Cupps, Washington head list of area all-district hoops players
Centerville senior Gabe Cupps and Chaminade Julienne senior George Washington III head the list of area players earning top all-southwest District honors from the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.
Cupps, the state’s reigning Mr. Basketball, was voted Division I Player of the Year for the second straight year. Cupps, an Indiana signee, led the top-ranked Elks to a 19-3 regular season and averaged 15.2 points and 6.9 assists.
Washington, a Michigan signee, is the Division II Player of the Year. He moved to Dayton this year and led the second-ranked Eagles to a 20-2 regular season, averaging 25.3 points.
Preble Shawnee junior
Mason Shrout is the Division III Player of the Year. He led the Arrows to a 19-3 regular season with averages of 23.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists.
Springfield Catholic Central senior Tyler Galluch is the Co-player of the Year in Division IV with Cincinnati
Christian senior Caleb Brown. Galluch averaged 19.9 points and 10.4 rebounds. Brown averaged 21.7 points and 6.0 rebounds.
In coach of the year voting, Talawanda’s Conner Roberts was named Co-coach of the Year in Division I with Nick Molz of Kings. Roberts led the Brave to a 15-7 mark in the regular season and Southwest Ohio Conference title. Tippecanoe’s Brock Moon won in Division II. In his first season, he led the Red Devils to a 19-3 regular season.
John Giles of Carlisle and Nick Worley of Dixie share the award in Division III, leading their programs to their best seasons in several years. Carlisle finished 19-3, won the Southwestern Buckeye League West Division.