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DesJean, Claxton Earn Basketball All-Conference Honors


Joe DesJean earned First Team All-NCAC honors for the third straight year.
Wabash College seniors Joe DesJean (Indianapolis, IN/Perry Meridian) and Brady Claxton (Shelbyville, IN/Shelbyville) have been named to the 2003 All-North Coast Athletic Conference Menís Basketball. DesJean was a First-Team selection for the third consecutive season. Claxton earned Honorable Mention honors.

DesJean averaged 18.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game his senior season to lead the Little Giants in both categories. He finished fourth in the NCAC in scoring and tied for third in overall rebounding.

DesJean led the conference for the third consecutive season with 45 blocked shots, finishing his four-year career at Wabash with a school-record 194 shot rejections.

His 1,506 career points place him sixth on the Wabash all-time scoring list. DesJean also finished his career with 825 career rebounds, placing him second on the Wabash career list and making him one of only two Wabash players to ever top the 800-rebound mark.

DesJean was named the NCAC Menís Basketball Player of the Year in 2002 while earning First Team All-Conference honors. He was also a First Team selection in 2001.

Claxton finished the season averaging 14.4 points and 2.7 assists per game to earn a spot on the All-Conference Honorable Mention team.

He was tenth in the conference in scoring, and was third in the NCAC in thee-point field goal average, connecting on 2.46 treys per contest. He finished his four-year career at Wabash with 1,129 points, good for 12th on the Wabash career scoring list. Claxton is second on the school three-point field goal list with 173 career treys.

Claxton was a Second Team All-Conference selection in 2002.

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