Daoust Repeats as Packerland Player of the Year

Southern Door’s Drew Daoust (1) dribbles past Kewaunee’s Thomas Stangel (3) during the Feb. 16 boys basketball game in the Eagle Gym. Daoust has been named the Packerland Conference Player of the Year for the second season in a row. File Photo by Kevin Boneske.

Southern Door junior point guard Drew Daoust has been named the Packerland Conference’s Player of the Year in boys basketball for the second season in a row.

Daoust, who holds Door County’s career scoring mark with 2,225 points, tallied 885 points this season to lead the league- and regional-champion Eagles, who went 16-0 in conference play and 22-5 overall.

He was one of four unanimous selections to the All-Conference first team along with Kewaunee senior Thomas Stangel, Oconto junior Carter Koch and Algoma sophomore Parker Lischka.

Gibraltar’s top scorer from this season, senior Braden Sitte, was also named to the first team.

The three Door County players named to the All-Conference second team include Southern Door senior center Matthew Malvitz and Sturgeon Bay’s top-two scorers, senior Calvin Richard and junior Jackson Starr.

The Eagles had two juniors receive honorable mention, forward Tyler Neinas and guard Caden Pierre. Also receiving honorable mention were Sturgeon Bay senior Garrett Ulberg and Sevastopol senior Frankie de Young.