HILLIARD NAMED CO-SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION PLAYER OF THE
YEAR
Reigning CIAA Player of the Year Shares Regional Honor with
Wingate's Sean Barnette
March 12, 2008
MORROW, GA- Elizabeth City State University junior Anthony Hilliard
and Wingate University senior Sean Barnette will share the honor as
South Atlantic Region 2008 "Player of the Year".
This past season Anthony Hilliard was named CIAA Player of the Year
after leading the Vikings t
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o their first 20 win season since 1999. He led the conference in
both scoring and rebounding and for the second season was the only
men's basketball player to average a double-double in the CIAA. He
scored his 1,000 career point in 07-08 and is the first Viking
since 1993 (Nate Higgs) and the sixth overall to be named CIAA
Player of the Year.
Barnette, a 6-foot-4 senior forward from Rock Hill, S.C. was
selected South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year for a second
straight season. He is only the second men's basketball player to
win the award two times. He was also the 2006-07 South Atlantic
Conference Male Athlete of the Year.
Virginia Union's Brad Byerson, the 2008 CIAA Defensive Player of
the Year, Augusta State's Tyrekus Bowman and USC Aiken's Chris
Commons completes the First Team honorees. With the first team
selection, all five players are automatically eligible for
Daktronics Division II All-American honors.
Fayetteville State's Phillipe' Harris also represented the CIAA's
as a member of the South Atlantic Region Second Team. The
complete All-South Atlantic Region Team follows:
2008 Daktronics Men's All-South Atlantic Region Team First Team
| Player | School | YR | POS | HT | WT | Hometown |
| Sean Barnette | Wingate | Sr. | F | 6-4 | 215 | Rock Hill, SC |
| Anthony Hilliard | Elizabeth City State | Jr. | G | 6-4 | 205 | Fayetteville, NC |
| Chris Commons | USC Aiken | Jr. | F | 6-8 | 215 | Toledo, OH |
| Tyrekus Bowman | Augusta State | Jr. | F | 6-5 | 185 | Tignall, GA |
| Brad Byerson | Virginia Union | Sr. | C | 6-7 | 250 | Colonial Heights, VA |
2008 South Atlantic co-Players of the Year: Sean Barnette
(Wingate), Anthony Hilliard (Elizabeth City State)
Second Team
| Player | School | YR | POS | HT | WT | Hometown |
| Jeremy Fears | USC Aiken | JR | G | 6-5 | 190 | Chicago, IL |
| Bryan Grier | Wingate | SR | F | 6-5 | 210 | Charlotte, NC |
| Garret Siler | Augusta State | JR | C | 7-0 | 304 | Augusta, GA |
| Reggie Bratton | Lenoir-Rhyne | SR | F | 6-4 | 190 | Charlotte, NC |
| Phillipe' Harris | Fayetteville State | SR | G | 5-11 | 180 | Fayetteville, NC |
