WESTERVILLE -- The Heidelberg University Men's Basketball team landed three players on the All-Ohio Athletic Conference list, as released by the league on Friday. Eric Panning was a First Team selection for the second time while Elijah Harden and Markell Johnson-Nichols received Second Team laurels for the first time.

During the regular season, Panning averaged 14.7 points and 9.9 rebounds per contest, tallying nine double-doubles. One year after earning First Team and Defensive Player of the Year honors, Panning averaged 1.4 blocks per game.  The graduate student from Columbus becomes just the third player in program history to be a two-time First Team selection, joining Chris Reichert (1978, 1979) and Matt Adams (1994, 1995).  

Johnson-Nichols, a sophomore, averaged 13.9 points and 4.1 assists per contest. Skilled as slashing through the paint and getting to the rim, he shot 51.2% from the floor.  

Harden transferred to Heidelberg during the summer and quickly worked his way into the starting lineup. Scoring a team-high 16.4 points per game, Harden was Heidelberg's leading scorer in more than half of the games during the regular season.  

The Student Princes have had multiple All-OAC honorees in each of the last eight seasons.