KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Utah Valley head coach Mark Madsen has been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 6 Coach of the Year, while Aziz Bandaogo and Trey Woodbury have received All-District honors from the organization.
 
The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I. Utah Valley is a member of NABC District 6, which includes teams from the Western Athletic Conference and the Big Sky Conference.
 
Madsen led Utah Valley to the 2022-23 WAC regular season championship, marking his second WAC title over the past three seasons at UVU. He guided Utah Valley to a second straight 20-win season with a 25-8 overall record and an impressive 15-3 record in WAC play. His team hit the 20-win mark faster than any team in UVU history during the program's full Division I status era. His 25 wins tie the UVU record for wins in a season. 
 
Madsen has led the Wolverines to their second-ever appearance at the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) where the squad will play New Mexico in the first round on Wednesday night in Albuquerque. Madsen is a finalist for the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award.
 
Bandaogo, from Senegal, ranks in the top-15 nationally in six different national statistical categories. He ranks third in the country in blocks (98), fifth in blocks per game (2.97), seventh in rebounds (337), 11th in defensive rebounds per game (7.36), 11th in rebounds per game (10.2), and 14th in double-doubles (15). Bandaogo was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. He also earned First Team All-WAC honors. Bandaogo is also a finalist for the 2023 Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year award.
 
Woodbury, from Las Vegas, averages 13.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 4.4 assists this season. He recently became just the third UVU player to record a triple-double with 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists in UVU's outright WAC-clinching win over Stephen F. Austin. Woodbury became just the ninth Utah Valley player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark and now ranks eighth on UVU's all-time career scoring list with 1,019 points. 
 

NABC District 6

First Team

Aziz Bandaogo - Utah Valley

RaeQuan Battle - Montana St.

Dillon Jones - Weber St.

Tevian Jones - Southern Utah

Cameron Tyson - Seattle

Second Team

Qua Grant - Sam Houston St.

Ray Harrison - Grand Canyon

Dalton Knecht - Northern Colorado

Steele Venters - Eastern Washington

Trey Woodbury - Utah Valley

Coach of the Year: Mark Madsen - Utah Valley