Washington and Lee super sophomore Mary Schleusner is the Region 6 Player of the Year while Sam Smith from ODAC rival Randolph-Macon is the Rookie of the Year. Justin LeBlanc is Coach of the Year after leading Millsaps to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in almost 30 years.
In the first part of this month's Hoopsville Podcast, Dave chatted with some of the great coaches who have retired. In this second part, hear from the D3hoops.com 'gang' as they talk about those who have retired and those who always stand as some of the best to coach in the division. Plus, Dave chats with Eric Bridgeland on his change of coaching scenery.
Coaches responsible for more than 4,000 wins have retired from Division III basketball this offseason. On the first of what will be a two-part podcast this month, Dave chats with some of the great coaches who decided to hang it up. Plus, catch up on some of the news in this month's Hoopsville Notebook. Listen to the podcast here.
Lindsey Burke, a three-year assistant at the University of Rochester, gets the call to follow Carroll LaHaye as head women's basketball coach at Randolph-Macon.
Endicott shocked Scranton to win its NCAA Tournament debut while Bethany Lutheran picked up the UMAC's first Tournament win ever in a come-from-behind victory at Bethel. The ASC swept the SCAC and two other hosts bowed out in a wild first round of action.
Kelly Williams didn't plan on playing this season at all. But when a devastating knee injury took the second half of the 2018-19 season away from her, priorities changed. And the Yellow Jackets are on a roll. Nathan Ford has more.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 23rd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
The Division III coaching profession has many members who have spent multiple decades at one institution, and Ryan Scott talks with current and former longtime coaches, plus one who could be both.
The Yellow Jackets beat the Wasps in a battle of ODAC title contenders while two WIAC-ARC games produced two upsets. Elsewhere UW-Oshkosh defended its new ranking and the Thomas More road show rolled through Washington.
Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. Bowdoin's Kate Kerrigan was selected Player of the Year and Savannah LeGate of Oglethorpe Rookie of the Year.
Randolph-Macon's Kelly Williams was the unanimous choice as South Region Player of the Year. Oglethorpe's Savannah LeGate, who was SAA Player of the Year, is Rookie of the Year. And Rusty Rainbolt who turned East Texas Baptist from a three-win team to a near national semifinalist is Coach of the Year.
Randolph-Macon used a huge surge in the second quarter to push past the visiting University of Valley Forge Patriots 67-56 in the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament Friday evening in Crenshaw Gymnasium. Sophomore Kelly Williams (Garysburg, N.C./Halifax Academy) scored 17 points and set a new school and Old Dominion Athletic Conference record for points in a single season with 715, surpassing previous record-holder, R-MC's Megan Silva Schultz, who scored 714 points in a the 2005-2006 season.
Junior Jayla Wade (Newport News, Va. / Heritage) made a baseline drive to break a 68-68 tie with 24 seconds remaining in the game to propel Randolph-Macon to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship in Salem, Va. on Sunday afternoon. It is R-MC's ninth ODAC Tournament Championship and first since 2014. It also avenged an earlier loss to the Wasps 84-77 on February 3 in Crenshaw Gym.
Sophomore Kelly Williams (Garysburg, N.C./Halifax Academy) registered her 24th double-double of the season and tied the ODAC Tournament record for rebounds in a game with 24 as the second-seeded Randolph-Macon women's basketball team eliminated No. 7 Bridgewater 76-58 Thursday evening in the quarterfinals of the 2018 ODAC Tournament at the Salem Civic Center.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 21st season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 21st season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
Like Randolph-Macon great Megan Silva, Kelly Williams hates practice. Also like Silva, she scores buckets and buckets of points. One difference: She's a forward who leads D-III in blocks per game. Meet the next great Yellow Jacket in Around the South.
Randolph-Macon Head Coach Carroll LaHaye won her 600th game Saturday afternoon in action against the Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s number one team, Lynchburg, 71-59 in conference action at Turner Gymnasium. LaHaye, in her 36th season at the helm of Randolph-Macon, is just the 59th coach in the NCAA across all divisions to reach the milestone of 600 wins. LaHaye has spent her entire career coaching the Yellow Jackets.
Opening night for the new season featured big wins for Hobart and St. Norbert and a successful start to Babson's title defense. On the women's side the ODAC scored two upsets over ranked CAC opponents and Muhlenberg won the battle of Lehigh Valley.
Trinity (Texas) takes two of the major awards with Monica Holguin winning Player of the Year and Cameron Hill winning Coach of the Year. Kelly Williams of Randolph-Macon is the Rookie of the Year.
Clark and Worcester State got the new season off to a raucous start just after midnight on Thursday. Get the recap of the top stories from opening day...and night and very early morning.
Ten Division III men's basketball players and 10 women's players are in line for the Jostens Trophy, awarded to the top overall student-athlete in Division III men's and women's basketball.
Junior Hannah Livermon (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) led all scorers with 23 points and senior Sarah Parsons (Glen Allen, Va./J.R. Tucker) added 21 points on Senior Day as the Randolph-Macon women’s basketball team defeated Bridgewater 87-75 in ODAC action Saturday afternoon in Crenshaw Gymnasium to record their 20th victory of the season.
Junior Lauren Vugteveen (Midlothian, VA / Amelia Academy) registered a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds as the Randolph-Macon women’s basketball team dropped an 85-84 decision at Emory & Henry in ODAC action Saturday afternoon.
Senior Sarah Parsons (Glen Allen, Va./J.R. Tucker) hit a game-winning jumper with three seconds remaining to lift the Randolph-Macon women’s basketball team over Washington and Lee 73-71 Tuesday evening in ODAC play.
Junior Katie Anderson (Beaverdam, Va./Patrick Henry) recorded her 12th double-double of the season with 12 rebounds and a career-high 28 points as the Randolph-Macon women’s basketball team dropped a 73-62 decision to Lynchburg in ODAC action Saturday afternoon at Crenshaw Gymnasium.
Junior Katie Anderson (Beaverdam, VA / Patrick Henry) registered her eleventh double-double of the season with 19 points and 15 rebounds and senior Sarah Parsons (Glen Allen, VA / J.R. Tucker) added 16 points as the first place Randolph-Macon women's basketball team topped Randolph 73-53 in ODAC action Tuesday evening for its 10th consecutive victory.
Junior Hannah Livermon (Powhatan, VA / Powhatan) led all scorers with 18 points and junior Lauren Vugteveen (Midlothian, VA / Amelia Academy) added 16 points and recorded eight rebounds as the Randolph-Macon women’s basketball team defeated Bridgewater 72-54 Tuesday night in ODAC action for its eighth straight victory.
D3hoops.com 2024 women's All-Region 6 team
March 12, 2024Washington and Lee super sophomore Mary Schleusner is the Region 6 Player of the Year while Sam Smith from ODAC rival Randolph-Macon is the Rookie of the Year. Justin LeBlanc is Coach of the Year after leading Millsaps to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in almost 30 years.
