Winter Season: Men's Basketball Recap
DANVILLE, Va. - The 2017 USA South Men's Basketball Tournament championship game took place on Saturday, February 25 on the campus of Averett University in Danville, Virginia as fifth-seeded LaGrange defeated second-seeded Methodist, 75-56, to capture the program's third tournament title in the past four years (Full story below).
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2016-17 All-Conference awards for men's basketball. Averett University's Charles Bryant was named Player of the Year while his coach, David Doino earned Coach of the Year honors. N.C. Wesleyan College's A.J. Frye collected Rookie of the Year accolades to close out the individual honors. Finally, the USA South recognized an All-Sportsmanship Team consisting of one member from each competing school (Full list of All-Conference honorees in link below).
Men's Basketball Postseason Awards
Chris Thomas (William Peace) - CoSIDA Academic All-District [First Team]
Charles Bryant (Averett) - D3hoops.com All-Region [First Team]
Adrian Moore (N.C. Wesleyan) - D3hoops.com All-Region [Third Team]
Piedmont College - NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
LaGrange College - NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
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Winter Season: Women's Basketball Recap
MARYVILLE, TN. - The 2017 USA South Women's Basketball Tournament finals took place on Saturday, February 25 on the campus of Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee as the West second-seed Piedmont defeated the West top-seeded Scots, 58-44, to collect the tournament championship for the first time in the program's history (Full story below).
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2016-17 All-Conference awards for women's basketball. Ferrum College's Zarkia Mattox was named the Player of the Year while her coach Bryan Harvey earned Coach of the Year honors. Agnes Scott College's Garis Grant collected Rookie of the Year accolades to conclude the individual honors. Also, the USA South recognized an All-Sportsmanship Team consisting of one member from each competing school (Full list of All-Conference honorees in link below).
Women's Basketball Postseason Awards
Zarkia Mattox (Ferrum) - D3hoops.com All-Region [First Team]
Samm Chandler (Averett) - CoSIDA Academic All-District [First Team], CoSIDA Academic All-American [Second Team], D3hoops.com All-Region [Third Team]
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USA South Athletes Attend 2017 NCAA Convention
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The USA South Athletic Conference was recently represented at the 2017 NCAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee by 25 student-athletes from its member institutions. The Conference was able to sponsor this endeavor through the NCAA Division III Strategic Initiatives Grant Program. This was the first time the USA South has sponsored student-athletes' attendance at the NCAA Convention (Full story below).
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