MANCHESTER Magic skipper Stefan Gill has been named EBL1 guard of the 2008-09 season.

The Moss Side-born ace pipped teammates Brandon Kimbrough and Taner Adu and all-conquering Reading’s Terrell Smith to the award, handed out by basketball website Eurobasket.com.

Gill was the only Magic player included in the league first team, while Kimbrough and Adu feature in the second team.

The Mystics’ Caitlin Flood was named in the women’s second team.

Full list of winners

Player of the Year: David Watts (Reading)

Guard of the Year: Stefan Gill (Magic)

Forward of the Year: Watts

Center of the Year: Tyler Ousley (Sheffield Arrows)

Import Player of the Year: Ousley

Domestic Player of the Year: Watts

Defensive Player of the Year: Watts

Coach of the Year: Dave Titmuss (Reading)

First Team: Watts, Terrell Smith (Reading), Gill, Hrvoje Pervan (London Leopards), Ousley

Second Team: Ryan Lohfink (Reading), Taner Adu (Magic), Kimbrough (Magic), Douglas McLaughlin-Williams (Sheffield Arrows), John Grazioli (Bristol Academy Flyers)

All Domestic Team: Watts, Gill, Adu, Matt Morley (Tess Valley Mohawks), Siman Stewart (Coventry Crusaders)

All Import Team: Lohfink, Ousley, McLaughlin-Williams, Grazioli, Smith

Eurobasket.com covers 406 leagues in 193 countries and hosts a database of over 182,000 players and coaches
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