Mount Vernon senior Joe Briesemeister was named the WaMaC East Division Player of the Year recently by league coaches.

Briesemeister averaged 16.9 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, plus 2.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Mount Vernon finished 16-5 overall, including 11-4 in WaMaC play, including 7-3 in the East.

Junior Kellen Haverback joined Briesemeister on the first team of the East Division.

Haverback averaged 16.7 points per game with 5.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game.

Senior Cole Thurn and sophomore Luke Rushford were awarded with WaMaC recognition.

Girls

All five starters for Mount Vernon earned first- or second-team honors in the WaMaC East Division.

Seniors Chloe Meester and Sydney Huber were unanimous first-team picks and freshman Savanna Wright also got a first team nod.

Juniors Courtney and Taylor Franck were second-team picks.

Brooke Krogman, a senior from West Delaware, was the WaMaC East Player of the Year. She led the East with 19.1 points per game.

Huber averaged 15.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.5 points per game. Meester averaged 13.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.

Wright averaged 11.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 steals per game. She also had a 3.18 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Courtney Franck averaged 7.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.1 steals per game. Taylor Franck averaged 9.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

Senior Eryn Jackson and sophomore Rylee Rasmussen were given WaMaC recognition.

WaMaC East Boys’ Basketball

East Division Player of the Year – Josef Briesemeister, sr., Mount Vernon

First team – *Cooper Grimm, jr., CPU; *Josef Briesemeister, sr., Mount Vernon; *Kellen Haverback, jr., Mount Vernon; *Caleb Bock, sr., Solon; Kinnick Covington, jr., CPU; Austin Goodrich, sr., Marion; Isaiah Zoske, sr., Solon. (* = unanimous selections)

Second team – Brady Kurt, sr., Independence; Griffin Lott, sr., West Delaware; Grayson Kirsch, sr., Marion; Jaryn Griffith, so., Marion; Cayle Estling, jr., CPU; Maddox Kelley, so., Solon; Jackson Brincks, sr., CPU.

WaMaC recognition (MV only) – Cole Thurn, sr.; Luke Rushford, so.

WaMaC East Girls’ Basketball

Player of the Year – Brooke Krogman, sr., West Delaware

First team – *Brooke Krogmann, sr., West Delaware; *Chloe Meester, sr., Mount Vernon; *Sydney Huber, sr., Mount Vernon; *Madeline Pavelka, sr., Marion; Savanna Wright, fr., Mount Vernon; Mya Hiller, sr., CPU; Kobi Lietz, sr., Solon.

Second team – Courtney Franck, jr., Mount Vernon; Addy Tupa, sr., CPU; Delainey Durr, jr., Solon; Harlow Griffin, so., Marion; Taylor Franck, jr., Mount Vernon; Kendyl Aarhus, fr., Marion; Avery Sweeney, sr., CPU.

WaMaC recognition (MV) – Eryn Jackson, sr.; Rylee Rasmussen, so.