ST. PAUL, Minn. – UW-Superior men's basketball sophomore guard Xavier Patterson (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) has been named to the All-UMAC Second Team, the league announced on Tuesday.
 
Junior guard Eli Vogel (Appleton, Wis./Appleton West) is an honorable-mention pick while classmate Mason Ackley (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) earned his second selection to the UMAC All-Defensive Team.
 
Senior Carter Brown (Eau Claire, Wis./Regis Catholic) is the Yellowjackets' representative on the UMAC Sportsmanship Team.
 
Patterson started all 26 games, averaging a team-leading 12.3 points per game. He tied for second on the team in steals per game (1.3), second in assists (2.8) and fourth in field-goal percentage (47.1), shooting 123-for-261 on the season.
 
Patterson scored in double figures in 15 games, reaching 20 points four times. He poured in a career-best 29, grabbing eight rebounds, in a 75-70 victory at North Central on Jan. 22, shooting 10-for-14 from the field.
 
Patterson was named UMAC Player of the Week on Dec. 20 following 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists at Lawrence on Dec. 18.
 
Vogel earned his second All-UMAC honor after being named to the second team in 2021. He averaged 11.6 points per game, while starting all 26 games. Vogel was second on the team in 3-point percentage (35.9), shooting 36-for-101 on the season. He finished fourth on the team, averaging 2.1 assists per game, as well.
 
Vogel scored in double figures in 15 games, including 20-point performances in three of four outings from Dec. 11 against Martin Luther to Dec. 29 versus Whittier. The Appleton, Wis., native scored a season-high points at Lawrence on Dec. 18.
 
Ackley averaged 8.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in 21 games and 19 starts as a junior. He scored in double digits in eight games, tallying a season-high 18 points against Bethany Lutheran on Dec. 10. 
 
He posted two of Superior's three double-doubles on the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Northland on Jan. 8 and 29.
 
Brown appeared in 17 games off the bench, averaging 1.9 points and one rebound per game. He scored a season-high six points on three occasions during the season, including versus Finlandia in the season opener on Nov. 5, at Northland on Jan. 8 and at Northwestern on Jan. 21.
 
The Yellowjackets earned the No. 5 seed in the UMAC tournament, falling to Bethany Lutheran in the quarterfinals, to close the season at 10-16 overall.