TOPEKA — Washburn males’s basketball capped off its common season in model this 12 months. They bludgeoned Rogers State 90-60, which helped the Ichabods declare their first MIAA Common Season Championship since 2012.
After the sport, Jacob Hanna was launched to Oscar Gonzalez. The Ichabods star participant and the basketball agent began their relationship. Hanna and Gonzalez labored collectively to assist the Wichita native understand his dream.
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With Gonzalez’s assist, Hanna signed his first skilled basketball contract this week. He can be enjoying for Actual Valladolid Baloncesto in Valladolid, Spain, situated two hours north of Madrid. They play within the second division of Spanish league basketball with ambitions of being promoted to Liga ACB.
“It’s a blessing on the finish of the day. I’ve put in a lot work through the years,” Hanna stated. “Not simply on the basketball courtroom, however on my character, too. I’m excited to place within the work and I need to proceed to get higher and take this so far as I can.”
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Hanna got here to Washburn after enjoying with fellow NCAA Division II crew College of Illinois-Springfield. It was with the Ichabods and head coach Brett Ballard the place Hanna thrived, particularly on the defensive finish.
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The guard was named Most Useful Participant of the NCAA Central Regional Event this spring. He helped Washburn attain the Ultimate 4 and likewise earned the MIAA’s Defensive Participant of the 12 months. He averaged 15.7 factors and 5.9 rebounds per recreation.
“I used to be the one switch coming in once I was a senior,” Hanna stated. “I knew I used to be going to be anticipated to provide. That’s how it’s abroad. While you’re American, you might be coming to the crew and you might be anticipated to provide.”
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Washburn Ichabods senior Jacob Hanna (5) is introduced in the course of the all-tournament crew after the NCAA Division II Central Regional Championship recreation inside Lee Enviornment on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Defensive energy interprets to each nation or league. It’s what makes Hanna a helpful asset for his new crew in Spain. It’s additionally why the crew is signing him, too.
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“He is one of many few gamers with out league expertise we’ll have on the roster, however we imagine he has the potential to take one other step ahead and develop with the membership,” head coach David Barrio
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Washburn Ichabods senior Andrew Orr (24) reacts after a dunk towards MSU Moorhead within the second half of the NCAA Division II Central Regional Championship recreation inside Lee Enviornment on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Hanna will go away for Spain in August, he shared. The season begins within the fall with a brand new problem awaiting him. Though he speaks little Spanish, he’s going to embrace the whole lot thrown at him within the subsequent 12 months.
“I’ve been on Duolingo, I’ve obtained a 34-day streak,” Hanna laughed.
Hanna isn’t the one participant from Washburn to signal a contract this week. Andrew Orr will even be taking his skills to Europe. He signed a deal to play in Denmark’s prime league. The ahead completed with 13.9 factors and 4.1 rebounds per recreation this 12 months.
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Orr was chosen to the NCAA Central Area All-Event crew and was a third-team all-MIAA honoree this 12 months.