LANCASTER, PA – Johns Hopkins senior Sidney Thybulle has been named the Centennial Conference (CC) Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season it was announced today. In addition, head coach Josh Loeffler and assistant coaches Ricky Hernandez and Conor Dow have been recognized as the CC Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
In addition to being named the Defensive Player of the Year, Thybulle was named to the CC Honorable Mention team. Graduate student Tom Quarry was named to the first team and senior Carson James was named to the second team.
 
Thybulle is the first player in CC history to be named the Defensive Player of the Year twice.  The Blue Jays have named produced the CC Defensive Player of the year three times in the five-year history of the award. Thybulle ranks third in the conference with 30 blocks and has 67 blocks in the last two seasons. He is tied for 12^th in program history with 74 career blocks. Thybulle also ranks seventh in with 6.2 rebounds per game and is third with 2.5 offensive boards. He is averaging 6.2 points per game while shooting 50.7 percent from the field.
 
Loeffler and his staff have guided Johns Hopkins to a 23-4 record, including a 16-2 mark in the Centennial Conference. The Blue Jays earned the top seed in the conference tournament for the second straight year and made their fifth straight CC title game appearance. The Blue Jays are 112-26 (.816) overall, including 77-13 (.855) in the conference.
 
Quarry earns All-Centennial honors for the third time in his career and is just the eighth player in program history to do so. This is his second straight first team selection. Quarry ranks third in the conference in three-pointers (55), fourth in free throws (74), second in free throw percentage (.839) and sixth in scoring (14.6). He reached the 1,000-point mark versus Haverford on January 7 and now ranks 13^th in JHU history with 1,147 career points. Quarry has reached double figures 18 times in 22 games and has eclipsed 20 points five times.
 
James garners his second all-conference selection after being named honorable mention a year ago. He leads the CC in assists (104) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), is fourth in steals (32) and 12^th in scoring (12.5). James' 104 assists this season are 11^th most in school history. He has scored in double figures 18 times this season with five 20-point games.