OKLAHOMA CITY -- One day after being selected as the Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Mid-America Christian University senior guard Charlie Shorter has been named the National Christian College Athletic Association Central Region Co-MVP, the organization announced today.  Shorter shares the award with Nick Fox of Dallas Baptist Universtiy.  Junior forward Angelo Lewis also earned a spot on the regional second-team squad.

Shorter has put together a senior season for the ages, becoming just the fifth player in MACU history to eclipse the 2,000 point mark and currently sits at 2,071 career points after a career-best 42-point effort against No. 3-ranked John Brown University and 22 points in a win at St. Gregory's University last Saturday (Feb. 23).

The 6'1 guard from Dallas, Texas is the leading scorer in the region at 22.0 ppg and is also fifth in steals (2.0 spg). 

Lewis is second on the Evangels in scoring at 14.6 ppg and ranks fourth in the region in field-goal percentage (.522), sixth in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and seventh in steals (1.9 spg). 

The duo will lead the Evangels into the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament beginning on Thursday night (Feb. 28) at 9:45 p.m. against Rogers State University on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla.