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Eric Hobbie netted a career-high 32 points in the AMC Tournament championship game
Eric Hobbie netted a career-high 32 points in the AMC Tournament championship game

(LEBANON, Ill., March 9)-The American Midwest Conference has announced its All-Conference honorees and award recipients for the 2009-10 season. The post-season honors were selected by a vote of the league's eight men's basketball coaches.

Eric Hobbie of McKendree University has been selected as the 2009-10 AMC Player of the Year. In 28 regular-season games, Hobbie led the Bearcats in scoring at 15.9 points per game and was second in rebounding at 6.5 per contest. He connected on 45.5 percent of his field goal attempts and nearly 78 percent from the free throw line. In McKendree's season opener this year, Hobbie joined the Bearcats' 1,000-point club and now ranks in the program's top 25 in all-time scoring. A two-time honorable mention NAIA All-America selection, Hobbie ranked among AMC leaders all year in scoring, rebounding field goal percentage and blocked shots.

The 2009-10 AMC Newcomer of the Year is Jarvis Walker of Harris-Stowe State University. Walker, a junior forward from Chicago, Ill., averaged 15.4 points per game and was among league leaders in rebounding at 8.4 caroms per contest. Walker shot nearly 48 percent from the field and was accurate from the foul line at 79.3 percent.

For the second year in a row, there was a tie for the AMC Freshman of the Year award. Logan Decker of William Woods University is a co-recipient of the 2009-10 award. In his rookie year with the Owls, Decker led the team in scoring at 14.3 points per game. Decker ranked among team leaders in three-point field goals made with 57 and was an 80 percent free throw shooter. Decker is a guard from Kansas City, Mo.

Decker shares this year's award with John Steppe from McKendree University. Steppe, a guard from Effingham, Ill., was second on the Bearcats' squad in three-pointers made with 42 and was also second in free throw percentage at 76 percent. On the year, Steppe averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

In his first year in the AMC, Jason Kline of Park University was named the league's 2009-10 Coach of the Year. Now in his fifth season at the helm of the Pirates' program, Kline led his team to a 20-8 overall record and 12-2 mark in the AMC. Park jumped into the NAIA Division I top 25 at No. 21 in the final regular-season poll.

Listed below is the complete list of 2009-10 AMC men's basketball award winners. For a PDF copy of the All-Conference team and award recipients, click here:

2009-10 AMC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team
2009-10 AMC Player of the Year: Eric Hobbie, McKendree University (F, Jr., Vandalia, Ill.)
2009-10 AMC Newcomer of the Year: Jarvis Walker, Harris-Stowe State University, (G/F, Jr., Chicago, Ill.)
2009-10 Co-AMC Freshmen of the Year: Logan Decker, William Woods University (G, Fr., Kansas City, Mo.) and John Steppe, McKendree University (G, Fr., Effingham, Ill.)
2009-10 AMC Coach of the Year: Jason Kline, Park University (Fifth season at Park, record of 88-63*)
* -- Record through end of the 2009-10 regular season

First-Team All-Conference
Greg Stegeman, Columbia College (F, Jr., Loose Creek, Mo.)
Brian Gilbert, Hannibal-LaGrange College (F, Sr., Queens, N.Y.)
Jarvis Walker, Harris-Stowe State University (F, Jr., Chicago, Ill.)
Brad Copelin, McKendree University (F, Jr., O'Fallon, Ill.)
Kenny Detmer, McKendree University (F, Sr., Aviston, Ill.)
Eric Hobbie, McKendree University (F, Jr., Vandalia, Ill.)
Brandon Roberson, Missouri Baptist University (G, Sr., Rosharon, Texas)
Rondu Stevens, Missouri Baptist University (F, Jr., Queens, N.Y.)
Herschel Rodgers, Park University (G/F, Sr., Lansing, Mich.)
Terrell Dyer, Park University (G, Sr., Overland Park, Kan.)

Honorable Mention All-Conference
Quintin Totta, Columbia College (F, Sr., Overland Park, Kan.)

Robert Mumphard, Harris-Stowe State University (G, So., St. Louis, Mo.)
Kyle Hubbard, Missouri Baptist University (G, Sr., Caruthersville, Mo.)
Logan Decker, William Woods University (G, Fr., Kansas City, Mo.)
Jerone Lester, William Woods University (F, Sr., Chicago, Ill.)
Wes Livingston, Williams Baptist College (F, Fr., Paragould, Ark.)

Academic All-Conference (minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale)
Columbia College
Taylor Evans, Greg Stegeman

Hannibal-LaGrange College
Matt Ayers, Andrew Halford, Darrell Johnson, Adam Potts

Harris-Stowe State University
Ahmadou Fall, Kevin Kramer

McKendree University
Kenny Detmer, Kyle Heckert, RaShad May, Eric Hobbie, Sean Rakers, Ian Ridge, John Steppe, Andy Wolff

Missouri Baptist University
Ryne Brewer

Park University
Philip Garnett, Mark Halsell, Derrick Howard, Vince Langkamp, Tyler Price, Kyle Rausch, Jeremy Voorhees

William Woods University
Dan Anderson

Williams Baptist College
Jeremy Hansen, Alan Williams