IRVINE, CA --- With the GSAC Tournament First Round approaching, Concordia has been voted the NAIA's No. 1 team in the final Coaches Top 25 Poll, junior guard Justin Johnson has been voted the GSAC Player of the Year, and Ken Amman has been named GSAC Coach of the Year.

Concordia, which ended its regular season with a GSAC-best 18-2 mark in conference play last night, received all 12 first-place votes to garner its first No. 1 ranking since Jan. 4, 2005.

The Eagles have now been ranked in 17 consecutive polls, and enter Thursday's matchup against Point Loma Nazarene with a 28-2 mark overall, matching its win total in each of the previous two seasons and setting a new school record for best regular-season mark

"Justin Johnson had an incredible season and was, in my opinion, the most difficult player to stop in the conference this year," Ammann said. "The most important thing about this year so far is that we finished with the best regular season in school history."

Johnson becomes the third player in school history to earn GSAC Player of the Year, joining Nick VanderLaan and Tanner Luster, who won the award in 2004 and 2005, respectively.

In his first season wearing a Concordia uniform, Johnson has garnered the GSAC Player of the Week honor twice, becoming the first player in school history to accomplish that feat.

Averaging 16.3 points per night, Johnson is also second on the team with 3.8 boards per night and has reached double-digits in scoring 25 times in 30 games played.

His late-game heroics have done more than anything else to cement his reputation as a contender for the NAIA Player of the Year.

Johnson's off-balanced running jumper gave Concordia a 63-61 last-second win Jan. 23 against defending GSAC champion Fresno Pacific, and his half-court heave gave the Eagles a 68-65 win over California Baptist.

Joining Johnson on the All-GSAC squad is senior guard Terrence Worthy, who becomes the third player in school history to earn the honor three times.

Over his four-year career, Worthy has scored 1,187 points--fourth in school history--and is averaging 10.1 points per night in his senior year.

The single-season school record holder with 97 steals in 2006-07, Worthy came into this year with a program-record 248 steals, and has forced a team-high 53 steals this year.

Worthy's 73 assists this year--one more than Johnson's count of 72--give him 315 in his career, which is sixth on the school career chart.

Ammann, the winningest coach in school history with 249 victories, receives the award for his second time, after being named the conference's top coach in 2007.

He also has an NAIA Coach of the Year to his credit, which came in 2003, the year he coached Concordia to the NAIA National Championships title.

Ammann and the Eagles host Point Loma Nazarene this Thursday (March 4), in the GSAC Tournament First Round, starting at 7:30 p.m. at CU Arena.