SLIAC Announces 2009-10 Men's Basketball Award Winners

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the men’s basketball All-Conference Teams and award winners for the 2009-10 season. Highlighting the award winners were Eureka College's Michael Zasada and MacMurray College's Brady Slagle.

Zasada is the 2010 SLIAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and a First Team All-SLIAC selection. He is a three-time All-SLIAC recipient and led the conference in scoring this season with 24.1 points per game. He also ranked second in the conference in rebounding with 9.8 boards per game.

Slagle has been named the 2010 SLIAC Newcomer of the Year. He averaged 14.1 points per game in conference play this season, while shooting 86-of-164 (.524) from the field and grabbing 4.5 rebounds per game.

Westminster College's Matt Mitchell and MacMurray College's Todd Creal are the 2010 SLIAC Co-Coaches of the Year. It is the second consecutive year that Mitchell has earned the honor and the it is the first time for Creal. In his 12th year at the helm of the Blue Jays' program, Mitchell led his squad to a 13-3 conference record and their second consecutive regular season conference championship. Creal is in his third year as the head of the Highlanders program and led his squad to an 11-5 conference record and a second place regular season finish.