Peoria – The Bradley Braves had one Trio of senior starters And a first-year student wins places among those who won the honors of the Conference League of the Missouri 2024-25 valley on Wednesday.
The guardian of the Braves Duke Deen, goalkeeper Zek Montgomery and striker Darius Hannah were all recognized.
Deen won a place in the first All-MVC team, while Hannah landed in the second All-MVC team and Montgomery in the third All-MVC team. Hannah was also appointed to the MVC All-Defensive team.
First year guard of Bradley Jaquan Johnson obtained a place in the MVC All-Freshman team. He was also appointed to the MVC All-Bench team earlier this week in a vote of the Beat Writers and Media Panel League.
‘We bleed together’: Bradley Senior Basketball of starters ready for an additional qualifying series race
THE Arc madness tournament 2025 Tuesday takes place at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Bradley, the seeded n ° 2, has a bye in the first round. The Braves will play in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Friday against the winner of the Evansville-Murray State match of Evansville on Thursday.
Drake dominates individual prices
The Champions of the Valley Regular Season, Drake, have deposited the greatest price while the junior goalkeeper Bennett Stintz was appointed to the player of the year of Larry Bird MVC and that Ben McCollum of the Bulldogs was appointed coach of the year of Valley.
Stirtz leads the MVC in a score (18.93 points per game), in aid (5.93) and in flight (2.20). Only two other recorded people have done so in the history of MVC: Anthony Manuel de Bradley (1989) and Curt Smith de Drake (1993). Stirtz, who heads the nation in minutes per game, is the only NCAA player to direct his league by marking, in help and in flight.
Stirtz was also appointed newcomer to the year and his teammate Tavion Banks was sixth of the year.
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2025 Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Awards
Here is an overview of the full list of honors of 2025 for the MVC:
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Larry Bird trophy (player of the year): Bennett Stittz, JR, Guard, Drake
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Newcomer of the year: Bennett Stittz, JR, Guard, Drake
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First year student of the year: All Wright, Guard, Valparaiso
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Defensive MVP: Connor Turnbull, JR, Forward, Evansville
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Sixth man of the year: Tavion Banks, JR, Forward, Drake
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Captain of the most improved team: Chase Walker, Soph, Forward, Illinois State
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MVC year coach: Ben McCollum, Drake
2025 First team of the All-Missouri valley conference
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Duke Deen, 5th SR, Guard, Bradley
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Tytan Anderson, SR, Forward, Northern Iowa
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Jonathan Pierre, Sr, striker, Belmont
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Samage Teel, Sr, Guard, Indiana State
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Chase Walker, Soph, Forward, Illinois State
2025 All-Missouri Valley Conference Second team
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Darius Hannah, 5th year SR, attacker, Bradley
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Tayshawn Comer, Jr, Guard, Evansville
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Kennard Davis Jr., Soph, Guard, Southern Illinois
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Johnny Kinziger, Soph, Guard, Illinois State
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Cooper Schwieger, Soph, Forward, Valparaiso
2025 Third Conference of Missouri Valley Conference
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Zek Montgomery, Sr, Guard, Bradley
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Trey Campbell, Jr, Guard, northern iowa
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Ali Dibba, Sr, Guard, Southern Illinois
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Mitch Mascari, 5th year Sr, Guard, Drake
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Carter Whitt, 5th year Sr, Guard, Belmont
2025 MVC All-NewComer Team
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Bennett Stittz, JR, Guard, Drake
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Jonathan Pierre, Sr, striker, Belmont
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Tayshawn Comer, Jr, Guard, Evansville
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Samage Teel, Sr, Guard, Indiana State
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Carter Whitt, 5th year Sr, Guard, Belmont
2025 MVC All-Freshman team
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Jaquan Johnson, Guard, Bradley
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Jack Daugherty, attacker, Illinois State
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Sam Orme, before, Belmont
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Gabriel Pozzato, attacker, Evansville
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All Wright, Guard, Valparaiso
2025 MVC All-Defensive Team
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Darius Hannah, SR, striker, Bradley
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Daniel Abreu, 5th year SR, attacker, drake
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Tytan Anderson, SR, Forward, Northern Iowa
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Dalton Banks, 5th year SR, Guard, Illinois State
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Connor Turnbull, JR, Forward, Evansville
2025 MVC All-Bench Team
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* Tavion Banks, Jr, Wing, Drake
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Jaquan Johnson, FR, Garde, Bradley
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Jack Daugherty, FR, attacker, Illinois State
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Jaden Daughtry, Soph, Forward, Indiana State
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Modestas Kancleris, RS-SR, Forward, UIC
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Brody Peebles, 5th year Sr, Guard, Belmont
2025 most improved MVC team
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* Chase Walker, Soph, Forward, Illinois State
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Jaden Daughtry, Soph, Forward, Indiana State
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Kennard Davis Jr., Soph, Guard, Southern Illinois
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Cam Haffner, Jr, Guard, Evansville
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Cooper Schwieger, Soph, Forward, Valparaiso
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Isaiah Walker, Jr, Guard, Belmont
(* designates the captain of the honored category)
Dave Eminian is the columnist for the Star Sports newspaper and covers Bradley Men’s Basketball, The Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve in the Eve Sports Column for pjstar.com. It can be contacted at 686-3206 or semi -istar.com. Follow it on x.com @iceTimeCleve.
This article originally appeared on Star Journal: 2025 MVC Basketball Awards: Complete list of winners, player of the year, trainer of the year
