BCL Preview: All League Teams and Awards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school basketball season is right around the corner and with that being the case, it's an opportune time to start rolling out preview content for the leagues around the state. The Baltimore Catholic League is one with history and has a long resume of great teams/players who have gone on to play at the highest of levels. What are my predictions for All League Teams, POY, Defensive Player of the Year and more? Let's take a look.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>BCL Player of the Year:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='957018' first='Amani' last='Hansberry'] | Mount St. Joe '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's to no surprise that Hansberry gets the nod here. The reigning BCL Tournament MVP will look to wreak havoc on the league once again as he has added more tools to his game throughout the summer. The future Illinois forward will prevail as the league's player of the year in 2022-23.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>All-BCL First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='957018' first='Amani' last='Hansberry'] | Mount St. Joseph '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1114066' first='Carlton' last='Carrington'] | St. Frances '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1049863' first='Ace' last='Valentine'] | Mount St. Joseph '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1536021' first='Tyrin' last='Bizzelle'] | Calvert Hall '24</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='957025' first='Jahnathan' last='Lamothe'] | St. Frances '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>All-BCL Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1370513' first='Malik' last='Washington'] | Archbishop Spalding '25</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1370503' first='Tyler' last='Jackson'] | St. Frances '25</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1127307' first='Andrew' last='Dixon'] | Mt. Carmel '24</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='957030' first='Jeannot' last='Basima'] | John Carroll '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='957059' first='Austin' last='Abrams'] | Mount St. Joseph '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Honorable Mentions:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1598809' first='Mason' last='Ellison'] | Loyola Blakefield '25</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1366890' first='Brendan' last='Johnson'] | Calvert Hall '24</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1164829' first='Mitchell' last='Kalu'] | Mt. Carmel '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1219865' first='Dionte' last='Alexander'] | Goretti '23</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1366895' first='J'Lin' last='Brown'] | Loyola Blakefield '24</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Defensive Player of the Year:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>[player_tooltip player_id='957018' first='Amani' last='Hansberry'] | Mount St. Joseph '23</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Freshman of the Year: </em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1782603' first='Gage' last='Howard'] | St. Frances '26</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->