MARSHALL, Minn. - Southwest Minnesota State wheelchair basketball player Kyle Timmerman has been named this year's recipient of the Frank Brasile Sportsmanship Award, given annually by the National Wheelchair Basketball Association to a player in the intercollegiate division of the sport.  The award was voted on by head coaches from across the country.

The award's namesake, Frank Brasile, is a former commissioner in the intercollegiate division of the NWBA. He was has been active in the sport for decades.

Timmerman, a sophomore from Minneota, Minn., helped lead the Mustangs to a fifth-place finish at the 2010 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament last weekend in Marshall.  He averaged 9.7 points per game in the tournament and played every minute of the Mustangs' three games.

SMSU finished the 2009-10 season with an overall record of 4-13.