Logan Sluder was named the Arrowhead Conference’s Co-Most Valuable Player, highlighting two Sandburg men’s basketball sophomores voted to the all-conference team.
Sluder shared MVP honors with Black Hawk’s Stephen Reed, and Chargers sophomore Ethan Price joined Sluder as a first-team selection by the league’s coaches.
Sluder became the first Sandburg men’s basketball player to win Arrowhead MVP honors this century. The 5-foot-11 guard from Normal West High School led the league in scoring by nearly four points per game, averaging 19.3 points in six conference matchups.
Sluder also averaged 3.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals in league play while shooting 48 percent from the field, 37 percent from 3-point range and 96 percent (43 of 45) from the free-throw line.
Sluder scored at least 15 points in every conference game and had two outings of at least 20 points. He put up a season-high 29, including the game’s final nine points, in a 72-69 comeback win over Kishwaukee on Feb. 6.
Price, a 6-5 forward from Fulton, averaged 13.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals in Arrowhead action while shooting 52 percent from the floor. He reached double figures in five of the Chargers’ six conference games, including a 20-point outing in the Feb. 6 win against Kishwaukee. He nearly notched a double-double in Sandburg’s Jan. 16 victory over Illinois Valley, totaling 17 points and nine rebounds.
2025 ALL-ARROWHEAD CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM
First team
Co-MVP — Logan Sluder (Sandburg)
Co-MVP — Stephen Reed (Black Hawk)
Lovre Stanovic (Black Hawk)
Ethan Price (Sandburg)
Roko Jurasovic (Illinois Valley)
Second team
Braxton Highbaugh (Kishwaukee)
Qu’amar Hobbs (Illinois Valley)
Roderick Watson (Illinois Valley)
Keaudre Cooper (Kishwaukee)
Dion Doyle (Black Hawk)
Coach of the Year
Kannon Burrage (Black Hawk)
***Courtesy of Carl Sandburg College***
