Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference recently issued the following announcement.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the 2022 Men's Basketball All-Conference teams and the major award winners.
Maurice Knight (Frankton, Ind.) from Anderson University was named the Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year, in a vote of league coaches. Knight was a force on both ends of the court within the league, averaging 20.0 points a game and racking up 519 points over the course of 2021-22. The senior also averaged 7.8 rebounds, pulling in 202 over the course of the year. Knight did it all, with a 2.4 assists average with an impressive 0.8 assist to turnover ratio and added a mark of 1.2 steals a game.
Transylvania landed the Newcomer of the Year, with Hunter Penn (Versailles, Ky) earning the honor. The first-year averaged 13.1 points a game netting 315 point over the course of the season. Penn was second in the league with 9.2 boards a contest, pulling in 221 in 2021-22. He was also second best in the conference in blocks with 1.5 a game with a 1.0 steals per game average.
After leading Hanover to a 19-4 regular season record in 2022, Jon Miller was voted as the 2022 HCAC Coach of the Year.
Player of the Year – Maurice Knight, Anderson University
Defensive Player of the Year – Maurice Knight, Anderson University
Newcomer of the Year – Hunter Penn, Transylvania University
Coach of the Year – Jon Miller, Hanover College
The HCAC also honors an All-Conference First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention Team. The members of those teams are selected by a vote of league coaches.
For more information on HCAC Men's Basketball, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.
2022 HCAC All-Conference First Team
| Jameel Cosby | SR | G | Bluffton University |
| Ty Houston | JR | F | Hanover College |
| Maurice Knight | SR | G | Anderson University |
| Matt Krause | SR | F | Franklin College |
| Zach Larimore | SR | F | Transylvania University |
| Marell Jordan | SR | G | Defiance College |
| Brandon Christlieb | SO | G | Manchester University |
| Isaac Hibbard | SR | G | Hanover College |
| Terry Hicks | JR | F | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Matt Munoz | SO | F | Hanover College |
| Hunter Penn | FY | F | Transylvania University |
| Jaden Terry | JR | G | Earlham College |
2022 HCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention
| Tyler Andrew | SR | F | Defiance College |
| Max Chaplin | JR | G | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Dillon Duff | SO | F | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Max Greenamoyer | SO | G | Hanover College |
| Brady Thomas | SR | G | Mount St. Joseph University |
| Francis Uzorh | SR | F | Anderson University |
| Kolden Vanlandingham | FY | G | Earlham College |
| Devin Young | SR | F | Mount St. Joseph University |
Original source can be found here.
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