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MAC Basketball Awards

Below is a list of the Mid-American Conference's Freshman of the Year award winners, Defensive Player of the Year award winners and 6th Man of the Year award winners. The Freshman of the Year award began in 1979 while the Defensive Player of the Year award began in 1997 and the 6th Man of the Year began in 2003.

MAC Freshman of the Year Recipients, 1979-2006

2006 - Maurice Acker, Ball State
2005 - Leon Williams, Ohio
2004 - Justin Ingram, Toledo
2003 - Sammy Villegas, Toledo
2002 - Ben Reed, Western Michigan
2001 - Terry Reynolds, Toledo
2000 - Theron Smith, Ball State
1999 - Mike Manciel, Central Michigan
1998 - Travis Young, Marshall
1997 - Jimmal Ball, Akron
1996 - Anthony Stacey, Bowling Green
1995 - Bonzi Wells, Ball State
1994 - Antonio Daniels, Bowling Green
1993 - Gary Trent, Ohio
1992 - Shane Kline-Ruminski, Bowling Green
1991 - Rush Floyd, Ohio
1990 - Craig Michaelis, Miami
1989 - Harold Walton, Kent State
1988 - Lorenzo Neely, Eastern Michigan
1987 - Trimill Haywood, Miami
1986 - Paul Graham, Ohio
1985 - Kenny Battle Northern Illinois
1984 - Booker James, Western Michigan
1983 - Ron Harper, Miami
1982 - Ken Epperson, Toledo
1981 - Tim Reiser, Toledo
1980 - Ray McCallum, Ball State
1979 - Allen Rayhorn, Northern Illinois

MAC Defensive Player of the Year Recipients, 1997-2006

2006 - James Hughes, Northern Illinois
2005 - Chet Mason, Miami
2004 - John Edwards, Kent State
2003 - Chris Kaman, Central Michigan
2002 - Demetric Shaw, Kent State
2001 - Demetric Shaw, Kent State
2000 - Rob Mestas, Miami
1999 - Robert Kizer, Toledo
1998 - Bonzi Wells, Ball State
1997 - DeMar Moore, Bowling Green

MAC Sixth Man of the Year Recipients, 2003-2006

2006 - Kevin Warzynski, Kent State
2005 - Mark Bortz, Buffalo
2004 - Reggie Berry, Western Michigan
2003 - Whitney Robinson, Central Michigan

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