GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its weekly awards following the 14th week of the 2024-25 men's basketball season. Michigan Tech senior guard Adam Hobson received GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week recognition while Lake Superior State senior forward/guard Hunter Soper earned GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Adam Hobson, Michigan Tech
Michigan Tech veteran guard Adam Hobson has been named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week for week 14, the GLIAC office announced Monday. This marks Hobson’s first honor of his career and the fourth different player for Michigan Tech to
earn GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors this season. The Stoughton, Wisconsin, native averaged 20 points in a weekend sweep over two ranked opponents. Averaging 29 minutes over two games, he shot 59.1 percent from the field (13-22) and 56.3 percent from 3-point range (9-16) to go with 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Hobson led the Black & Gold in scoring with a then-season high 16 points in Thursday's win over No. 20 Ferris State (75-63), earning the first series sweep of the Bulldogs since the 2013-14 season. He elevated his season-high in points in Saturday’s win over No. 15 Lake Superior State with 24 points, shooting five-of-six from 3-point land and seven-of-10 from the field, adding five points from the charity stripe. Saturday’s Senior Day victory put the Huskies alone atop the GLIAC with a league standing of 13-3, remaining undefeated at the SDC Gymnasium (11-0).
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hunter Soper, Lake Superior State
Hunter Soper (Lexington, Mich.) has been selected as the GLIAC Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Week for the fifth time this season after totaling 12 rebounds, six steals, and three blocks on the week to help his team to a spit against their Upper Peninsula rivals, Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech. On Thursday, he recorded four steals and a block, but his defensive prowess proved to be the most clutch during the five-minute overtime period, jumping the passing lane for a fast break dunk to seize the momentum for his team and coming over to help his teammate with an emphatic block of a would be Wildcat layup that would have put NMU ahead. Then on Saturday, Soper did all he could to help his team at Michigan Tech in a battle between the league’s top two teams in the conference standings, recording two steals and two blocks on the day.
HONORABLE MENTION
Offense: Kaden Brown (Grand Valley State), Nick Brown (Parkside), Ethan Erickson (Ferris State), Dylan Kuehl (Northern Michigan), Rob Lee Jr. (Wayne State), Quinton McCullough (Purdue Northwest), Kingsley Perkins (Lake Superior State), Toodles Seal (Saginaw Valley State), Enari Thomas (Roosevelt)
Defense: Nick Brown (Parkside), Carmelo Harris (Wayne State), Reece Hazelton (Ferris State), Bryson Huckeby (Saginaw Valley State), Cam Regnerus (Grand Valley State), Josh Terrian (Michigan Tech)
