MEAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Awards: Howard Phenom Blake Harper Wins Multiple Honors

The Howard's freshman guard takes home the top honors in MEAC basketball.

Blake Harper - MEAC POY and ROY / Credit: MEAC

NORFOLK, Va., March 11, 2025 – Howard freshman guard Blake Harper was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday evening in the Chrysler Hall during the third annual MEAC BBT Awards.    

Coppin State’s Toby Nnadozie earned Defensive Player of the Year honors. Norfolk State’s Brian Moore, Jr., garnered the Newcomer of the Year honors, while 6th-Player of the Year laurels went to South Carolina State’s Davion Everett. S.C. State head coach Erik Martin was named the MEAC Coach of the Year. 

All awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. 

Harper ranks first in the MEAC and 31st nationally in scoring with 19.3 points per game while ranking 32nd nationally in cumulative points with 597. He earned 18 consecutive MEAC Rookie of the Week honors with 29 double-digit performances including five 30-point games on the season. In addition to leading in scoring,

Harper ranked second in the MEAC in rebounds per game (6.3), fourth in assists (3.5) per game and helped his team finish with a 7-7 conference record and a No. 4 seed heading into the 2025 tournament. He has made 209 of his 255 free throws this season to rank third and second nationally in free throws made and attempts, respectively. 

Nnadozie ranks tenth in the nation and first in the MEAC in steals with 72 on the season and averaged 2.5 per game to rank eighth in the NCAA. He also ranked in the MEAC’s top 15 in scoring (12.5 pts) and assists (2.4 ast) per game. Nnadozie recorded a season-high eight steals against Cheyney on Jan. 16, and scored a season-high 29 points against Delaware State on March 3.  

Moore Jr. was the second-leading scorer in the MEAC, averaging 19.0 points per game throughout the season. He boasts the second-best shooting percentage (55.6 %) and third best free-throw percentage (83.3 %) in the league while sitting sixth in assists (3.1) and seventh in steals (1.3) per game.

He ranks 33rd nationally with 213 field goals made this season and is 41st with 588 points. He has scored in double-figures in 30 of 31 games this season including 13 20-point games and two games of 30 or more points.  

Everett was the third-leading scorer for his team, averaging 10.1 points per game throughout the season. He ranks 12th in the league in rebounds averaging 4.6 per game. He recorded 15 double-digit scoring performances including two games of 20 points or more points including a season-high 23 points in the win over Coppin State on February 17.  He helped his team win a share of the MEAC regular season crown for the first time since 2002-03. 

Coach Martin led his team to an 11-3 mark in MEAC regular season action and an 18-12 overall record while closing out the regular season on a nine-game win streak. His team ranks second in the MEAC in scoring offense averaging 80.1 points per game while holding their opponents to just 70.9 points per game for the second-best scoring defense.

S.C. State leads the MEAC in steals per game averaging 9.53 which also ranks 12th in the NCAA. Coach Martin has led his team to rank second nationally in bench points per game averaging 36.8 points, third in turnovers forced per game at 16.53, seventh in free throw attempts per game at 25.9 and eighth in free throws made per game with 18.3.   

2025 All-MEAC Men’s Basketball Honors

Coach of the Year – Erik Martin, S.C. State  

Player of the Year – Blake Harper, Howard  

Rookie of the Year - Blake Harper, Howard  

Defensive Player of the Year – Toby Nnadozie, Coppin State  

Newcomer of the Year – Brian Moore, Jr., Norfolk State  

6th Player of the Year – Davion Everett, S.C. State  

  

First-Team All-MEAC

Martaz Robinson, Delaware State   

Blake Harper, Howard  

Kameron Hobbs, Morgan State   

Brian Moore Jr., Norfolk State  

Drayton Jones, S.C. State  

  

Second-Team All-MEAC

Robert Smith, Delaware State   

Marcus Dockery, Howard   

Will Thomas, Morgan State  

Po'Boigh King, N.C. Central   

Omar Croskey, S.C. State  

  

Third-Team All-MEAC

Toby Nnadozie, Coppin State  

Kaseem Watson, Delaware State  

Cameron Shockley-Okeke, Howard   

Ketron "KC" Shaw, Maryland Eastern Shore  

Christian Ings, Norfolk State  

  

All-Rookie Team

Ponce James, Delaware State  

Blake Harper, Howard  

Calvin Robins Jr., Howard   

Kyrell Shaw, Maryland Eastern Shore  

Jayden Johnson, S.C. State  

  

All-Defensive Team  

Toby Nnadozie, Coppin State   

Ayodele Taiwo, Howard  

Daniel Akitoby, Morgan State   

Kuluel Mading, Norfolk State  

Drayton Jones, S.C. State 

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