Youngstown State senior, Damian Eargle, was named the Horizon League Defensive Player of The Year on Monday.  If blocking shots were an art, Eargle would be Van Gogh.

Eargle led the league with 3.1 blocks per game overall and 2.9 blocks per Horizon League game. He averaged 11.8 points per game this season, also ranked fifth with 6.2 rebounds per game and fourth with 4.4 defensive rebounds per game.

Eargle, the 34th 1,000-point scorer in school history, led the Horizon League in blocks in 2011-12 with 116 and is the league’s record holder for most blocks in a career with 293. Eargle was also a 2012 Horizon League All-Defensive Team selection.