Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Jake Baldwin Named D3Hoops.com 1st Team All-Region

Piedmont College men's basketball player Jake Baldwin has been selected a member of the D3Hoops.com 1st team All-Region team for the South as announced today by the national website. The NCAA Division-III All-Region honor is the first-ever for the PC men's basketball program.

Joining Baldwin as a 1st team selection was Kevin Guyden of Mary-Hardin Baylor, Lenny Hall of NC Wesleyan, Brandon Adair of Virginia Wesleyan, and Ben Strong of Guilford. Strong was voted the region's Player of the Year.

Baldwin led the Lions (13-13) in scoring with a 24.1 points per game average and was the team's top rebounder with 9.0 boards per game. He is currently ranked sixth in all of Division-III in points per game. He is also ranked 36th nationally in overall field goal percentage (58.7%).

Baldwin was voted the Great South Athletic Conference's Co-Player of the Year with Maryville College's Bobby Golden. He was honored as both an All-Conference and All-Academic selection in the league's year-end honor roll. Baldwin was named the league's Player of the Week on three different occasions.

Baldwin earned All-Tournament honors at the USA-South/GSAC Tip-Off Classic at Ferrum College and the Roger Taylor Invitational at NC Wesleyan College where he was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. He scored a modern-era school record and career best 42 points in the Lions' overtime victory over Wesley (DE) College. Additionally, the junior forward posted 11 double-doubles on the season.

In the Lions' December 10th loss to nationally-ranked Averett, Baldwin netted his 1,000th career point and is currently only 94 points shy of reaching the 1,500 point plateau.