YSU's Perry earns first team all-league; Eargle on all-defensive


Youngstown State sophomore Kendrick Perry was named to the All-Horizon League first team on Monday.

Perry led the league in scoring at 16.8 points per game and was second in steals per game (2.4) to Cleveland State guard D'Aundray Brown.

YSU forward Damian Eargle made the all-defensive team after setting the conference record for blocks in a season. Brown, an Ursuline High graduate, also made the all-defensive team.

Here's the complete list:

2012 HORIZON LEAGUE AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Julius Mays, Wright State

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ronald Nored, Butler

SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR

Eli Holman, Detroit

COACH OF THE YEAR

Bryce Drew, Valparaiso

ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

Ryan Broekhoff, Jr., F.................... Valparaiso

Ray McCallum, So., G........................... Detroit

Kendrick Perry, So., G....... Youngstown State

Kevin Van Wijk, Jr., F..................... Valparaiso

Alec Brown, So., C.......................... Green Bay

SECOND TEAM

Kaylon Williams, Sr., G.................. Milwaukee

Trevon Harmon, Sr., G......... Cleveland State

Julius Mays, Jr., G........................ Wright State

Ben Averkamp, Jr., F............................. Loyola

Ronald Nored, Sr., G............................... Butler

ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

Julius Mays, Jr., G........................ Wright State

Keifer Sykes, Fr., G......................... Green Bay

Anton Grady, Fr., F................ Cleveland State

Roosevelt Jones, Fr., F........................... Butler

Gary Talton, Jr., G........................................ UIC

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

Ronald Nored, Sr., G............................... Butler

Damian Eargle, Jr., C....... Youngstown State

D’Aundray Brown, Sr., G...... Cleveland State

Trevon Harmon, Sr., G......... Cleveland State

Ryan Allen, Sr., G............................ Milwaukee