Ryan Murken

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Jerimiah Washpun and Christopher Watkins each posted individual seasons that ranked among the best in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Washpun and Watkins were each honored for their impressive seasons on Wednesday when the MVC released its postseason honors.

Watkins and Washpun were each unanimous first-team all-division selections to highlight 12 area players to earn all-division honors.

Washpun led Liberty High in scoring and ranked second among all MVC players with 22.2 points per game.

The 5-foot-11 junior shot 50 percent from the field, including 45 percent from 3-point range, while averaging 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

Washpun was one of four Liberty High players to earn all-Mississippi Division honors.

Sophomore Chase Goodheart was named to the Mississippi Division second team after averaging 15.2 points and 2.3 assists per game.

Seniors Jake Stapleton and Peyton Brooks each earned honorable mention honors in the Mississippi Division for Liberty High.

Watkins was a unanimous first-team pick in the Valley Division after the 6-foot-6 senior was one of two players in the MVC to average a double-double.

Watkins led City High with 16.1 points per game while shooting 54 percent from the floor and his 10.2 rebounds per game ranked second in the MVC.

Watkins also averaged 1.6 assists, 1 steal and 1.9 blocked shots per game.

City High senior Iyon Harris was a second-team Valley Division pick after averaging 9.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

Senior Jack Lampe and sophomore Davion Hopkins each earned honorable mention honors in the Valley Division for City High.

West High seniors Greg Ford and Ethan Headings were each second-team picks in the Mississippi Division.

Headings led West High with 13.5 points per game and averaged 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 steals.

Ford averaged 12.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game for West High.

West High seniors Jack Jensen-Fitzpatrick and Henry Elser were each Valley Division honorable mention selections.

Mississippi Valley Conference Boys Basketball All-Division Teams

Mississippi Division

First team – *Tevin Schultz, Sr., Dubuque Senior; *Jerimiah Washpun, Jr., Liberty High; *Zander Murray, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; *Tyler Hilton, Sr., Linn-Mar; *Jaxson Bean, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Drake Medinger, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Cooper Porter, Sr., Dubuque Senior; AJ Evans, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Second team – Chase Goodheart, Soph., Liberty High; Greg Ford, Sr., West High; Max Robertson, Sr., Linn-Mar; Karson Rains, Jr., Linn-Mar; Justin Powell, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Kogan Kluesner, Sr., Western Dubuque; Ethan Headings, Sr., West High; Kaden Gomez, Fr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Honorable mention – Barrett Reed, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Wes Rainer, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Jake Stapleton, Sr., Liberty High; Peyton Brooks, Sr., Liberty High; Henry Elser, Sr., West High; Jack Jensen-Fitzpatrick, Sr., West High; Blake Ritze, Jr., Linn-Mar; Garrett Bauermeister, Sr., Linn-Mar; Lorenzo Pino, Sr., Cedar Raids Xavier; Brady O’Donnell, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Drew McKowen, Fr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Deacon Kucera, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Willie Williams, Jr., Jr., Western Dubuque; Hayden Kluesner, Soph., Western Dubuque

Athlete of the year – Tevin Schultz, Sr., Dubuque Senior

Coach of the year – Wendell Eimers, Dubuque Senior

Valley Division

First team – *Will Gerdes, Sr., Cedar Falls; *Jaydon Kimbrough, Sr., Cedar Falls; *Chris Watkins, Sr., City High; *Peter Wedewer, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Tae Alexander, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Austin Joens, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Leyton Wolf, Sr., Cedar Falls; Traeson Fields, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington

Second team – Graham Ahlers, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Alex Tanny, Fr., Dubuque Wahlert; Iyon Harris, Sr., City High; Cayden Larson, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Will Wehr, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Parker Berns, Sr., Cedar Falls; William Rahe, Jr, Cedar Rapids Washington; Oliver Beckman, Soph., Waterloo West

Honorable mention – Carsen Gary, Soph., Cedar Falls; Mason Woltz, Jr., Cedar Falls; Zion Cook-Berns, Jr., Waterloo West; Pernell Grover Jr., Fr., Waterloo West; Jack Lampe, Sr., City High; Davion Hopkins, Soph., City High; Brian Robertson, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Chuck Crawley, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Ian Eirp, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Zach Thielman, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; David Fason, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Ayden Meier, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Connor Walsh, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Brayden Tanny, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; DaJuan Willis, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Evan Hefel, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead

Athlete of the year – Will Gerdes, Sr., Cedar Falls

Coach of the year – Ryan Schultz, Cedar Falls

*-Unanimous selection

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