Men's Basketball | 3/16/2017 5:26:00 PM

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced that Brett Beeson, who starred for the Minnesota State University Moorhead men's basketball program in the 1990s, has been selected for a spot on the NSIC's Top 25 team. The team is part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the conference.

The NSIC Top 25 Teams are being revealed throughout the year.  One male and one female student-athlete will be released each week over 25 weeks, resulting in the NSIC Top 25 teams. The teams were selected by the NSIC Office, with input from each member institution. The NSIC Top 25 teams include an athlete from each NSIC sponsored sport with the remaining spots filled with at-large bids.  Criteria for each sport was used to select the top athletes that competed in the NSIC since its inception in the summer of 1992.  

On July 1, 1992 the NSIC became a true athletic showcase for both men and women with the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC) formed in 1932, and the Northern Sun Conference (NSC), the home of women's athletics since 1979.

Beeson was an outstanding player for the Dragon men in the mid 1990s. He was the NCAA Division II Player of the Year in 1995-96 along with being the NSIC Player of the Year. He was the national scoring champion in 1995-96, averaging 33.3 points per game. That season average is still an NSIC record.

Beeson holds NSIC single-game records of free throws made (21) and free throws made (23).

He is third all-time at MSUM in points scored (1,825) and fourth in field goals made (627). He is also the all-time leader in free throws made. Beeson holds the single-game record at MSUM with 54 points and also the single-season scoring mark at 900 in 27 games.