WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2018-19 men’s basketball All-Conference awards. Student-athletes were selected for all awards by vote of the KCAC head men’s basketball coaches.
The Eagles of Oklahoma Wesleyan University are the regular season champions, ending the season with a 22-2 conference record and ranked No. 1 in the most recent NAIA Division-II Poll. KCAC men’s basketball coaches named Donnie Bostwick of Oklahoma Wesleyan, Coach of the Year.
Cameron Hunt of Southwestern College earns Player of the Year honors, while Joshua Wilchombe of Oklahoma Wesleyan University was awarded Defensive Player of the Year. James Brooks of Kansas Wesleyan University earned Newcomer of the Year, and Jaylon Scott of Bethel College was named Freshman of the Year.
The following athletes were selected by conference men’s basketball coaches as All-KCAC First Team, Second Team, Third Team, Honorable Mention, Defensive Team, and Freshman Team.
Statistical information on the 2018-19 men’s basketball season can be found here.
| First Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Cameron Hunt (U)@~ | Southwestern | Sr. | Duncanville, Texas | |
| Jordan Murdock (U)*~ | Friends | Sr. | Wichita, Kan. | |
| Isaiah Palmer (U)^~ | Ottawa | Sr. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | |
| Joshua Wilchombe (U)D+~ | OKWU | Sr. | Elmont, N.Y. | |
| KJ Malveau (U)* | OKWU | Sr. | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Second Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| James Brooks (U)# | KWU | Jr. | Frontenac, Kan. | |
| Tyler Larkin (U)^~ | Bethany | Sr. | Denver, Colo. | |
| Patrick Burnett (U)~ | York | Sr. | Erie, Pa. | |
| Lavaris Duncan (U) | Bethany | So. | San Antonio, Texas | |
| James Conley | Friends | Jr. | Wichita, Kan. | |
| Third Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Raylon Howard (U) | USM | Jr. | Ft Worth, Texas | |
| Shandon Boone | Avila | Jr. | Alton, Ill. | |
| Isaak Rowe^~ | OKWU | Sr. | Mansfield, Texas | |
| Andrew Hamm | Southwestern | Jr. | Houston, Texas | |
| Jaylon Scott F | Bethel | Fr. | Allen, Texas | |
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Tasmania Jones | Ottawa | Sr. | Parkin, Ark. | |
| Marquis Kraemer | KWU | So. | Aurora, Colo. | |
| Brent Smith | Southwestern | Sr. | Goddard, Kan. | |
| JaMiah Windom-Hayes~ | Sterling | So. | Kyle, Texas | |
| Lance Tipton | OKWU | Jr. | Midlothian, Texas | |
| Tevin Berry | Tabor | Jr. | Newton, Kan. | |
| Atir Cherne | Friends | Sr. | Wichita, Kan. | |
| Jake Feickert | OKWU | Sr. | Flower Mound, Texas | |
| Elbert Lawrence | OKWU | Sr. | Dallas, Texas | |
| Ryan Haskins | Ottawa | Jr. | Osage City, Kan. | |
| Teyvon Lundy | USM | Sr. | New Orleans, La. | |
| Vernon Vaughn | Friends | Sr. | Kansas City, Kan. | |
| AJ Range | KWU | So. | Junction City, Kan. | |
| Dakota Foster | Bethel | Jr. | Moore, Okla. | |
| Mike Tolbert | York | Jr. | Apopka, Fla. | |
| Defensive Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Joshua Wilchcombe D | OKWU | Sr. | Elmont, N.Y. | |
| Marquis Kraemer | KWU | So. | Aurora, Colo. | |
| Tyler Larkin | Bethany | Sr. | Aurora, Colo. | |
| Elbert Lawrence | OKWU | Sr. | Dallas, Texas | |
| Jaylon Scott | Bethel | Fr. | Allen, Texas | |
| Freshmen Team | ||||
| Name | School | Year | Hometown | |
| Jaylon Scott F | Bethel | Fr. | Allen, Texas | |
| Brooks Haddock | OKWU | Fr. | Muskogee, Okla. | |
| Luke Evans | Friends | Fr. | Wichita, Kan. | |
| Cameron Southern | USM | Fr. | Lenexa, Kan. | |
| Kiesean Weiher | Bethel | Fr. | Plano, Texas | |
| (U) = Unanimous Selection | ||||
| @= Selected “Player of the Year.” | ||||
| # = Selected “Newcomer of the Year.” | ||||
| F= Selected “Freshman of the Year.” | ||||
| D = Selected “Defensive Player of the Year.” | ||||
| * = 2017-18 All-KCAC First Team | ||||
| ^ = 2017-18 All-KCAC Second Team | ||||
| + = 2017-18 All-KCAC Third Team | ||||
| ~ = 2018-19 All-KCAC Preseason Team | ||||
