Three Clarion University men’s basketball players have been named to the 2001-02 PSAC-West All-Conference Team. Senior Allen Stevens (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) was named First Team All-Conference, while seniors David Shearer (Greensburg/Hempfield) and Steve Serwatka (New Rochelle, NY/Salesian) were named Second Team All-Conference.

"I am very happy for all three players," Clarion head coach Dr. Ron Righter said. "All three of them are very deserving of the recognition. They have been a key part of the foundation for some really exciting and winning moments in their time here including the school’s first-ever PSAC Championship last year."

Stevens finished the season as the second-leading scorer on the team and 10^th leading scorer in the PSAC-West averaging 14.3 ppg to go along with 5.7 rpg.

In his career, Stevens had 1,192 career points and 521 career rebounds and was only the 13^th player in school history to score 1,000 career points while grabbing 500 career rebounds. He is 17^th in career scoring and 20^th in career rebounding in school history.

"This is the first time Allen has been recognized by the conference," Righter said. "That shows how far he has come. I couldn’t be happier for him."

Shearer had a good year for the Golden Eagles despite playing with a stress fracture in his foot all season. He averaged 9.1 ppg and a team-best 7.2 rpg, which was good for 12^th in the PSAC and fifth in the PSAC-West.

Shearer finished his career as one of the top players in Clarion history scoring 1,248 points while pulling down 794 rebounds and gathering 215 career steals . He is the fifth player in school history to score 1,200 career points and grab 700 career rebounds, and he finished 12^th in school history in scoring and seventh in rebounding.

"David was a blue-collar player for us for four years," Righter said. "His performance this season despite the stress fracture tells anyone all they need to know about him."

Serwatka had an outstanding two-year career at Clarion. This season he led the team in scoring with 17.5 ppg which was good for fourth in the PSAC and second in the PSAC-West. He also shot a phenomenal 91.7% from the free-throw line (66-72), which was the top mark in the PSAC this season and the second-best mark in NCAA Division II. The 91.7 % also set the school record breaking the mark of 87.4% set by Alvin Gibson.

In his two years playing for the Golden Eagles, Serwatka scored 1,041 career points, the 23^rd best mark in school history. He is the first player at Clarion to play only two seasons and score 1,000 career points and only the second Golden Eagle to score his 1,000^th career point in his second season joining Kwame Morton, the school’s all-time leading scorer. Serwatka’s career free-throw percentage of 86.1% is also a school record.

"Steve was a tremendous player for us the last two seasons," Righter said. "He was one of the reasons we have been able to enjoy so much success."

Clarion finished the season 15-11 and qualified for the PSAC playoffs for the sixth straight season.