FULLERTON SWEEPS TOP OEC HONORS

FULLERTON CA - For the second consecutive season, the Fullerton College men's basketball team brings home the Orange Empire Conference title along with most of the honors with nine Hornets making the All-OEC team, including FC Head Coach Perry Webster.

Following in the footsteps of his teammate from last season, Chazz Hutchison, Sean Newman Jr. laid claim to the MVP award scoring 12.6 points a game, with a conference-leading 161 assists, while adding 60 rebounds. A shifty guard with an inside and outside game, Newman Jr. also led the OEC in free-throw percentage at 90.8 (99 out of 109).

The Offensive Player of the Year honor went to Fullerton's Shaquil Bender, who averaged 13.6 points a game with 85 rebounds and 31 steals.

Earning the honor of Defensive Player of the Year, was FC's Jeremiah Davis, who had 46 steals, 109 rebounds, 10 blocks, while averaging 11.9 points a game.

Hornet Head Coach, Perry Webster, was named as the OEC Coach of the Year. This is the fourth time Webster has won the award in seven seasons at the helm.

2022-23 MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE TEAM

Most Valuable Player
Sean Newman Jr., Fullerton 

Offensive Player of the Year
Shaquil Bender, Fullerton

Defensive Player of the Year
Jeremiah Davis, Fullerton

OEC Coach of the Year
Perry Webster, Fullerton

All-OEC 1st Team
Kobe Newton, Fullerton
Javon Jones, Fullerton
RJ Banks, Fullerton
Jimmy Reyes, Saddleback
James Burries, Saddleback
Aaron Wadman, Santiago Canyon
Grant Sii, Cypress
Jydon Hall, Orange Coast
Reggie Ward, Riverside City
Kelvonte Ellis, Santa Ana

All-OEC 2nd Team
Mike Ofoegbu, Fullerton
Sammy Howlin, Fullerton
Eli Al-Debaran, Saddleback
Nick Bowden, Saddleback
Kai Smtih, Santiago Canyon
Hadi Essayli, Cypress
Blake Ballard, Cypress
Logan Howard, Orange Coast
Courtland Moffatt, Riverside
Charlie Henderson, Irvine Valley

All-OEC Honorable Mention
Gerald Jones, Saddleback
Harrison Wiese, Santiago Canyon
Zach Ibbetson, Santiago Canyon
Adam Holod, Santiago Canyon
Allen Wright, Cypress

Release by Phil Thurman, Fullerton SID