Smith Named to 2006 ECAC South Region Men's Basketball All-Star Team

by Sports Information
3/29/06

LANCASTER, PA -- Franklin & Marshall College guard/forward Brandon Smith (Sr., Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin) has been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Men’s Basketball All-Star second team.

A 2006 D3hoops.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region men’s basketball third team selection, Smith as named 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.

Overall, he was one of four Centennial Conference players named to the All-ECAC team joining Ursinus College point guard Mike McGarvey (first team), Muhlenberg College forward Jeff Stewart (second team) and Johns Hopkins University forward Matt Griffin (honorable mention).

The November 28 and January 3 Centennial Conference Player of the Week, 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.