Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Division II co-champions Cardinal Stritch University, Judson University and Trinity Christian College also collected the most spots on the 2008-09 all-conference squads with four representatives each when the honors were announced by the league office on Thursday morning.

Cardinal Stritch and Trinity Christian each boasted three players on the first team and one honorable mention selection with Judson garnering two spots on the first team and two honorable mention choices.

The former two schools also had each of their coaches recognized with Cardinal Stritch's Denny Fox and Trinity Christian's Tim Walker sharing coach of the year honors.

Each of the other four members in the league - Calumet College St. Joseph, Purdue University Calumet, Purdue University North Central and Trinity International University - all posted one representative on the first team with Calumet St. Joseph and Trinity International also having one honorable mention pick.

Trinity Christian's Kurt Gruppen (Zeeland, Mich.) was named the CCAC Player of the Year. Including all games, the 6-3 senior forward led the league in scoring (21.4 points per game), three-point field goal percentage (.516) and three-pointers made per game (3.59), while ranking third in total field goal percentage (.545) in 27 games played. In conference games only, he topped the charts in three-pointers made per game (3.08), was second in three-point field goal percentage (.474), tied for second in scoring (19.9 ppg) and averaged 5.0 rebounds per game.

Judson's Landon Skinner (Plano, Tex.) earned CCAC Freshman of the Year honors. A 6-2 freshman guard, Skinner ranked among the top eight players in the league in eight categories in total games played and another five categories in league games only. Among his top marks in overall games played were his scoring (19.1), assist (3.43) and steal (1.73) averages, all of which ranked third best. In conference games only, he averaged 14.9 points and 2.0 steals per game and shot .392 from three-point range, all of which were fifth-best in the league.

For a complete listing of all the award winners, go to: http://www.ccacsports.com/awards/6/8.php.