Buena Vista Guard Carter Sievers Named to American Rivers Conference First Team

Carter Sievers, a junior guard for Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, was voted to the American Rivers Conference first team, with teammates Jackson Jones and Jayden Brink receiving honorable‑mention recognition on the conference all‑conference list. The selections place Sievers among the A‑R‑C’s top guards for the season and mark the highest conference honor cited for a BVU player in available reports.

BVU athletics materials show Sievers also earned the A‑R‑C Men’s Basketball Performer of the Week for competitions between Dec. 15, 2025 and Jan. 4, 2026, with the university posting that weekly honor on Jan. 5, 2026. The university noted the weekly award was the first of Sievers’ career and the third time this season a BVU player took home a league weekly honor, after Jayden Brink earned the weekly accolade twice.

At the time of BVU’s Jan. 5 release, the Beavers were 9-4 overall and 2-2 in American Rivers play, and had a scheduled road game at Loras College for Jan. 10 with a 4:00 p.m. tip. BVU’s Jan. 5 item listed Loras at 10-3 overall and 4-0 in A‑R‑C play, underscoring the competitive stretch of conference matchups that framed Sievers’ weekly recognition and the season‑long honors.

Buena Vista began the 2025‑26 season under new head coach Jeff Horner and entered the year as the seventh pick in the preseason coaches’ poll with 24 points; the preseason poll placed the University of Dubuque first with 63 points and gave Loras two first‑place votes and 53 points. Horner told a preseason preview that "Our team is excited to play in such a tough conference," and added that returning experience mixed with newcomers "should be fun to watch," remarks that frame BVU’s roster construction around Sievers and fellow returners such as Kyle Sternberg.

Conference previews and program notes put the ARC season in context for BVU by highlighting the depth of opponents. The University of Dubuque returned players including Jacob Williams, Grady Thompson and Jalen Scott coming off All‑Conference recognition, and Dubuque’s coach Robbie Sieverding said, "We are excited to compete and the conference should be a battle each night," a reminder that Sievers’ first‑team nod arrived against the backdrop of established A‑R‑C powerhouses.

Some program materials present inconsistent spellings for the Jones on BVU’s roster: the all‑conference listings cite Jackson Jones as an honorable mention while a preseason preview lists a Jaden Jones among returning contributors. BVU roster and conference releases should clarify the correct spelling and class details for the Jones who received honorable mention, and Sievers’ seasonal statistics from BVU’s official stat pages will further illuminate the performance that produced both the Jan. 5 weekly award and the A‑R‑C first‑team selection.

Sievers’ elevation to the ARC first team, combined with Brink’s multiple weekly honors and BVU’s active returners under coach Horner, crystallizes a season where individual recognition amplifies program momentum in Storm Lake and within the NCAA Division III American Rivers Conference.