Cleveland, Ohio - Today the Mid-American Conference announced that Miami’s Nike Sibande, Buffalo’s Nick Perkins and Eastern Michigan’s Tim Bond have earned top honors for the 2017-18 basketball season. Sibande was named Freshman of the Year, while Perkins was selected as the Sixth Man of the Year for the second consecutive season. In addition, Bond was tabbed as the MAC Defensive Player of the Year. The Defensive Player of the Year & Sixth Man of the Year were voted on by the league’s head coaches. The Freshman of the Year award was voted on by a 19-member MAC News Media Association Panel, as well as MAC head coaches.
Miami's Sibande, Buffalo's Perkins & EMU's Bond Earn MAC Honors
