MANHATTAN — Seniors Thomas Gipson and Nino Williams were named co-winners of the Rolando Blackman Team Most Valuable Player award at Kansas State's postseason basketball banquet Wednesday.
Gipson also won the Jack Hartman Top Defensive Player and Bob Boozer Courage awards, while Williams won the Ernie Barrett Play Hard and Tex Winter Top Offensive Player awards.
Junior Brian Rohleder also took home three awards: Fort Riley Never Broken, Keith Amerson Academic and Porky Morgan Most Inspirational. Other awards were presented to Justin Edwards (Dean Harris Newcomer of the Year), Wesley Iwundu (Mitch Richmond Mr. Basketball) and Shawn Meyer (Ed Nealy Most Improved Player).