Austintown, Ohio--Marietta's Jon VanderWal and four others have received All-Great Lakes Region honors from D3hoops.com, announced on Monday, March 11.
VanderWal was named the Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year. The Pioneers clinched a share of the OAC Regular-Season title with a 14-4 OAC record (22-6) and advanced to the NCAA Div. III Elite 8 for just the second time in the program's history.
Capital senior Austin Schreck (Erlanger, Ky.) and Ohio Northern Senior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw, Ohio) were selected First Team All-Region. Baldwin Wallace senior Jay Battle (Gahanna, Ohio) and Marietta senior Anthony Wallace earned second team recognition. All four were voted First Team All-OAC by the league coaches. Schreck also collected the OAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards.
First team | ||||
Pos. | Player | School | Yr. | Hometown |
G | Cam Fails | Hanover | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio |
G | Jack Davidson | Wabash | So. | Fishers, Ind. |
G | Austin Schreck * | Capital | Sr. | Erlanger, Ky. |
F | Connor Seipel | Wittenberg | Jr. | Columbus, Ohio |
C | Ryan Bruns * | Ohio Northern | Sr. | Chickasaw, Ohio |
Second team | ||||
Pos. | Player | School | Yr. | Hometown |
G | Jason Beckman | Hope | Sr. | Shelby, Mich. |
G | Jay Battle * | Baldwin Wallace | Sr. | Gahanna, Ohio |
G | Zach Gould | La Roche | Sr. | Fombell, Pa. |
F | Anthony Wallace * | Marietta | Sr. | Wheeling, W.Va. |
F | Derrick DeVries | Calvin | Jr. | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Third team | ||||
Pos. | Player | School | Yr. | Hometown |
G | Pete Smith | Trine | Sr. | Bristol, Ind. |
G | Danyon Hempy | Wooster | Jr. | Waldo, Ohio |
G | Reece Dupler | Wooster | Sr. | Newark, Ohio |
F | Tom Kromka | St. Vincent | Sr. | Monroeville, Pa. |
F | Trevor Manuel | Olivet | Jr. | Lansing, Mich. |