2008 Woodie Awards
Dreas consistently excellent for Huskies
Pat Neumuth
Issue date: 2/4/08 Section: Sports
He said he is not at the Brett Favre level of consecutive games played, but for SCSU's basketball team, David Dreas has been a constant for the past four years.
The senior guard has never missed a game in his career at SCSU and has started all 82 games he has played since becoming a full-time starter his sophomore year.
His playing time has certainly been warranted. Dreas is averaging 15.3 points for his career at SCSU and is on track to lead the team in scoring for the third straight season, currently checking in at 18.8 points per game.
Recently, Dreas was named NCC player of the week for his two game 27.0 point 5.5 assist performance against Minnesota State-Moorhead and Minnesota Duluth. Head coach Kevin Schlagel contributes last week's performance with Dreas coming off screens well and making the shots he needed to make.
This latest explosion of offensive came just in time. Dreas was coming off two previous mediocre shooting performances where he was held scoreless against MSU-Mankato and shot 4-16 against Augustana.
"Those two games probably was his only two bad games of his career at SCSU," Schlagel said.
Dreas has been consistent on the court since the beginning of his playing career in the YMCA Happy Hoops league at the age of 5. The success kept rolling and his standout performance at Winona High School, where he set school records for points and steals, led him to SCSU.
"I chose SCSU because I liked the gym and the coaches were straight with me," Dreas said. "It was close enough, but not too close from Winona. And I wanted to get out of Winona."
Dreas mostly came off the bench his freshmen season, became a starter his sophomore year and has never relinquished the role.
Schlagel said Dreas is a leader and the go-to guy for the team whose defensive game has developed immensely at SCSU.
"At first, he was kind of a liability on defense. Now he is our go-to defender."
Dreas said the biggest difference between the college and high school game is the speed. As a freshman, he had to get use to playing against bigger, quicker guys.
The senior guard has never missed a game in his career at SCSU and has started all 82 games he has played since becoming a full-time starter his sophomore year.
His playing time has certainly been warranted. Dreas is averaging 15.3 points for his career at SCSU and is on track to lead the team in scoring for the third straight season, currently checking in at 18.8 points per game.
Recently, Dreas was named NCC player of the week for his two game 27.0 point 5.5 assist performance against Minnesota State-Moorhead and Minnesota Duluth. Head coach Kevin Schlagel contributes last week's performance with Dreas coming off screens well and making the shots he needed to make.
This latest explosion of offensive came just in time. Dreas was coming off two previous mediocre shooting performances where he was held scoreless against MSU-Mankato and shot 4-16 against Augustana.
"Those two games probably was his only two bad games of his career at SCSU," Schlagel said.
Dreas has been consistent on the court since the beginning of his playing career in the YMCA Happy Hoops league at the age of 5. The success kept rolling and his standout performance at Winona High School, where he set school records for points and steals, led him to SCSU.
"I chose SCSU because I liked the gym and the coaches were straight with me," Dreas said. "It was close enough, but not too close from Winona. And I wanted to get out of Winona."
Dreas mostly came off the bench his freshmen season, became a starter his sophomore year and has never relinquished the role.
Schlagel said Dreas is a leader and the go-to guy for the team whose defensive game has developed immensely at SCSU.
"At first, he was kind of a liability on defense. Now he is our go-to defender."
Dreas said the biggest difference between the college and high school game is the speed. As a freshman, he had to get use to playing against bigger, quicker guys.