Sonny Wilson and Leroy Blyden Jr. Receive MAC Postseason Honors

TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior Sonny Wilson and freshman Leroy Blyden Jr. were named to the Mid-American Conference's all-league squads, with Blyden being a unanimous selection for MAC Freshman of the Year honors and earning a spot on the MAC All-Freshman Team in Wednesday morning's announcement of the all-league teams and specialty awards by the league office. Voting was done by the league's head coaches.

A Pontiac, Mich. native, Wilson received Second-Team All-MAC honors after being named to the third team last season. Wilson's selection marks the 15^th consecutive season a Rocket has been selected to the first or second team under Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk. Blyden, who was named Third-Team All-MAC, is the ninth Rocket ever to be named as MAC Freshman of the Year, and the fourth honoree in Kowalczyk's 16-year tenure.

Wilson leads the Rockets with career-high totals of 17.4 ppg, 4.5 apg and 1.4 spg. He also ranks second in the MAC with a team-best 3.0 assist/turnover ratio. He has scored in double digits in 47 of his last 48 contests. Wilson ranks second on the team with ten 20-point outings, including a career-high 29 points at Michigan State (Dec. 16).

Blyden leads MAC freshmen with 16.2 ppg and has registered the most points (502) by a freshman in program history. He ranks in the MAC's Top 10 with an 85.5 FT% (3^rd), 1.7 spg (4^th), 4.5 apg (7^th) and 16.2 ppg (9^th). Blyden opened league play with a 36-point outing vs. Western Michigan (Dec. 30), the most by a Rocket freshman in 25 years. He then capped off the conference campaign with a 20-point, season-high 13-assist, seven-rebound outing vs. Buffalo (March 6). His 13 assists vs. the Bulls were one shy of a school record and the most by a Rocket in 44 years.

The Rockets open the 2026 MAC Tournament with a quarterfinal matchup vs. No. 5 seed Bowling Green. Tipoff from Rocket Arena in Downtown Cleveland will be at approximately 1:30 p.m. on ESPN+.

2025-26 MAC Men's Basketball All-MAC Teams & Specialty Award Winners
Coach of the Year: Travis Steele, Miami*
Player of the Year: Peter Suder, Senior, Guard, Miami
Defensive Player of the Year: Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green
Freshman of the Year: Leroy Blyden Jr., Guard, Toledo*
Sixth Man of the Year: Shammah Scott, Graduate Student, Guard, Akron
*unanimous selection

All-MAC First Team
Tavari Johnson, Senior, Guard, Akron
Amani Lyles, Senior, Forward, Akron
Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green
Delrecco Gillespie, Senior, Forward, Kent State
Peter Suder, Senior, Guard, Miami

All-MAC Second Team
Leonardo Bettiol, Graduate Student, Forward, Massachusetts
Brant Byers, Redshirt Sophomore, Guard, Miami
Eian Elmer, Junior, Guard, Miami
Jackson Paveletzke, Senior, Guard, Ohio
Sonny Wilson, Junior, Guard, Toledo

All-MAC Third Team
Shammah Scott, Graduate Student, Guard, Akron
Ryan Sabol, Junior, Guard, Buffalo
Marcus Banks Jr., Graduate Student, Guard, Massachusetts
Luke Skaljac, Sophomore, Guard, Miami
Leroy Blyden Jr., Freshman, Guard, Toledo

All-MAC Honorable Mention
Evan Mahaffey, Senior, Forward, Akron
Daniel Freitag, Sophomore, Guard, Buffalo
Morgan Safford, Graduate Student, Guard, Kent State
Antwone Woolfolk, Senior, Forward, Miami
Javan Simmons, Redshirt Junior, Forward, Ohio

MAC All-Defensive Team
Amani Lyles, Senior, Forward, Akron
Evan Mahaffey, Senior, Forward, Akron
Javontae Campbell, Senior, Guard, Bowling Green
Nathan Claerbaut, Senior, Center, Central Michigan
Delrecco Gillespie, Senior, Forward, Kent State

MAC All-Freshman Team
Eric Mahaffey, Guard, Akron
Mohammad Habhab, Forward, Eastern Michigan
Quinn Woidke, Guard, Kent State
Danny Carbuccia, Guard, Massachusetts
Leroy Blyden Jr., Guard, Toledo

Players Mentioned

Leroy Blyden Jr.

Javan Simmons

Sonny Wilson