Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
GRINNELL, Iowa – Illinois College senior guard Jake Mazrimas was named Midwest Conference (MWC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, headlining the 2023-24 postseason awards as voted on by the leagues nine head coaches.
 
A First Team selection, Mazrimas led the league in rebounding, averaging 9.3 per game, while leading the Blueboys in scoring with 18.1 points per game in MWC play on .485 percent shooting from the field and dishing out 2.8 assists per game.
 
Grinnell College head coach David Arseneault Jr. was voted Coach of the Year by his peers, and Pioneer freshman forward Kai Te Huki was tabbed as the Newcomer of the Year and an All-MWC First Team honoree.
 
In his sixth season leading the Pioneers, Arseneault Jr. led his team to a second-place finish in the regular season standings behind a 12-4 MWC outing and 18 overall wins on the season. Grinnell will compete in this weekend’s MWC Tournament for the second time in three seasons.
 
Te Huki started all 16 conference games for Grinnell and led the league in scoring, averaging 25.8 points per game and shooting .408 percent from the field. Te Huki also knocked down a league-best 68 three-pointers and 97 free throws, good for .351 and .789 percent, respectively.
 
Mazrimas and Te Huki are accompanied on the All-MWC First Team by Beloit College senior Ganiyu Azeez, Cornell College junior Jayden Meeker, Ripon College junior Luke Meinholz, and Illinois College junior Buzz Ritzel.
 
The All-MWC Second Team is comprised of Illinois College senior Nestor Daboin, Knox College junior Sean Gallery, Grinnell College freshman Gabe Garcia, Cornell College junior Zach Ingle, Lake Forest College junior Alex Knight, and Monmouth College sophomore Turner Plumer.
 
Lawrence University received the Men’s Basketball Team Sportsmanship Award, presented to the team that displays the highest ideals of sportsmanship in the league. The Vikings are led by head coach Casey Korn.
 
The full list of honorees is listed below:

Newcomer of the Year
Kai Te Huki, Grinnell College, Freshman

Player of the Year
Jake Mazrimas, Illinois College, Senior

Coach of the Year
David Arseneault Jr., Grinnell College 

Team Sportsmanship Award
Lawrence University

First Team All-Conference
Ganiyu Azeez, Beloit College, Senior
Jake Mazrimas, Illinois College, Senior
Jayden Meeker, Cornell College, Junior
Luke Meinholz, Ripon College, Junior
Buzz Ritzel, Illinois College, Junior
Kai Te Huki, Grinnell College, Freshman

Second Team All-Conference
Nestor Daboin, Illinois College, Senior
Sean Gallery, Knox College, Junior
Gabe Garcia, Grinnell College, Freshman
Zach Ingle, Cornell College, Junior
Alex Knight, Lake Forest College, Junior
Turner Plumer, Monmouth College, Sophomore