2015-16 OCCAC Men's Basketball News
The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) had 51 student-athletes and six teams earn academic recognition from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) this week.
Owens Community College has been named the 2015-16 OCCAC All-Sports Award winner, and it is the college's fourth win in the past five years.
Tom Hathaway, who is finishing up his fourth year as athletic director at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, has been voted the 2015-16 Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) Athletic Director of the Year by the conference's athletic directors at the recent summer meeting.
The 2015-16 OCCAC All-Academic team has been announced, and 158 student-athletes across nine conference schools have made the team, which is up from 117 last year
Rick Hickman, of Sidney, Ohio, has been named the men's head basketball coach at Edison State Community College and will begin coaching the Chargers in the upcoming 2016-2017 season. Hickman joins Edison State with over 28 years of coaching experience at both the collegiate and high school levels.
Rodney Willis of Columbus State Community College and Jeryn Reese of Owens Community College have earned the season's final Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) Player of the Week awards in men's and women's basketball, respectively.
Circleville, Ohio---The Region XII District 11 men's basketball tournament kicks off this week! It will feature eight teams from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) battling it out for the conference's lone bid to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II National Tournament in Danville, Ill.
Reshardd Harris, a sophomore forward for No. 5 Sinclair Community College's men's basketball team, and Jeryn Reese, a freshman forward for the No. 7 Owens Community College women's basketball team, have each been named the OCCAC Player of the Year in their respective sports.
Akiean Frederick and Jeryn Reese have been named the OCCAC Player of the Week selections in men's and women's basketball, respectively.
Joshua Santos and Brooke Dunlevy have been voted the OCCAC Player of the Week recipients in men's and women's basketball, respectively, for the week ending Feb. 21.
Manny Powell and Jeryn Reese have been voted the OCCAC player of the week recipients in men's and women's basketball, respectively, for the week of Feb. 8-14.
Malik Thurman, a sophomore forward for Edison Community College, and Wesley Harris, a sophomore guard for Lorain County Community College, have earned OCCAC co-player of the week honors in men's basketball.
Kash Blackwell and Samia Carter have been named the OCCAC Player of the Week recipients in men's and women's basketball, respectively.
Toledo, Ohio---Xavier Cochran and Jeryn Reese have been voted as the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) player of the week recipients in men's and women's basketball, respectively.
Nic Williams, a sophomore forward, has been named the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) player of the week in men's basketball.
Marcellous Washington and Jeryn Reese have been named the OCCAC Player of the Week recipients for the week of Jan. 4-10.
