OCCAC Men's Basketball Headlines
Nearly 50 programs representing all nine conference institutions placed student-athletes on the OCCAC All-Academic Team for Spring ’26.
Marlon 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.
RaKiya Collier (Terra State) and Malcom Curry (Edison State) are representing the conference as the OCCAC Basketball Players of the Week for Feb. 16-22.
Rylie 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.
The 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.
Ike 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).
Jessica 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.
Nearly 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.
Two 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.
DC 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.