NAPPANEE – Senior Vinny Miranda earned top honors as the NorthWood boys basketball team handed out accolades for the 1016-17 season.

The star guard, who led the Panthers to a 21-3 mark, won the Most Valuable Player Award. Miranda also earned the Charles Swindle Mental Attitude Award and the Relentless Perimeter Player of the Year Award.

Miranda finished his prep career third all-time in program history with 1,306 points.

Senior Luke Zurcher claimed The Sheriff Defensive Award and the 3-point shooting award for the Panthers. Junior Caleb Lung earned the Rebound Award and the Relentless Post Player of the Year Award.

Trey Bilinski garnered the Jay Bilas Toughness Award, while Brad Delio earned the Manu Ginobili Sixth Man Award and Caleb Glick the Most Improved Award.

The trio of Miranda, Zurcher and Bilinski were honored as co-captains for coach Aaron Wolfe’s team.

NorthWood finished 21-3 overall and 5-2 in the Northern Lakes Conference to tie Elkhart Memorial for second place behind league champion Warsaw (7-0). The Panthers, who were ranked No. 1 in Class 3-A for a large part of the season, lost to Fairfield in a sectional semifinal game.

NorthWood won a school-record 14 straight games this season and went 68-9 the past three seasons. The Panthers have also had four straight 20-win seasons, matching Elkhart High School from 1950-54 as the only teams to do that in Elkhart County boys basketball history.