ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Bradley University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brian Wardle has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
The announcement was made during the MVC Awards Banquet on March 1, in downtown St. Louis.
Bradley is the No. 1 seed and outright regular-season champion for the first time since 1996.
Bradley’s Malevy Leons was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.
The Missouri Valley Conference also selects a “Sixth Man Award” recipient, and for the second time it goes to a Bradley student-athlete, as Ja’Shon Henry earned the award this year. The honor is presented to the league’s top reserve player.
Summary of Bradley Basketball MVC Awards:
Brian Wardle – MVC Coach of the Year
Rienk Mast – All-MVC First Team, All-Scholar Athlete First Team
Malevy Leons- Defensive MVP, All-Defensive Team, All-MVC Second Team, Most Improved Team
Ja’Shon Henry – Sixth-Man of the Year, All-Bench Team
Duke Deen – All-MVC Newcomer Team
Zek Montgomery – Most Improved Team
Connor Hickman – All-Scholar Athlete Second Team
