11/12 House Basketball End-of-Season Awards

As most knowledgeable fans and followers of the four major American sports leagues know, the end-of-season honors bestowed by the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB are voted on by a number of sportswriting organizations, including the Associated Press and the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. In an attempt to minimize controversy, a Darien High School sportswriters panel was assembled to nominate and vote on the recipients of the second annual Neirad House Basketball Awards and Honors. Names in parentheses indicate other vote getters.

Most Valuable Player: Austin Crane (Graham Helgans, Sam Bowtell)

Defensive Player of the Year: Dan Murphy (Danny Siemers, Jack Garfield)

Sixth Man of the Year: Patrick Winter (Nicky Wildish, Alex Gunya)

Coach of the Year: Paul Archey

Most Improved Player: Nicky Wildish (Peter Trismen, Colin Meier)

Sportsmanship Award: Jack Garfield (Nick Kunze, Matt Plank)

All-House First Team

G Austin Crane

G Brian Walsh

F Chris Rehm

F Graham Helgans

C Sam Bowtell

All-House Second Team

G Calvin Crosby

G Dan Murphy

F Zach Basu

F Charlie Travers

C Brad Magnusson

All-House Defensive Team

G Dan Murphy

G Brendan Donohue

F Danny Siemers

F Matt Vossler

C Jack Garfield