No. 1 Sharks, for the championship game, Steen finished with 10 points, six rebounds, and seven blocks.
