BAY CITY, Mich. – Forte Prater and Enari Thomas were named to the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference second team, the league announced Friday afternoon.

Prater, a senior guard from Mississippi, earns his second consecutive second-team all-conference honor with the Lakers. It is a first career postseason honor for Thomas, a junior guard from Chicago who joined Roosevelt this year after two seasons in junior college.

The two guards were pivotal in the Lakers qualifying for the conference tournament in their first season in the GLIAC, finishing well above the preseason projections. Prater finished second in the league with 18.4 points per game while Thomas was fourth in the conference at 17.3 points per game. The duo both scored at least 20 points in the same game six times as well this season.

Prater did a lot more for the Lakers as well while leading the league in minutes played as the only player to eclipse 1,000 minutes. The senior finished third in the league with 3.7 assists per game and ranked third in steals per game with 1.4 thefts per contest. He also added 3.8 rebounds per game this season, matching his pace from his first season at Roosevelt.

"Forte played a big part in everything we did this year," Roosevelt head coach Dee Brown said. "He was our captain, he was our engine, and we needed him to play 40 minutes a night, score the ball, defend, rebound – he did it all. He definitely was one of the best guards in the GLIAC, one of the best guards Roosevelt has ever had and it was a fun and a privilege to coach Forte. This is well deserved, and I am happy he was able to get this recognition."

Thomas quickly adapted to his new environment and became an impact scorer for the Lakers all season. He reached 20 points in 11 of his 29 appearances, including topping 30 points twice this year, while being extremely efficient. The junior ranked fourth in the GLIAC by shooting 46.1 percent from the floor and made 43 percent of his 70 3-point attempts.

"Enari had some big games for us. We needed him to score the basketball at a high level, and he did," Brown said. "He is just a gifted scorer who puts pressure on the rim, gets to the free throw line, and he shot the ball well. He was efficient and when we needed to get a bucket, he was always there to deliver. Enari has a bright future and I am happy that he was recognized by the league for how he performed throughout the year."