Will Wade2013-14 SoCon men's basketball awards
Coaches AwardsAll-SoCon Team: De'Mon Brooks (Davidson) Lucas Troutman (Elon) Stephen Croone (Furman) Jelani Hewitt (GSU) Kyle Cain (UNCG), Tim Williams (Samford) Casey Jones (UTC) Zaccheus Mason (UTC) Trey Sumler (WCU) Karl Cochran (Wofford).All-Freshman Team: Brian White (Citadel) Jack Gibbs (Davidson) Tevon Saddler (UNCG) Isaiah Williams (Samford) Eric Garcia (Wofford).Player of the year: De'Mon Brooks (Davidson).Coach of the year: Mike Young (Wofford).Defensive player of the year: Zaccheus Mason (UTC).SoCon Sports Media Association AwardsAll-SoCon First Team: De'Mon Brooks (Davidson) Lucas Troutman (Elon) Zaccheus Mason (UTC) Trey Sumler (WCU) Karl Cochran (Wofford). Second-Team: Brian Sullivan (Davidson) Stephen Croone (Furman) Jelani Hewitt (GSU) Kyle Cain (UNCG) Tim Williams (Samford). Third-Team: Tyler Kalinoski (Davidson) Sebastian Koch (Elon) Tre Bussey (GSU) Casey Jones (UTC) Lee Skinner (Wofford).All-Freshman Team: Brian White (Citadel) William Gates Jr. (Furman) Tevon Saddler (UNCG) Isaiah Williams (Samford) Eric Garcia (Wofford).Player of the Year: De'Mon Brooks (Davidson).Coach of the Year: Will Wade (UTC).Freshman of the Year: Isaiah Williams (Samford).
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coach Will Wade was named Southern Conference coach of the year this afternoon by a vote of the media in the league.
In addition, senior forward Zaccheus Mason earned first-team All-SoCon honors from the media and sophomore forward Casey Jones earned a spot on the third-team.
The coaches voted both Mason and Jones to their 10-man All-SoCon squad and named Mason the defensive player of the year.
Davidson forward De'Mon Brooks earned player of the year in both polls.
See Wednesday's Times Free Press for more college basketball coverage.