We are pleased to announce the 2007/08 Players and Coaches of the Year for all senior England Basketball Leagues.

Leading the way in the top divisions are Duncan Ogilvie and Ellen 'Loui' Hall, who have been voted as Players of the Year for Division One men and women.

Ogilvie was a key component to the most successful men's team of the 2007/08 season, helping Manchester to three major EBL trophies in his first season with the club. His 26 point, 17 rebound effort in the Men's National Cup final earned him the Most Valuable Player award in January and during the Sportscover Final Fours, he recorded two more 'double-doubles' with 27 and 10 in the semi and 11 and 14 in the final.

American forward Loui Hall was simply a dominant inside force in 07/08 averaging nearly 30 points per game helping her team to a third place finish with a 12 win, 6 loss record - Team Northumbria's best finish since promotion. Together with compatriot Jaye Colbert and former British player Zoe Vickers, Hall helped put Team Northumbria amongst the league's most dangerous teams with their most notable victory of the season coming at home against eventual playoff winners, Rhondda Rebels.

On the coaching side, the Division One winners for 07/08 come from Greater Manchester Community Basketball Club with Jeff Jones repeating as Coach of the Year for Division 1 Men and Sergio Lara-Bercial earning his first award for Division 1 Women.

The full list of 2007/08 Players of the Year and Coaches of the Year for the England Basketball League's senior divisions can be found below with the runners-up from each league:

Selections were based on votes made by EBL senior clubs in each respective league. Clubs were given the opportunity to give their top three choices for Player of the Year and top two choices for Coach of the Year in their league with the winner being declared that person with the most 'number 1' votes.

	Coach of the Year		Player of the Year
Division 1 Men	Jeff Jones	(Manchester Magic)	Duncan Ogilvie	(Manchester Magic)
	Dave Titmuss (Reading Rockets); Clarence Wiggins (Derby Trailblazers)		David Watts (Reading Rockets); Ryan Williams (Bristol Academy Flyers)
Division 2 Men	Chris Horrocks	(Cardiff Celts)	Mike Gregory	(Cardiff Celts)
	Creon Raftopoulos (Tees Valley); Peter Mintoft (Univ. of Birmingham)		Joe Reynoso (Northampton Neptunes); David Hanson (Tees Valley Mohawks)
Division 3 Men N	Matthew Newby	(Leeds Carnegie)	Daniel McSweeney	(Leeds Carnegie)
	Pete Olusoga (City of Sheffield Saints); Chris Mellor (Bradford Dragons)		Richard Windle (Sheffield Sabres); Kingsley Ellmer (City of Sheffield Saints)
Division 3 Men S	Solomon Ayinla	(London Met University)	Joe Matthews	(Colchester Hornets)
	Gary Lyttle (London Towers); Julian Keeling (Colchester Hornets)		Josh Fowler (Glamorgan Gladiators); Karolis Stepanavicius (London Towers)
Division 4 Men N	David Atkinson	(Stockport Falcons)	Jan-Michael Nation	(Sefton Stars)
	John Allerston (Sefton Stars); Lee English (Ilkeston Outlaws)		Sam O'Shea (WNC Mansfield); James Royle (Stockport Falcons)
Division 4 Men M/S	Junior Williams	(Westminster Warriors)	Bode Adeluola	(Richmond College London U)
	Danny Alexis (Wellingborough Phoenix); Jack Majewski (Rich Coll London Utd)		Junior Williams (Westminster Warriors); Chris Hanson (Lambeth Lakers)
Division 4 Men S-W	Mick Byrne	(Portsmouth City Smugglers)	Ryan Payne	(Portsmouth City Smugglers)
	Steven Turner (Reading Rockets II); Graham Hughes (Cornwall Cougars)		Jonathon May (Guildford Heat II); Chris Hill (UWIC Archers)
Division 1 Women	Sergio Lara-Bercial	(Manchester Mystics)	Ellen 'Loui' Hall	(Team Northumbria)
	Damian Jennings (UWIC Archers); Deirdre Hayes (Team Northumbria)		Stephanie Gandy (Sheffield Hatters); Jill Glessner (Nottingham Wildcats)
Division 2 Women N	Aldo Cervi	(Stockport Lapwings)	Milly Watkins	(City of Sheffield Hatters II)
	Paul 'Nick' Ibberson (Bury Blue Devils); Vanessa Ellis (City of Sheffield Hatters II)		Eszter Velkey (Leeds Carnegie); Sophie Madeley (Mansfield Giants)
Division 2 Women S	Len Busch	(Sevenoaks Suns II)	Cristal Turner	(Sevenoaks Suns II)
	Kas Stuart (Enfield Phoenix); Nicholas Kamilieris (London Met University)		Michelle Brown (Enfield Phoenix); Anne Delextrat (London Met University)
Division 2 Women M/SW	Carys Caulwell	(Black Country Bears)	Crystal Sterling	(Black Country Bears)
	Mandy Pollard (Leic. Beauchamp Cannons); Stephen Green (Taunton Tigers)		Sarah Winter (BC Bears); Gemma Salmon (BC Bears)