The Missouri Valley Conference begins bestowing its all-Valley honors and specialty awards today, ahead of the league’s postseason tournament. And as we did before the season started, the staff at White & Blue Review took some time to compile our own list of awards and recognition for the Valley’s best players. Feel free to share your own picks in the Comments area at the end of the post.
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First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
Kenny Lawson Jr. — Creighton
Osiris Eldridge — Illinois State
Dinma Odiakosa — Illinois State
Clevin Hannah — Wichita State
Larry Bird Player of the Year: Adam Koch — Northern Iowa
Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
Kwadzo Ahelegbe — Northern Iowa
JT Durley — Wichita State
Jordan Eglseder — Northern Iowa
Kyle Weems — Missouri State
Josh Young — Drake
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Taylor Brown — Bradley
Ali Farokmanesh — Northern Iowa
Sam Maniscalco — Bradley
Harry Marshall — Indiana State
Toure’ Murry — Wichita State
Lloyd Phillips — Illinois State
Colt Ryan — Evansville
Andrew Warren — Bradley
All-Defensive Team
Lloyd Phillips — Illinois State
Kenny Lawson — Creighton
Toure’ Murry — Wichita State
Osiris Eldridge — Illinois State
Dinma Odiakosa — Illinois State
All-Newcomer Team
Tony Freeman — Southern Illinois
Colt Ryan — Evansville
Ryan Wedel — Drake
*Dwayne Lathan — Indiana State
*Gene Teague — Southern Illinois
*Jermaine Mallett — Missouri State
*Seth VanDeest — Drake
Newcomer of the Year: Adam Leonard — Missouri State
All-Freshman Team
Ethan Wragge — Creighton
Seth VanDeest — Drake
Jackie Carmichael — Illinois State
Gene Teague — Southern Illinois
Freshman of the Year: Colt Ryan — Evansville
All-Bench Team
Garrett Stutz — Wichita State
Nafis Ricks — Missouri State
Anthony Booker — Southern Illinois
*Ethan Wragge — Creighton
*Gabe Blair — Wichita State
*Aaron Carter — Indiana State
Sixth Man of the Year: Lucas O’Rear — Northern Iowa
MVC Coach of the Year
*Ben Jacobsen (Northern Iowa) — 2 votes
*Kevin McKenna (Indiana State) — 2 votes
Cuonzo Martin (Missouri State) — 1 vote
* Tied for the final spot on the respective team