INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis forward Shaun Arnold was named the 2025-26 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year, the league office announced on Wednesday.

Senior Guard, Carmelo Harris, was named to the league's first team, while Arnold was named to the second team and joins redshirt sophomore Kelvin Amoako on the GLVC All-Defensive Team .Elad Bakshi was named as a James R. Spalding Sportsmanship honoree for the Hounds.

21 student-athletes claimed All-Conference honors, 10 earned All-Defensive Team honors, five were named to the All-Freshman team, while 15 were chosen as GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship honorees for the sport. 

The All-Conference awards are nominated and voted on by league coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own players.
 
Defensive Player of the Year: Shaun Arnold, Forward, Junior, Indianapolis

• Wins Indianapolis' first Defensive Player of the Year award.
• Led league in overall (83; 3.0) and GLVC-only games (69; 3.5) for total steals and steals per game.
• Has eight games with five or more steals, including the top two games in the GLVC with eight and seven steals respectively.
• Ranked third in DII for total steals and fourth for steals per game.
• Played in all 28 games, starting 27 contests.
• Currently leads the league in rebounds (190), and rebounds per game (9.5) in GLVC-only games
• Named GLVC Player of the Week on Feb. 2
• Helped Greyhounds to fourth seed in GLVC Tournament.
• Named to All-GLVC Second Team and All-Defensive Team. 

A complete list of the 2025-26 All-GLVC teams and postseason honors can be found below.
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jaylen Wesley, Sr., G, Rockhurst
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shaun Arnold, Jr., F, Indianapolis
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Andrew Moore, G, McKendree
COACH OF THE YEAR: Kyle Blackbourn, Rockhurst
 

FIRST TEAM  Zach Howell, R-Jr., G/F, DU Jordan Rice, Gr., G, UIS Carmelo Harris, Sr., G, UINDY Rini Harris, So., G, MCK Cha'Vez Woods, Sr., G, MCK Andrew Young, Sr., F, S&T Jaylen Wesley, Sr., G, RU Drenin Dinkins, Sr., G, RU Kyle Hrncir, R-Jr., F, UIU Justice Sutton, R-So., G, WJC

SECOND TEAM  Colin Hardrick, R-So., G, DU Shaun Arnold, Jr., F, UINDY Noah Franklin, 5th, F, MCK Blaise Beauchamp, Sr., G, S&T Cameron Stovall, Jr., F/G, S&T Taye Moore, R-Fr., G, UMSL Tiernan Stynes, So., G, QU Jaden Flournoy, Sr., G, RU Zac Reedus, Jr., G, SBU Julian Brown, Sr., G, TSU Bradley Lightbourne, R-Sr., G, WJC   *Extra Member due to tie.

 

ALL-DEFENSIVE  Colin Hardrick, R-So., G, DU Shaun Arnold, Jr., F, UINDY Kelvin Amoako, R-So., C, UINDY Max Ekono, Sr., F, LIN Rini Harris, So., G, MCK Andrew Moore, Fr., G, MCK Cha'Vez Woods, Sr., G, MCK Adam Rickman, So., F, S&T Jaylen Wesley, Sr., G, RU Bradley Lightbourne, R-Sr., G, WJC

ALL-FRESHMAN  KeShaun Thomas, F, DU Alex Stell, F, UIS Andrew Moore, G, MCK Miles Boland, G, UMSL Ethan Bolton, G, QU

 
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Luke Stubbs, DU
Colin Schuler, UIS
Elad Bakshi, UINDY
Billy Durkin, LEWIS
Malcolm Davis, LIN
Lincoln Pablicki, MU
Caleb Burton, MCK
Darron Henry, S&T
Vince Davis, UMSL
Jakeb Wallingford, QU
Landon Eiland, RU
Luke Ogle, SBU
Drew Kingery, TSU
Trey Lewis, UIU
Kyle Scharbrough, WJC

 
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD TEAM WINNER
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