Jackets’ Jordan named Second Team All-HCAC for 2022-23

CARMEL, Ind. – Defiance College senior men's basketball standout Marell Jordan was among the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's honorees for the fourth time in his five years with the Yellow Jackets. Jordan was named to the HCAC's All-Conference Second Team in a vote by the league's coaches, the league announced on Wednesday.

Jordan led the HCAC in scoring average at 18.3 points per game through 21 games while his 384 total points ranked fifth. He also ranked sixth with 1.9 steals per game (40 total), seventh in assists with 3.1 per game, eighth in total blocks with 20, and his five rebounds per contest were 19th in the HCAC. In 15 conference games, Jordan scored 16.9 points per contest. He also led the Yellow Jackets in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, total field goals made, field goal attempts, free throws made and free throw attempts.

Jordan's decorated DC career finished with 1,524 points, the 10th-most in Defiance College history and ranks fifth among Yellow Jacket scorers competing at the NCAA level. Jordan also cemented himself in career the career top-10 lists for steals with 177, which tied for second all-time, 1.84 steals per game, also second all-time, and 53 total blocks to tie for 10th-most.

Jordan is a three-time Second Team All-HCAC performer while earning First Team honors for the 2021-22 season. A graduate of Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Ind. is prepared to graduate from Defiance College with his degree in criminal justice in the spring.

Among the conference's major awards, Defiance College graduate Nate Conley (2010) was tabbed HCAC Coach of the Year for leading Manchester to the top seed in the HCAC Tournament with a 16-9 overall record and 14-4 mark within the conference.

The full list of season-end awards and all-conference teams for the HCAC are listed below.

Player of the Year: Tate Ivanyo (Anderson, So., W)

Defensive Player of the Year: Jaden Terry (Earlham, Sr., G)

Newcomer of the Year: Luke Collinsworth (Mount St. Joseph, So., F)

Coach of the Year: Nate Conley (Manchester)

2023 HCAC All-Conference First Team

2023 HCAC All-Conference Second Team

2023 HCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention