HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College sixth-year head coach Caleb Kimbrough has been voted the 2024-25 D3hoops.com Region 6 Coach of the Year, and All-American fifth-year guard and third-year team captain Adam Brazil (Mooresville, NC) has been named the D3hoops.com Region 6 Player of the Year, along with First Team All-Region 6. In addition, it was announced that Adam is the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 6 Player of the Year and was named First Team All-District 6, and will be playing in the NABC Division III All-Star Game that will take place on Saturday, March 22, at 1 p.m., at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Adam, a 5-10 guard, led the Tigers to an overall record of 23-6 and into the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championships Sweet 16 with his 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
 
Adam Brazil started all 29 games while playing 33.4 minutes per game, adding 50 three-point field goals, 45 steals, and one block. He shot 46% (185-405) from the field, including 29% (50-174) on three-pointers, and 85% (108-127) at the free throw line. Brazil led the team in points (528), scoring average, field goals, field goal attempts, three-pointers, three-point attempts, free throws, free throw attempts, free throw percentage, assists and steals. He scored a career-high 34 points vs. then No. 7 Randolph-Macon (11/13) … equaled his career-high with eight rebounds two times, most recent at Washington and Lee (1/15) … had a season-high eight assists vs. Shenandoah (12/17) … had a season-high four steals two times, most recent at Randolph (1/22) … equaled his career-high with one block at then (RV)Guilford (NC) (1/8) … had a career-high seven (7-11) three-pointers vs. SU (12/17) … and has played a career-high 39 minutes four times, most recent vs. (15)Redlands (CA) (3/14). Adam posted a team-best 25 double-figure scoring games, including three 30-point games among 12 20-point games, and has led the team in scoring 17 times, steals 12 times, assists 13 times and in rebounding two times.
 
Brazil has previously been named the 2024-25 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Men's Basketball Kurt Axe Player of the Year, and the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year, to the Trevor Hudgins Award Top 15 Watch List, to the Bevo Francis Top 25 Watch List, as well as the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division III National Player of the Week one time, to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week two times, the ODAC Offensive Player of the Week four times, and was also named to the All-Tournament Team for both the Hampden-Sydney Tip-Off Tournament (11/22-23) and the Charlie Cobb Classic (12/20-21). He was named a D3hoops.com Preseason All-America Second Team selection this year, after being named NABC All-America Third Team last season. Adam completed his career as the only Tiger in the 115-year history of the program ranked among the Top 10 in career points, assists, steals, three-pointers, and games played. He is ninth in scoring with 1,586 career points in 122 career games, fifth in career assists with 390, and 10th in career steals with 151 … while his 240 career three-pointers and 122 career games are both believed to be among the Top Five all-time, as well.
 
Caleb Kimbrough earns D3hoops.com Region 6 Coach of the Year honors for the first time while leading H-SC an overall record of 23-6, earning its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, while finishing 14-2 during the ODAC regular season to claim the No. 2 seed for the ODAC Tournament, before falling in the quarterfinals. The Tigers, currently ranked 10th in the penultimate D3hoops.com Top 25, enjoyed a 10-game win streak this season, and completed the first regular season sweep of archrival Randolph-Macon since the 2012-13 season. The 23 wins mark the fourth 20-win season in the last 20 years, including three consecutive. Coach Kimbrough is 106-44 at the College, already ranking sixth among the 19 head coaches in the program's tradition-rich history.

D3hoops.com Region 6 

Player of the Year: Adam Brazil, G, Hampden-Sydney
Coach of the Year: Caleb Kimbrough, Hampden-Sydney
Rookie of the Year: Kye Robinson, G, Mary Washington
 

First team
Pos.	Player	School	Yr.	Hometown
G	Adam Brazil	Hampden-Sydney	Sr.	Mooresville, N.C.
G	Jahn Hines	Christopher Newport	Sr.	Norfolk, Va.
G	Braxton Benham	Berry	Sr.	Cartersville, Ga.
G	Reed Kemp	Maryville	Sr.	Franklin, Tenn.
F	Nick Farrar	Guilford	Sr.	Apex, N.C.
Second team
G	Ben Pearce	Emory	Jr.	Tuckahoe, N.Y.
G	Jair Knight	Emory	Jr.	Elyria, Ohio
G	Jabril Robinson	Randolph-Macon	Jr.	Rockville, Md.
G	Joshua McClary	Roanoke	Sr.	Charlotte, N.C.
F	Eli Ballstaedt	Southern Virginia	Sr.	Midway, Utah

 

NABC District 6

First Team

Braxton Benham, Berry

Adam Brazil, Hampden-Sydney*

Nick Farrar, Guilford

Jahn Hines, Christopher Newport

Reed Kemp, Maryville

Jair Knight, Emory

Second Team

Eli Ballstaedt, Southern Virginia

Joshua McClary, Roanoke

Ben Pearce, Emory

Keishawn Pulley Jr., Randolph-Macon

Jabril Robinson, Randolph-Macon

* Denotes District Player of the Year