2023-24 OCCAC Men's Basketball News
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Roll Out the Red Carpet for Our Basketball Award WinnersMarch 13, 2024Five different institutions were represented on the All-OCCAC First Teams for both men’s and women’s basketball.
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Top Efforts from the ‘topsFebruary 26, 2024Cuyahoga’s Quimari Shelton and Marcos Vazquez were both unanimous selections as OCCAC Players of the Week for Feb. 19-25. The Triceratops Basketball programs combined to go 4-0 on the week, each handing losses to Edison State and Terra State.
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Fresh Faces for Player of the Week DistinctionFebruary 19, 2024Freshmen Tavion Pride (Lorain County) and Cayleigh Dupler (Hocking) each earned their first career OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week honor on Presidents Day. Both lifted their respective teams to victory in the week's lone contest.
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Blevins, Jeffries Receive Top Honors for the WeekFebruary 12, 2024Emily Blevins (Hocking) and Howard Jeffries (Cuyahoga) were both unanimous selections for this week’s OCCAC Player of the Week awards.
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First Place, Weekly Awards for Lattimore and HunleyFebruary 05, 2024Allen Lattimore of Hocking Men’s Basketball and Paxton Hunley of Edison Women’s Basketball both earned OCCAC Player of the Week recognition for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 after guiding their respective programs to a pair of conference wins that have them atop the OCCAC standings with less than a month remaining in the regular season.
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Player of the Week TrifectaJanuary 29, 2024Treshawn Cody (Hocking) and Isaiah Masteller (Clark State) are the co-OCCAC Players of the Week for men’s basketball while Cuyahoga’s Quimari Shelton was a unanimous selection for the women’s basketball’s weekly accolade.
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Trio Tabbed as OCCAC’s Players of the WeekJanuary 22, 2024Antwon Ferrell of Terra State joins Edison State’s Daviyon McDonald and Allison Hughes as the OCCAC’s Players of the Week for January 15-21, 2024.
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Academic All-Conference for Fall ‘23January 16, 2024Final grades are now official across the conference and below is a list of the OCCAC’s Academic All-Conference honorees for the fall semester.
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Cody, Fultz Named Players of the WeekJanuary 15, 2024Treshawn Cody (Hocking) and Camille Fultz (Clark State) are the OCCAC’s Players of the Week for Jan. 8-14, 2024. Their teams combined to go 5-1 and both earned league recognition along the way.
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Starting the New Year Off RightJanuary 08, 2024Daviyon McDonald (Edison State) and Lauren Perry (Lakeland) jumpstarted the spring semester with award-worthy performances in their first games of 2024, each earning OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week accolades.
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Chargers Encore for OCCAC AwardsDecember 18, 2023Edison State’s Allison Hughes and Caleb Iheukwu opened the 2023-24 basketball season by earning OCCAC Player of the Week recognition back on Nov. 6, and each have now become the first repeat honorees of ’23-24. Both Chargers were unanimous selections for the laurel connected to play from Dec. 11-17.
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OCCAC Gives Gift of Leadership DevelopmentDecember 16, 2023The inaugural OCCAC Student-Athlete Leadership Conference was hosted by Cuyahoga Community College earlier this month. Student-athletes from around the conference gathered for a day full of opportunities to elevate their leadership skills. In total, more than 45 student-athletes, coaches and administrators from across the state listened to speakers on a multitude of topics.
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Winning Ways Lead to Individual HonorsDecember 11, 2023Manny Hill (Cuyahoga) and Camille Fultz (Clark State) were both unanimous decisions for OCCAC Player of the Week recognition (Dec. 4-10), each earning their second career such honor. The sophomores lifted their respective teams to a pair of wins.
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A Titan Two-fer This WeekDecember 05, 2023Terra State Basketball took ownership of both OCCAC Player of the Week awards for Nov. 27-Dec. 3 with Antwon Ferrell and Anajiah Wallace garnering the conference attention. Ferrell becomes the first in program history to do so. The Titans went a combined 5-0 during the week.
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Willie Powell, Jr. Pours in the PointsNovember 27, 2023Averaging nearly 30 points per game (29.5 to be exact), Lorain County’s Willie Powell, Jr., ran away with the OCCAC Player of the Week honor for Nov. 20-26.
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‘Tops on top this weekNovember 20, 2023Tori Smith and Clayton Cunningham guided Cuyahoga Basketball to four total wins last week as both the women’s and men’s programs downed Beaver County and Butler County. The Tricertops duo stood out above the rest, each earning OCCAC Player of Week accolades for Nov. 13-19.
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OCCAC Players of the Week for Nov. 6-12November 13, 2023Cuyahoga Men’s Basketball and Edison State Women’s Basketball each improved to 4-1 during the past week, and had team members earn OCCAC Player of the Week distinction. Devonte Green elevated the Triceratops to three D-II wins while Matea Bartel led the way during the Chargers’ pair of triumphs.
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Charger Basketball Sweeps Opening AwardsNovember 06, 2023Edison State’s Allison Hughes and Caleb Iheukwu got off to hot starts this season, each earning OCCAC Basketball Player of the Week honors for the opening week.
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Bourne and Lake Share Latest Weekly HonorOctober 16, 2023Brooklyn Bourne (Edison State) and Emily Lake (Owens) earned OCCAC co-Player of the Week laurels for Oct. 9-15. Bourne and the Chargers swept past Cuyahoga and Lakeland while Lake and The Express were also straight-set victors over Cuyahoga.