INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Horizon League announced the #HLMBB All-League Awards Monday afternoon, and the Green Bay men's basketball team had multiple individuals honored. Preston Ruedinger was named All-League Second Team, and C.J. O'Hara was named All-League Third Team.

Ruedinger was one of two Phoenix players to start all 31 games this season. Through the regular season, he averaged 11.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and finished third in the Horizon League at 5.3 assists per game. He is also second in the Horizon League in assist/turnover ratio at 3.7. Ruedinger is first on the team in minutes per game, averaging 35.1. He scored a career-high 30 points vs. Haskell Indian Nations on Nov. 29 and hit a game-winning three-pointer to defeat Northern Kentucky 87-84 in overtime on Feb. 4. The Oshkosh native made history with a career-high 13 assists vs UCSB on Dec. 17, the seventh-most in a game in program history.

C.J. O'Hara is the other Phoenix to start all 31 games for Green Bay this season, averaging a team-high 14.2 points, while also finishing second on the team in rebounds per game, at 4.5. O'Hara scored in double figures 26 times this season, including 11 straight games to end the regular season. O'Hara scored a career-high 23 points at Northern Kentucky on Feb. 4.

The 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Basketball Championships will begin March 3 and March 4 at campus sites, before moving to Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis for the Second Round, Semifinals, and Final, March 8-10. As the No. 5 seed, Green Bay will host No. 6 seed Purdue Fort Wayne tomorrow night at the Kress Center at 7 p.m. CST.

All games of the tournament will be broadcast on ESPN+ until the Semifinals, when they'll move to ESPNU and ESPN2. Tuesday's championship game will be broadcast on ESPN at 6 p.m. CST.

Below is the complete list of this year's honorees. Voting was conducted by the 11 Horizon League head coaches.

2025-26 Horizon League Men's Basketball All-League Awards
Player of the Year: DeSean Goode, RMU
Coach of the Year: Clint Sargent, Wright State
Newcomer of the Year: TJ Burch, Wright State
Freshman of the Year: Kellen Pickett, Wright State
Defensive Player of the Year: TJ Burch, Wright State
Sixth Man of the Year: Chevalier Emery, Cleveland State
Sportsmanship Awards: Tre Beard, Cleveland State & Aaron Franklin, Milwaukee
 
All-League First Team
Orlando Lovejoy, Detroit Mercy
Brody Robinson, Oakland
Corey Hadnot II, Purdue Fort Wayne
DeSean Goode, RMU
TJ Burch, Wright State
 
All-League Second Team
Preston Ruedinger, Green Bay
Donovan Oday, Northern Kentucky
Ryan Prather Jr., RMU
Michael Imariagbe, Wright State
Cris Carroll, Youngstown State
 
All-League Third Team
Dayan Nessah, Cleveland State
TJ Nadeau, Detroit Mercy
C.J. O'Hara, Green Bay
Kyler D'Augustino, IU Indianapolis
Tuburu Naivalurua, Oakland
 
All-Freshman Team
Tyler Spratt, Detroit Mercy
Stevie Elam, Milwaukee
Darius Livingston, RMU
Michael Cooper, Wright State
Kellen Pickett, Wright State
 
All-Defensive Team
Orlando Lovejoy, Detroit Mercy
Tae Dozier, Northern Kentucky
Nikolaos Chitikoudis, RMU
TJ Burch, Wright State
Imanuel Zorgvol, Youngstown State
 
Sportsmanship Award Finalists
Tre Beard, Cleveland State*
Legend Geeter, Detroit Mercy
Finley Woodward, IU Indianapolis
Aaron Franklin, Milwaukee*
LJ Wells, Northern Kentucky
Tuburu Naivalurua, Oakland
Deangelo Elisee, Purdue Fort Wayne
Ryan Prather Jr., RMU
Solomon Callaghan, Wright State
 
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