First Team All-Horizon League

Drew McDonald

Second Team All-Horizon League

All-Freshman Team

Carson Williams

All-Defensive Team

Player of the Year

Coach of the Year

John Brannen

Freshman of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year

Sixth Man of the Year

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and head coachof the Northern Kentucky University men's basketball team collected postseason awards from the Horizon League on Wednesday following NKU's exciting 21-win regular season.Head coaches, sports information directors and media members voted McDonald to the All-Horizon League First Team. The sophomore forward had a tremendous season for the Norse, averaging 16.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. His 10 double-doubles this year were the second most in the League, trailing only player of the year Alec Peters from Valparaiso. The native of Cold Spring, Kentucky (Newport Central Catholic), was named Horizon League Player of the Week three different times throughout the year and earned Tarkett Sports Classic All-Tournament Team early in the season.Williams earned a spot on the all-freshman team after starting all but one game this season (senior day), averaging 10.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game and shooting 59.3 percent from the floor. Williams, a native of Owenton, Kentucky (Owen County), collected a Horizon League-best four Freshman of the Week honors, including the final two of the season.After guiding Northern Kentucky to the second-best turnaround in the country and exceeding preseason polls that picked the Norse to finish seventh in the Horizon League standings, Brannen was chosen as the League's Coach of the Year. Northern Kentucky's 21 wins are 12 more than it posted last season and trail only Minnesota's plus-14 in the win column. The Norse also won nine of their last 11 games, including the season finale against league-leading Valpo, to earn a share of third place in the final standings.NKU reached unprecedented heights this season. The 21 wins are a Division I-era record for the Norse and helped Northern Kentucky climb up to No. 102 in Monday's NCAA RPI release. And, the Norse are peaking at the right time, winning nine of their last 11 games headed into postseason play.As the No. 4 seed in the 2017 Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship, Northern Kentucky will face off against No. 5 seed Wright State in the opening round at 7:30 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.Jalen Hayes, OaklandAlec Peters, ValparaisoMark Alstork, Wright StateCameron Morse, Youngstown StateRob Edwards, Cleveland StateJaleel Hogan, Detroit MercyCharles Cooper, Green BayMartez Walker, OaklandShane Hammink, ValparaisoCorey Allen, Detroit MercyIsaiah Brock, OaklandTarkus Ferguson, UICDominique Matthews, UICKenneth Lowe, Green BayKhalil Small, Green BayIsaiah Brock, OaklandTai Odiase, UICTevonn Walker, ValparaisoAlec Peters, ValparaisoCorey Allen, Detroit MercyTai Odiase, UICWarren Jones, Green Bay