Ronald Nored, a 6-foot, 175 pound guard at Butler, was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the league's first two-time winner.

"I've faced some tough defenders in the SEC, but I've never been defended by a guy off the ball the way he can trail screens," said teammate Rotnei Clarke, who transferred from Arkansas. "The way he can guard off the ball is unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it.

"In my opinion, he's the best defender in the country.”

Butler has climbed to 41st in points allowed per 100 possessions -- better than every other Butler team in the past decade except for the 2009-10 national runners-up who were 33-5.

Valparaiso's Ryan Broekhoff has been named the Horizon League Player of the Year.

Joining Broekhoff on the All-League First Team are teammate Kevin Van Wijk, Green Bay's Alec Brown, Ray McCallum of Detroit and Youngstown State's Kendrick Perry.

On the All-League Second Team are Trevon Harmon of Cleveland State, Ben Averkamp of Loyola, Julius May of Wright State, Butler's Ronald Nored and Milwaukee's Kaylon Williams.

Nored was also named the Defensive Player of the Year, while Detroit's Eli Holman won Sixth Man honors. Mays was the Newcomer of the Year.

Joining Mays on the All-Newcomer Team are Cleveland State's Anton Grady, Butler's Roosevelt Jones, Green Bay's Keifer Sykes and Gary Talton of Illinois-Chicago.