Loyola senior guard Blake Schilb was named NABC First Team All-District 11
 
Loyola senior guard Blake Schilb was named NABC First Team All-District 11
 
 
Blake Schilb Named NABC First Team All-District 11

Rambler senior now eligible for national All-America ballot

Feb. 27, 2007

CHICAGO - One day after being named First Team All-Horizon League for the third time in his career, Loyola University Chicago senior Blake Schilb has been selected First Team All-District 11 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). With first-team designation, Schilb is now eligible for the NABC national All-America ballot.

The 6-foot-7 guard, who earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors a year ago, was joined on the District 11 First Team by Alando Tucker (Wisconsin), Drew Neitzel (Michigan State), Dominic James (Marquette) and Jamaal Tatum (Southern Illinois). Schilb has averaged 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game this year to help Loyola to its first 20-win season since 1984-85. Randal Falker (Southern Illinois), Wilson Chandler (DePaul), Kammron Taylor (Wisconsin), Jerel McNeal (Marquette) and Warren Carter (Illinois) comprised the second team.

Schilb was one of only two Horizon League players to earn first team all-district honors, joining Butler's A.J. Graves in District 10. A pair of Horizon Leaguers, Mike Green (Butler) and DaShaun Wood (Wright State), were named Second Team All-District 10.

This season, the high-scoring, versatile guard climbed to fourth place on the Loyola career-scoring chart with 1,819 points and also became the school's all-time leader with 200 three-point field goals. He is the only player in Rambler annals to compile 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists in his career and this season recorded 400 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists for the third consecutive year.

Schilb has scored in double figures on 23 occasions this season, topping the 20-point plateau on seven occasions, including a season-high 32-point effort in a victory over Youngstown State on Jan. 29. He tossed in 28 points and dished out five assists to lead the Ramblers to a 75-71 victory at No. 15 Butler on Feb. 22 to give Loyola its first win over a ranked opponent since 1986.

Loyola opens play at the Horizon League Championship in Dayton, Ohio, on Friday, March 2 versus either Illinois-Chicago or UW-Milwaukee.