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m e e t t h e b o i l e r m a k e r s ... Majoring in organizational leadership and supervision ... Born on Dec. 3, 1993 ... Son of Will Simpson and Eulawnda Biggers ... Has two brothers, Willie and Jaylon. 30 Neal Beshears Junior Forward • 6-7/198 Winchester, Ind. (Maine Central Institute) 24 Anfernee Brown Freshman Guard • 6-1/190 East Chicago, Ind. (East Chicago Central) High School: A three-year letterwinner at East Chicago Central High School, Brown earned three NWI Times All-Area accolades ... As a senior, Brown was selected as a Northwest Indiana All-Star, was named a Top 100 Senior by Hoosier Basketball Magazine and was named his team MVP ... Named honorable mention All-State by the AP ... Averaged close to 18 points a game as a senior after averaging 15.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 6.0 apg as a junior ... Played for his father, Abrian Brown, Sr., at East Chicago Central. Personal: Full name is Anfernee Emond Ezzel Brown ... Plans to major in pre-physical therapy ... Born on June 9, 1994 ... Son of Abrian Brown, Sr., and Chynisse Nobles ... Has three brothers and one sister ... Oldest brother, Abrian Brown, Jr., attends Indiana State University. 40 As a Sophomore (201213): Saw action in 10 games and posted averages of 0.3 points and 0.5 rebounds in 2.7 minutes per outing ... Scored a career-high three points in the win over Hofstra. As a Freshman (201112): Played in 10 games, averaging 0.6 points and 0.3 rebounds in 2.2 minutes per contest ... Averaged seven minutes a game and scored four points on Italy trip. Maine Central (201011): Helped lead MCI to its first NEPSAC Class AAA championship since 1998 ... Started 28-of-31 games, averaging 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game ... Converted a team-high 87.0 percent from the free throw line ... Attended same prep school as former Boilermaker Brad Miller. High School: An Indiana All-Star and honorable mention IBCA all-state selection in 2010 ... Earned Indiana Junior All-Star honors and was selected for the IBCA AllState Underclassman Team in 2009 ... Averaged 18.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, shooting 87.5 percent from the free throw line as a senior at Winchester. IllustrateD volume 24, issue 2 Personal: Full name is Neal Aron Beshears ... Majoring in computational science and engineering ... Born on Aug. 24, 1991 ... Son of Kenny and Sherry Beshears ... Has two brothers, Bobby, a Purdue graduate, and David ... Also has a sister, Jessica. 32 Errick Peck Senior Forward • 6-6/223 Indianapolis (Cathedral) At Cornell (2010-13): As a senior, Peck earned honorable mention all-Ivy League after averaging 9.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 29 contests, including 11 starts ... Tied a Cornell school record by making all eight field goal attempts as part of 20-point effort in a win at Penn (Feb. 2, 2013) ... Tallied a career-high 26 points against Dartmouth (March 8, 2013) ... Ended his senior season by scoring in double figures in eight of last 11 games ... Missed the entire 2011-12 season due to injury ... As a sophomore in 2010-11, Peck averaged a career-best 11.0 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game in 27 games with 24 starts ... In two games against nationally-ranked opponents (Minnesota and Syracuse), Peck averaged 15.0 points per game and 3.5 assists per game ... Was dominant against Patriot League power Bucknell, scoring 21 points with eight rebounds ... Then added 22 points against Dartmouth (Feb. 19, 2011) and made four straight three-pointers to open the second half ... As a freshman in 2009-10 during Cornell's run to the Sweet 16, Peck averaged 3.3 points per game in 31 games, scoring 102 points in just 228 minutes (17.9 points / 40 minutes) ... Scored a season-high 14 points against Dartmouth (Feb. 20, 2010). High School: Prepped at Cathedral H.S. in Indianapolis, where he earned firstteam all-city and honorable mention all-state honors ... Was also the most valuable player of the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Game and averaged 14.4 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. Personal: Full name is Errick Christian Peck ... Has earned his bachelor's degree in communications at Cornell and is pursuing his master's degree in public relations / communications ... Born on Oct. 20, 1991 ... Son of Errick Peck and Traci Bluiett ... Has two sisters, Jasmine and Jessica Walker. f