HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College had five standout student-athletes earn
2025 D3football.com All-Region honors. Junior running back
Terry Hicks (Clayton, NC) and sophomore offensive lineman and team captain
Cash Topinka (Charlotte, NC) were each named First Team All-Region 3. Senior wide receiver and team captain
Mason Cunningham (Arlington) was named Second Team, while senior quarterback and team captain
Carter Sido (Dallas, TX) and sophomore defensive back
Parks Cromwell (Charlotte, NC) were each named Third Team. The five All-Region selections equal the most ever for the program since the awards began in 2005, attained once previously in 2013.
Terry Hicks started all 10 games and led the team with 1,020 rushing yards on 195 attempts (5.2) and 14 rushing touchdowns, including a career-high three touchdowns vs. Shenandoah (9/20), adding 10 receptions for 100 receiving yards. The 1,020 rushing yards are the 10th-best season total in program history. He had four 100-yard rushing games, including a season-high 192 yards on a career-high 31 attempts (6.2) vs. Shenandoah. Hicks led the ODAC in rushing touchdowns, total touchdowns (14), total points (84) and points per game (8.4), was second in rushing yards, rushing yards per game (102.0), all-purpose yards (1,120) and all-purpose yards per game (112.0), and ninth in total offense (1,020). He previously was named First Team All-ODAC.
Cash Topinka started all 10 games, anchoring the offensive line at left guard, while playing every snap that the first team offense was on the field throughout the season and allowing only one sack. He was the team's highest graded lineman at 93%, as the offense accounted for 4,855 yards of total offense (485.5), including 2,308 rushing yards (230.8) and 2,547 passing yards (254.7) with 61 touchdowns. He previously was named First Team All-ODAC.
Mason Cunningham started all 10 games and led the team with 47 receptions for 869 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns, tying a career-high with three touchdowns at Guilford (NC) (9/27). The 11 touchdowns equal the sixth-best season total in program history. He had four 100-yard receiving games, including a season-high 168 yards on nine receptions and two touchdowns vs. Bridgewater (11/8). Cunningham led the ODAC in receiving yards, receiving yards per game (86.9) and receiving touchdowns, was second in receptions, total touchdowns (11) and total points (66), third in yards per reception (18.5) and points per game (6.6), fifth in all-purpose yards (899) and eighth in all-purpose yards per game (89.9). He previously was named the ODAC Football J. Stokeley Fulton Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-ODAC.
Carter Sido started all 10 games and led the team with 2,254 passing yards (138-231-9) and 29 touchdowns with nine interceptions thrown, adding 236 yards rushing on 66 attempts (3.6). The 29 touchdowns equal the fourth-best season total in program history. He had five 250-plus-yard passing games, including a career-high 330 yards (17-25-1) and three touchdowns vs. Roanoke (10/25), and a career-high six passing touchdowns at Guilford (9/27). Sido led the ODAC in passing yards, passing yards per game (225.4), passing touchdowns, passing efficiency (175.3), total offense (2,490) and total offense per game (249.0), and was fifth in completion percentage (59.7). He previously was named First Team All-ODAC.
Parks Cromwell started all 10 games and was fifth on the team with 44 tackles, including 25 solo, 2.0 for loss, 1.0 sack, two interceptions, six pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and three forced fumbles. He tied for first in the ODAC in forced fumbles, and tied for sixth in interceptions, passes defended (8) and pass breakups. He previously was named First Team All-ODAC.
D3football.com All-Region 3 (PDF)