The winner of the Best Defensive Player Award is...
7/31/2016by Coach Henke

The Ohio Crossover Athletics Best Defensive Player Award is given to a player who exemplifies excellence on the defensive end of the court. This player through effort, hard work, and ability is able to disrupt the opposing team and take them out of their offense by shutting down his opponent one-on-one or contributing to his team's success with great help side defense. I am proud to announce that the winner of the 2016 OCA 10th Grade Boys (Henke) Best Defensive Player Award is Will Keszei from Glen Este High School!

Will is one of our quickest players and when you combine that with his great desire and tenacity, it equals a tremendous defender. He applies great ball pressure and created many turnovers as an individual defender. Will also possesses excellent court awareness; which makes him a strong team defender both in help side man-to-man and zone situations. Congratulations Will!

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