Smith Named to 2006 D3hoops.com Men's Basketball All Mid-Atlantic Region Third Team

by Sports Information
3/14/06

LANCASTER, PA -- Franklin & Marshall College guard/forward Brandon Smith (Sr., Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin) has been named to the D3hoops.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region men’s basketball third team.

A 2005 and 2006 All-Centennial Conference first team selection and a 2005 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Men's Basketball All-Middle Atlantic Region second team pick, Smith was named the November 28 and January 3 Centennial Conference Player of the Week. Further, he ranked among the Conference leaders in scoring (second, 17.8 ppg), steals (third, 2.00 spg), rebounding (fourth, 7.8 rpg), assists (fifth, 3.60 apg), blocked shots (eighth, 1.00 bpg), minutes played (10th, 31.56 mpg), three-point field goals (11th, 1.76 tpg), three-point field goal percentage (12th, .349) and field goal percentage (15th, .471) as he tallied 444 points, 196 rebounds, 90 assists, 25 blocks and 50 steals this season.

Overall, Smith concludes his career with 1,543 points, 681 rebounds, 204 steals, 268 assists, 163 three-pointers and 73 blocked shots as he ranks sixth in rebounds, second in steals and fifth in three-pointers in school history and 10th in scoring, 12th in rebounding and 15th in three-pointers in Centennial Conference history as he helped lead the team to three Centennial Conference title games, the 2004 Centennial Conference championship and an NCAA “Elite Eight” run and the 2003 and 2005 Eastern College Athletic Conference title during the last four seasons.

Franklin & Marshall concluded the regular season 13-12 as the Diplomats clinched their ninth straight winning season and the 20th in the last 21 years.

The D3hoops.com team was created by website owner Pat Coleman and former Emory University Sports Information Director John Arenberg to honor the most deserving players in each region. Players who are named to their respective conference’s first or second teams are nominated by the sports information directors. All sports information directors in the regions are then asked to vote ranking the players based on performance.

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2006 D3hoops.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region Men’s Basketball Team
First Team
G - Kyle Myrick, Lincoln
G - Mike McGarvey, Ursinus
F - Anthony Fitzgerald, Villa Julie
F - Jon Pribble, Lycoming
F - Kris Clarkson, Widener

Second Team
G - Brandon Bushey, York (PA)
G - Rashawn Johnson, Wesley
F - Chad McGowan, York (PA)
F - Zach Straining, Alvernia
C - Jeff Stewart, Muhlenberg

Third Team
G - Tyson Lesesne, St. Mary’s (MD)
G - Sami Wylie, Lincoln
G - Justin Baker, Mary Washington
F - Brandon Smith, Franklin & Marshall
F - Zach Wiernicki, Messiah

Player of the Year: Kyle Myrick, Lincoln
Coach of the Year: Garfield Yuille, Lincoln