2025-26 OCCAC Men's Basketball News
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2025-26 OCCAC Men’s Basketball Annual Awards
March 12, 2026Marlon Landingham from Lakeland is the 2025-26 OCCAC Player of the Year while Edison State’s Kyle Vanover has earned the second Coach of the Year honor of his career. -
Collier and Curry Corral Weekly Award
February 23, 2026RaKiya Collier (Terra State) and Malcom Curry (Edison State) are representing the conference as the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week for Feb. 16-22.
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Weekly Award Winners for Feb. 9-15
February 16, 2026Rylie Homan (Edison State) and John “Favor” McFadden (Cuyahoga) are the latest OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week after both led their squads to a pair of conference victories.
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More for the Commodores
February 09, 2026The Lorain County pair of Ike Rowser and Abbey Schmitz each snagged their second OCCAC Player of the Week accolade (Feb. 2-8). That marks two in a row for Rowser and the third career honor for Schmitz.
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Rowser, Wagner Rise Above the Rest
February 02, 2026Ike Rowser (Lorain County) and Hazely Wagner (Hocking) shined the brightest as the calendar flipped to February — both unanimous selections for the latest OCCAC Player of the Week distinction (Jan. 26-Feb.1).
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Latest Player of the Week Awards
January 26, 2026Jessica Brown (Terra State), Frank Latham (Edison State) and their respective squads all went 2-0 last week, springboarding this pair of student-athletes to earning OCCAC Player of the Week honors for Jan. 19-25.
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OCCAC All-Academic Team Announced for Fall 2025
January 20, 2026Nearly 50 programs representing all nine conference institutions placed student-athletes on the OCCAC All-Academic Team for Fall ’25. A 3.30 grade-point average with 12 completed credit hours is required to receive the honor.
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Chase Abraham Tapped as OCCAC Player of the Week
January 19, 2026Two conference victories maintained top standing for Cuyahoga Men's Basketball with a 6-0 OCCAC mark, and led to the league's Player of the Week honor going to freshman guard Chase Abraham.
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Sharpshooting Pair Nails Player of the Week Awards
January 12, 2026DC Lanier (Owens) and Darian Leslie (Edison State) were knocking down shots left and right, both averaging north of 25 points per game, leading to the OCCAC honoring each as the Player of the Week for Jan. 5-11.
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First Weekly Honors of 2026
January 05, 2026Rylie Homan (Edison State) and Jayveon Roe (Lorain County) started off 2026 with a bang, earning the year’s first OCCAC Player of the Week honors.
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Fresh Faces Claim OCCAC’s Weekly Laurels
December 22, 2025First-time honorees Andre McCullough (Terra State) and Abbey Schmitz (Lorain County) are the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week for Dec. 15-21.
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Trio of Student-Athletes Named OCCAC Players of the Week
December 15, 2025Tariq Johnson (Hocking) poured in 60 points during a pair of road games, averaging 30.0 per game on 22-of-36 shooting (61%) including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, to earn his first career OCCAC Player of the Week honor. Meanwhile, La’Nia Moore (Cuyahoga) is back for the third consecutive week and fourth time this season, sharing this week’s laurel with the last honoree not named La’Nia Moore to win the award, in Liv Mullins (Owens) who is now a two-time winner.
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Repeat Honorees Regain Player of the Week Status
December 08, 2025La’Nia Moore (Cuyahoga) and Darian Leslie (Edison State) were both unanimous selections for the latest OCCAC Player of Week awards announced on Dec. 8.
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Latham and Moore Rise Above the Rest in Week 6
December 01, 2025Frank Latham (Edison State) and La’Nia Moore (Cuyahoga) concluded November with big-time performances worthy of OCCAC Player of the Week recognition for Nov. 24-30. Lathem collects his first such honor while Moore brings home her second award in the last four weeks.
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Week 5 Award Winners Announced
November 24, 2025Nnamdi Ajaezu (Clark State) and Liv Mullins (Owens) are the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week for Nov. 17-23 after each averaged 19 points and more than 13 rebounds per game.
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Impressive Outings Lead to OCCAC Accolades
November 17, 2025Brandon Cramer (Clark State) and Doriana Hastings-Peterson (Cuyahoga) each elevated their basketball teams to victory with big-time individual performances, earning OCCAC Player of the Week recognition.
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Week 3 — OCCAC Basketball Awards
November 10, 2025A pair of first-time honorees, La’Nia Moore (Cuyahoga) and Darian Leslie (Edison State) earned the OCCAC Player of the Week honors for Nov. 3-9.
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Chargers Sweep Opening Week’s Basketball Awards
November 04, 2025Malcolm Curry and Presley Reese doubled up the OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week recognition for Week 1, both bringing the honor to Edison State’s campus following victorious season openers.
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OCCAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors
October 29, 2025OCCAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors Coaches from around the Ohio Community College Athletics Conference selected 12 student-athletes to receive Preseason Men’s Basketball recognition — split between the Preseason All-OCCAC Team and the Preseason All-Newcomer Team.
