Coach of The Year: Gene Heidkamp (Benet)

Benet put together a dominant season overall, despite losing some key pieces from their state championship team last year. While integrating a few new pieces, like junior Perry Tchiegne and Australian transfer Ethan MacDermott, the Redwings maintained the level of movement, defensive excellence, and discipline that has made them a favorite to watch under Heidkamp. It was more of the same as Benet gained national notoriety with their play this season.

Honorable Mentions

Abe Zeller (Morton). Brandin Brown (Homewood Flossmoor), Brian Hynes (Marist), Chris Pickett (Kankakee), Darrin Laye (Marshall), Eric Millstone (Palatine), Ernie Colombe (Kaneland), Lee Bennett (Centralia), Mark Chambers (East St. Louis), Michael Oliver (Curie), Mike Brown (Fremd), Mike Dunn (York), Terise Bryson (Decatur MacArthur), Todd Sutton (Neuqua Valley), Tom Kleinschmidt (DePaul Prep)

Sixth Man Of The Year: Karson Thomas (Sr. – Marist)

Thomas, a transfer last year at Marist, had several scholarship-level suitors and was fresh off a big-time scoring season. On the eventual state champions, he took pride in being instant offense and being an asset with his strength and athleticism off of the bench for stretches for the Redhawks.

Honorable Mention:

Aidan Renicker (Benet) and Isaiah Gipson (Kaneland)

First Team All-Defense

AJ Chambers (Sr. – DePaul Prep)

Cam Mercer (Sr. – Riverside Brookfield)

Colin Stack (Sr. – Benet)

Cooper Knowles (Sr. – West Hancock)

Trey Williams (Sr. – Loyola)

Second Team All-Defense

Braylon Walker (Sr. – Warren)

Jake Pollack (Sr. – Deerfield)

Jamison White (Sr. – East St. Louis)

Jeffrey Hassan (Jr. – Kaneland)

TJ Tate (Sr. – Marist)

Third Team All-Defense

Brad Blackman (Sr. – Crane)

Keenan House (Sr. – Glenbard East)

Matt Szafoni (Sr. – Lane Tech)

Miles Okyne (Sr. – Naperville North)

Stephen Brown (Sr. – Marist)

All-Defense Honorable Mention

Adoni Vassiliakis (Sr. – Marist)

Alex Sirbu (Jr. – Buffalo Grove)

Ben Gillmar (Jr. – Wheaton North)

Brady Pettigrew (So. – Bolingbrook)

Brendan Petty (Jr. – Morton)

Brennan Shannon (So. – Lake Park)

Cedrick Carter (Sr. – Chicago Intrinsic)

DJ Laye (So. – Marshall)

D’Shaun Bolden (Jr. – Oswego East)

Jacob Only (So. – St. Viator)

Jalen Carter (Sr. – Kaneland)

Justin Oliver (Sr. – Curie)

Karter Dagner (So. – Pecatonica)

Maurice Neeley (Sr. – St. Patrick)

Niko Harris (Sr. – St. Ignatius)

Perry Tchiegne (Jr. – Benet)

Sam Walton (Sr. – Glenbard East)

Sean Reese (Jr. – Glenbard South)

Simereon Carter (Sr. – Waukegan)

TJ Williams (Sr. – Bolingbrook)

Trey Brost (Sr. – Bolingbrook)

All-Energy First Team

Chris Bolte (Sr. – St. Ignatius)

Rashaun Porter (Sr. – DePaul Prep)

Sean Reese (Jr. – Glenbard South)

Troy Garner (Sr. – Bloom)

Vito Rocca (Jr. – Evanston)

All-Energy Second Team

Jake Thies (Jr. – Fenwick)

Kamari Hamlin (Sr. – Simeon)

Matthew Logue (Jr. – New Trier)

Rayvon Myles (Jr. – Marshall)

Zach Neukirch (Sr. – Wheeling)

All-Energy Third Team

Adrian Riep (Sr. – Lake Zurich)

Colton Hawkins (Sr. – Carterville)

Ethan MacDermott (Sr. – Benet)

Ricky Requeno-Zambrano (Sr. – Fremd)

Trey Birditt (Sr. – Normal)

All-Energy Honorable Mention

Adam Bauer (Sr. – Cary Grove)

Asani Dixon (Sr. Niles West)

Colin Doyle (Jr. – Downers Grove North)

Collin Burns (Sr. – Morton)

Connor Kimme (Sr. – Kaneland)

Danny Snyder (Sr. – Glenbard East)

Freddy Battaglia (Sr. – Lake Park)

Hunter Stepanich (Sr. – York)

Isaiah Whitehead (Sr. – TF South)

Jake Nawrot (Jr. – Hersey)

Max Vogel (Sr. – New Trier)

Owen Sanders (Sr. – Ottawa)

Simereon Carter (Sr. – Waukegan)

Trey Brost (Sr. – Bolingbrook)

Zach Grabowski (Sr. – Brother Rice)

Zion Lee (Sr. – DePaul Prep)