TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology senior Ron George (Louisville, Ky./Manual) earned first-team all-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honors, while three Engineer men's basketball players captured honorable mention recognition in results released today.

Seniors Jared Moore (Indianapolis/Perry Meridian) and Phil Sundling (Huntington/ North) joined freshman Daniel Lowers (Gosport/Edgewood) on the honorable mention all-conference squad.

George earned one of 12 spots on the first-team all-conference squad after emerging as Rose-Hulman's most consistent scoring threat during the season.

George finished 11th in the HCAC in scoring at 13.2 points per game.  He also placed ninth in the league in field goal percentage (54.3%) and was 12th in the conference in steals (33).

On the season, George reached double figures in scoring 19 times, including three games with more than 20 points.  His career-best performance of 31 points in a home victory over Franklin featured a three-point field goal at the buzzer to force overtime.

In his career, George scored 680 points and tallied 163 rebounds and 129 assists in 95 contests.

Moore finished third on the Engineers in scoring at 10.1 points per game and shot 51% from the field.  His efforts included 14 double-figure scoring games, highlighted by 21 points against Blackburn.  Moore's career totals included 568 points, 292 rebounds and 228 assists in 87 games.

Sundling placed third in the conference in steals (48) and sixth in assists (79) as the team's starting point guard.  He also led the HCAC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.68.  On the season, Sundling averaged 5.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest, while scoring a career-high 12 points in an overtime victory over Manchester in February.

Lowers averaged 10.2 points per game to place second on the team in scoring as a freshman.  He shot 49% from the field and also led the team in rebounding at 5.1 per game.  In addition to emerging as one of the top defensive players in the conference, Lowers reached double figures in scoring 14 times as a freshman.

The Engineers completed the 2007-08 season with a 12-14 record and an 8-8 mark in conference play.  Rose-Hulman earned the No. 6 seed for the HCAC Tournament after a 43-42 victory at regular season league champion Defiance College on the final day of the regulation.  The team also finished a perfect 3-0 in overtime games, consisting of home wins over Robert Morris-Springfield, Franklin and Manchester.

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