STERLING, Va. - With the Division III men's basketball season three games away from crowning the National Champion in Salem, Va., on March 17, D3hoops.com has released its 2006-07 All-Region teams with 638 players nominated nationwide.
Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools, who were contacted several times as the season wound down to remind them to make their players eligible. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for 10 players in their region, including six frontcourt players and four backcourt players to insure balance.
Regions that have fewer than 40 Division III teams have two teams, while all other regions have three teams.
Junior forward Edrick Montgomery finds himself on this year's All-South Region Second Team, becoming the third Millsaps student-athlete to earn D3hoops.com All-Region honors since its emergence during the 2001-02 season.
The Pearl native joins Thomas Adams (2002-03 Second Team) and Daniel Waguespack (2001-02 Third Team) as the only three Millsaps athletes to earn the prestigious end of the year award.
With four scorers averaging double figures out of the Majors' starting five, Montgomery received great support from his teammates to finish tied for first in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with 9.8 rebounds per contest and second in the SCAC with 17.1 points per game.
A unanimous First Team All-SCAC selection, Montgomery fell just two points shy of Matt Netheside of Centre College for Player of the Year accolades while ranking amongst the Top 10 in nearly every statistical category.
Montgomery was first in the league in defensive rebounds (7.19/game), second in field goal percentage (.547), third in blocks (27), fourth in offensive rebounds (2.59/game), ninth in steals (38) and 10th in free throw percentage (.658).
Millsaps finished the 2006-07 campaign with the seventh best record in school history, ending the year in the second round of the SCAC Tournament with an 18-9 mark. The Majors, who don't lose any seniors from this year's squad, hope to return all five starters including a handful of underclassmen.
