COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), senior guard Keenan Gumbs was selected as SCAC Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Year and his head coach, Connor Kuykendall, was named the league's Coach-of-the-Year for the second consecutive year.

A three-time SCAC Player-of-the-Week during the regular season, Schreiner's Gumbs is currently ranked in the top 10 in the league in almost every offensive category, including scoring (524 points – first), points per game (21.0 – second), rebounds (175 – sixth), rebounds per game (7.0 – seventh), field goals (166 – second), three-point field goals (50 – sixth), three-point field goals per game (2.0 – tied for seventh), three-point field goal percentage (43.0 percent – second), free throws made (142 – third), free-throw percentage (76.8 percent – ninth), steals (36), and steals per game (1.4 – seventh). In just three seasons, Gumbs has already eclipsed 1,000 career points and stands at 1,061 heading into this weekend's conference tournament. Among his highlights this season, Gumbs had a career-high 46 points on 10-of-15 shooting for the field and 26-of-27 from the charity stripe in a 99-93 overtime victory over Austin College. He easily surpassed SCAC records for free throws made (19) and free throws attempted (22) and his 46 points rank third all-time in the conference record book among single-game performances. In the five years the institution has been in the league, Gumbs is the first Schreiner men's basketball student-athlete to win SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors.

Gumbs received six votes in the Player-of-the-Year balloting while junior guard Nathan Josephs of Texas Lutheran University and Levi of Dallas received one vote each.

2017-18 SCAC PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR
Keenan Gumbs, Schreiner University, 6-4, Sr., Guard, Cibolo, Texas

2017-18 SCAC NEWCOMER-OF-THE-YEAR
Spencer Levi, University of Dallas, 6-7, Fy, Forward, St. Louis, Mo.

2017-18 SCAC DEFENSIVE CO-PLAYERS-OF-THE-YEAR
Spencer Levi, University of Dallas, 6-7, Fy., Forward, St. Louis, Mo.
Danny Rivara, Trinity University, 6-7, So., Forward, Horseshoe Bay, Texas

2017-18 SCAC COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Connor Kuykendall, Schreiner University, 13-12 Overall / 10-4 SCAC / Top seed in SCAC Tourney

2017-18 ALL-SCAC FIRST TEAM
Keenan Gumbs, Schreiner, 6-4, Sr., Guard, Cibolo, Texas
Travion Kirkendoll, Centenary, 6-3, Sr., Guard, Campti, La.
Spencer Levi, Dallas, 6-7, Fy., Forward, St. Louis, Mo.
Danny Rivara, Trinity, 6-7, So., Forward, Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Eric Houska, Colorado College, 6-1, Sr., Guard, Wilton, Conn.

2017-18 ALL-SCAC SECOND TEAM
Blake Kelley, Schreiner, 6-7, Sr., Forward, El Paso, Texas
Cooxooeii Black, Colorado College, 6-7, So., Forward, Lander, Wyo.
Cedric Harris, Centenary, 6-5, So., Guard, Shreveport, La.
Nathan Josephs, Texas Lutheran, 5-10, Jr., Guard, San Antonio, Texas
Darrius Colvin, Dallas, 6-4, Jr., Guard, Waco, Texas

2017-18 ALL-SCAC THIRD TEAM
Matt Jones, Trinity, 5-10, Sr., Guard, Austin, Texas
Justice Mercadel, Austin College, 6-3, Fy., Guard Little Elm, Texas
Brandon Alexander, Southwestern, 6-5, So., Forward, Inez, Texas
Jayden Holden, Trinity, 6-4, Sr., Forward, The Woodlands, Texas
Isiah Specks, Trinity, 6-4, Jr., Forward, Pearland, Texas

HONORABLE MENTION (players receiving votes)
Austin College – Michael Holland (Fy., F); Centenary – Kaharri Carter (Jr., F), Treylan Matthews (Jr., G); Colorado College – John Hatch (Sr., G); Dallas – Michael Wambsganss (Fy., G); Schreiner – Ellis Jones (Fy., G), Luis Mancillas (Sr., G); Southwestern – Kyle Howard (So., G), Ryan Wheeler (So., G); Texas Lutheran – Sebastian Andrade (Fy., G), Jacob Kouremetis (Jr., G)

Coaches voted for 15 places for All-SCAC with 15 points awarded for first-place votes, 14 points for second-place votes, 13 points for third-place votes, etc., down to one point for a 15th-place vote. All players not elected to the First, Second or Third Team, but who received at least one vote, were named Honorable Mention. Coaches could not vote for their own players.

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