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Luke Chicone Wins D3hoops.com Region 7 Co-Player of the Year & First Team All-Region

| By: JCUSID

Chicone is the program's first D3hoops.com Region Player of the Year

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – The shining resume of Luke Chicone continues to add to its luster. 

Following a remarkable campaign, the graduate student garners more honors.

D3hoops.com has recognized Chicone as the Co-Player of the Year for Region 7 and a First Team selection.

With his veteran leadership, the Blue Streaks won the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, the program's third straight conference tournament title. John Carroll made a fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the second such stretch in program history.

Full All-Region Teams 

Chicone set new single-season program standards for points, assists, and steals, besting several records that had stood for a long time. Breaking the JCU record for points in a season is particularly impressive, since George Dalton had held the mark since 1952-53. Chicone finished the season with 23.7 points per game.

The Mentor native secured the NCAC Player of the Year and Top Defensive Player awards as well as NCAC Tournament MVP honors (after setting the NCAC record for points scored in the tournament with 101). On Sunday, Chicone made the Bevo Francis Award Top 25 Watch List.

Nationally, Chicone ranks in the top-10 in NCAA Division III heading into the Round of 8 in field goals (2nd, 266), assists (4th, 191), points (5th, 710), steals (5th, 83), assists per game (8th, 6.4) and in assist/turnover ratio (9th, 3.08).

Chicone shares the Region 7 Player of the Year honor with Jalen Overway of Calvin.

Blue Streaks Named to D3Hoops.com All-Region (since 2002)
2025 - Luke Frazier (1st Team, Player of the Year)
2024 - Luke Chicone (1st Team), Luke Frazier (2nd Team)
2023 - Luke Chicone (2nd Team), Luke Frazier (3rd Team)
2021 - Jackson Sartain (2nd Team)
2020 - Ryan Berger (3rd Team)
2018 - Matthew Csuhran (2nd Team)
2016 - David Linane (1st Team)
2012 - Corey Shontz (2nd Team)
2010 - Rudy Kirbus (1st Team)
2009 - Rudy Kiurbus (2nd Team); Mike Moran (Coach of the Year)
2008 - Terry Walsh (2nd Team)
2007 - Brandon Mimes (2nd Team)
2005 - Brandon Mimes (1st Team)
2004 - David Gibbons (2nd Team)
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