JACKSON, Miss. – The fantastic Millsaps women's basketball duo of senior Haley Franklin and sophomore Garin Freeman added to their impressive list of honors, both being named to the D3hoops.com All-Region teams on Tuesday.

Franklin made the All-Region 6 team for the third time, making it on the Second Team, while Freeman earned a spot on the Third Team.

Franklin was earlier named to the All-SAA First Team and All-SAA Tournament Team after becoming the program's all-time leading scorer on Feb. 8.

She paced the conference at 17.6 points per game and finished with 1,516 career points in three seasons with the Majors.

The Baton Rouge, La., product ended 2024-25 with 181 rebounds, 95 assists, 48 steals and finished with a 47.5 percent field percentage (170-for-358).

Freeman also made the All-SAA First Team as well as the All-SAA Tournament Team and was voted the SAA Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year.
 
The 2024 Millsaps Female Newcomer of the Year honoree led the conference and ranks 12th in DIII with 136 assists. Freeman now ranks third in program history in a single season with her 136 dimes.

Her 61 steals also are the best in the conference and stand eighth best in the school record book.

Freeman also averaged 13.9 points per game and shot 20-for-22 from the free-throw line in a win at Centenary College on Dec. 13. The Little Rock, Ark., product's 20 made free throws currently are a single-game high across NCAA Division III.

There were 789 players nominated nationwide for these awards by the Sports Information Directors. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region.

Division III basketball is organized into 10 regions. A region with 40 teams or more has three All-Region teams honored, while a region with fewer than 40 teams has a first and second team.

It is the 24rd season D3hoops.com has named All-Region Teams. Players were nominated by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools.

Players from the All-Region team are eligible for the D3hoops.com All-America teams. The teams will be released March 22 at the national championship game.

The D3hoops.com All-American teams, along with those of the respective coaches' associations, are the only ones recognized in the NCAA record book.

MILLSAPS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL D3HOOPS.COM ALL-REGION AWARD RECIPIENTS
(Awards began with 2001-02 Season, Coach and Player of the Year started in 2006, Rookie of the Year added in 2008)
 

INDIVIDUAL	SEASON	AWARD	DESIGNATION
Haley Franklin	2024-25	Second Team	Region 6
Garin Freeman	2024-25	Third Team	Region 6
Haley Franklin	2023-24	First Team	Region 6
Justin LeBlanc	2023-24	Coach of the Year	Region 6
Haley Franklin	2022-23	Third Team	Region 6
Dia Fortenberry	2020-21	Second Team	All-South Region
Velvet Johnson	2014-15	First Team	All-South Region
Chuck Winkelman	2011-12	Coach of the Year	South Region
Shante Morton	2011-12	Second Team	All-South Region
Jessica Dunlap	2001-02	Third Team	All-South Region

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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.