Peninsula College sophomore Jesse Bean was named to the NWAACC North Division all-first team earlier this month.

Bean led the Pirates in scoring (16.2 points per game), steals (46, 1.7 per game) and assists (95, 3.5 per game), and was second on the team in three-pointers (34) and free throw shooting (.800).

Chris Grounds of Everett won the division’s Most Valuable Player award while Jeremy Eggers of Bellevue was named Coach of the Year.

Bean participated in the NWAACC Sophomore All-Star event at Pierce College in Tacoma on March 15. He scored eight points and made both three-point tries in just 13 minutes of action as his North squad beat the South all-stars 84-82.

Four Pirate women competed in the all-star game as well: Brittany Bridges, Sam Flett, Brooke Helpenstell and Krystal Tolliver. The four combined for 30 points as the North fell to the South all-stars, 87-67. Bridges had 12 points and 10 rebounds while Helpenstell had seven points and eight rebounds. Flett scored seven points and Tolliver added four points, three assists and three steals.