Kenzie Reed of Cedar Rapids Kennedy named boys’ basketball Player of the Year in MVC Valley Division

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kenzie Reed of Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Trey Campbell of Cedar Falls have been named boys’ basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the Mississippi Valley Conference, it has been announced.

Junior guard Reed averaged 12.4 points per game for Kennedy, which has qualified for the state tournament in Class 4A. He led 4A in assists at seven per game.

Senior guard Campbell is a Northern Iowa signee who led the Mississippi Division in scoring (24.1) and assists (4.2). He also averaged 6.1 rebounds per game, which placed him fourth in the division.

Reed and Campbell were two of six unanimous selections for the all-conference teams in their divisions. Kennedy’s Colby Dolphin, Dubuque Hempstead’s Cameron Fens and Iowa City West’s Pete Moe were unanimous all-Valley Division, with Cedar Rapids Washington’s Traijan Sain unanimous in the Mississippi Division.

Fens and Moe are seniors, Sain and Dolphin juniors.

The rest of the all-Mississippi Division team is Gabe Burkle and Jake Walter of Cedar Rapids Prairie, DaShon Fisher of Iowa City Liberty, Jaxson Young of Linn-Mar, Dallas Bear of Cedar Falls and Duke Faley of Dubuque Wahlert. Burkle, Walter and Young are seniors, Fisher, Bear and Faley are juniors.

In the Valley Division, the other first-team picks are Ayrondus Hodges of Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Aidan Yamilkoski of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Kellen Strohmeyer of Hempstead and Si’Marion Anderson of Waterloo West. Hodges and Strohmeyer are seniors, Anderson and Yamilkoski are juniors.

The Coaches of the Year are Jon McKowen and staff at Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the Valley Division and Ryan Schulz and staff of Cedar Falls in the Mississippi Division.

All-Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ basketball 2021-22

*=Unanimous selection

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION FIRST TEAM

Trey Campbell, sr., Cedar Falls* – Player of the Year

Trai Sain, jr., Cedar Rapids Washington*

Dallas Bear, jr., Cedar Falls

Gabe Burkle, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Jake Walter, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Duke Faley, jr., Dubuque Wahlert

DaShon Fisher, jr., Iowa City Liberty

Jaxson Young, sr., Linn-Mar

VALLEY DIVISION FIRST TEAM

Kenzie Reed, jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy* – Player of the Year

Colby Dolphin, jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy*

Cameron Fens, sr., Dubuque Hempstead*

Peter Moe, sr., Iowa City West*

Ayrondus Hodges, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Aidan Yamilkoski, jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Kellen Strohmeyer, sr., Dubuque Hempstead

Si’Marion Anderson, jr., Waterloo West

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION SECOND TEAM

Cade Courbat, soph., Cedar Falls

Jesse Sellers, jr., Cedar Rapids Washington

Elijah Ward, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Carson Cummer, sr., Dubuque Wahlert

Ben Freed, sr., Dubuque Wahlert

Jamari Newsom, sr., Iowa City High

Davis Kern, fr., Linn-Mar

Nick Bryant, sr., Western Dubuque

VALLEY DIVISION SECOND TEAM

Andreas Williams, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Jackson Bowman, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Craig Mills, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Joe Bean, soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Jacob Koch, soph., Iowa City West

Jacob Williams, soph., Dubuque Senior

Keishaun Pendleton, jr., Waterloo West

Kewone Jones, jr., Waterloo East

HONORABLE MENTION

Cedar Falls – Aaron Brost, sr., Derek Woods, jr.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson – Kaden Haller, sr., Ian Wiederin, sr.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy – Carson Blietz, sr., Cyrus Courtney, soph.

Cedar Rapids Prairie – Jack Wagemester, jr., Dionte Fliss, sr.

Cedar Rapids Washington – Jaden Harris, jr., JJ Willis, soph.

Cedar Rapids Xavier – Josef Lemker, jr., Trysten Vasquez, sr.

Dubuque Hempstead – Noah Pettinger, sr., Derek Leicht, sr.

Dubuque Senior – Sam Akins, sr., Walker Tart, jr.

Dubuque Wahlert – Seamus Crahan, jr., Nolan Berendes, jr.

Iowa City High – Jovan Harris, sr., Darren Richardson, sr.

Iowa City Liberty – Luke Ramsey, jr., Griffin Kraft, sr.

Iowa City West – Jack McCaffery, fr., Kareem Earl, soph.

Linn-Mar – Jackson Severson, jr., Jayden Hill, sr.

Waterloo East – Martez Wiggley, jr., Jamauryus Bradford-Gates, jr.

Waterloo West – Tyree Gardner, sr., Jahlil Manago, fr.

Western Dubuque – Carson Schute, sr., Daviyon Gaston, jr.

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