Baboucarr Bojang claimed the Doug Collins Most Valuable Player award, but senior Randy Rice took home the most hardware at the Illinois State mens basketball awards banquet, Sunday night, at Redbird Arena.
In front of some 400 Redbird basketball fans and supporters, Rice captured the Jamar Smiley Assists Award (4.1) and was named the teams top defender and most improved player to lead the Redbirds with three honors.
In addition to the team MVP, Bojang also garnered the Ron deVries Rebounding Award (7.6). Bojang, who was recognized as a second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, led the Birds in scoring with 13.2 points per game. He also was chosen to the Valley all-newcomer team and posted 25 double-digit scoring efforts and nine double-doubles.
Shawn Jeppson hauled in the Brad Duncan Free Throw Percentage Award (87.3%) and finished his career with the third-best percentage in Redbird history (85.1%).
Junior Andy Strandmark was awarded the Tony Holifield Field Goal Percentage Award (48.2%), while Vince Greene accepted the Matt Taphorn Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Award (41.8%).
The
Dan Muller Student-Athlete Award was presented to Chad Mazanowski, a 3.18 student in criminal justice.
