Crossroads League Announces Men’s Basketball Award Winners
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JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League announced its 2023-2024 Men's Basketball All-League honors on Wednesday, following No. 1 Grace's sweep of the regular season and tournament championships.
The Lancers took home nearly every major honor from the Crossroads League as well, with Scott Moore being named the CL Coach of the Year, Elijah Malone being voted the CL Player of the Year and Jakob Gibbs being selected the CL Defensive Player of the Year. Grace also grabbed three First-Team All-CL nods and hauled in a total of 10 postseason honors from the Crossroads League.
The CL's other top honor went to Indiana Wesleyan's Caedmon Bontrager, as the CL Freshman of the Year.
The All-Crossroads League honors were voted on by the head men's basketball coaches from around the league.
2023-2024 Crossroads League Coach of the Year
Scott Moore, Grace
2023-2024 Crossroads League Player of the Year
Elijah Malone, Grace
2023-2024 Crossroads League Defensive Player of the Year
Jakob Gibbs, Grace
2023-2024 Crossroads League Freshman of the Year
Caedmon Bontrager, Indiana Wesleyan
2023-2024 First-Team All-Crossroads League
Elijah Malone, Grace
Zach Goodline, Huntington
Javan Buchanan, Indiana Wesleyan
Drew Lutz, Bethel
Gus Etchison, Marian
Gabe Newhof, Spring Arbor
Jakob Gibbs, Grace
Lane Sparks, Huntington
Griffin Kliewer, Indiana Wesleyan
Cade Gibbs, Grace
2023-2024 Second-Team All-Crossroads League
Brody Whitaker, Marian
Kade Ruegsegger, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Branden Northern, Saint Francis
Caedmon Bontrager, Indiana Wesleyan
Zane Burke, Saint Francis
Landen Jordan, Huntington
Nathan Childress, Indiana Wesleyan
Travis Grayson, Spring Arbor
Ian Scott, Grace
Maximus Gizzi, Marian
2023-2024 Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League
Preston Phillips, Bethel
Anton Webb, Taylor
Luke Almodovar, Saint Francis
Nathan Aerts, Bethel
Trent Koning, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Judah Simfukwe, Goshen
2023-2024 Crossroads League All-Defensive Team
Jakob Gibbs, Grace
Noah Smith, Indiana Wesleyan
Elijah Malone, Grace
Jackson Paul, Huntington
Maximus Gizzi, Marian
2023-2024 Crossroads League All-Freshmen Team
Caedmon Bontrager, Indiana Wesleyan
Luke Almodovar, Saint Francis
Dante Favor, Spring Arbor
Ben Henderson, Marian
Isaiah Malone, Saint Francis
Gage Sefton, Grace