MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern States Athletic Conference announced its men's basketball postseason awards Wednesday evening, and a total of 11 Wolf Pack student-athletes received recognition for their success on the court and in the classroom. 
 

In his first season with the program, head coach Donald Reyes was named the SSAC Coach of the Year after leading the Wolf Pack to their second straight regular-season title. Harden was a welcomed addition to the team this season, becoming one of Loyola's primary ball-handlers while hitting multiple clutch shots in crunch time, earning the Newcomer of the Year award from the SSAC. Harden is joined by teammate Jalen Galloway on the All-Conference First Team, while Alex Hammond and Leonard Jackson were both placed on the All-Freshman team. Along with Galloway, Dominic Brown, Luke Ladner, Milan Mejia, Andrew Stagni, Troy Thomas and Josh Tolbert earned All-Academic honors, and Ladner was Loyola's representative on the SSAC Champions of Character Team. 
 

Harden started 25 of Loyola's 27 games this season and averaged 13 points, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals this season. His 52 total steals this season is two away from cracking Loyola's Top 10 for most steals in a season, and he's 20 assists away from getting into that Top 10 as well. He also tied a school record earlier this season with 19 free throws made in a game, draining those from the charity stripe against Stillman College in January. 
 

Galloway leads the team in both points and rebounds per game, averaging 18 points while pulling down 7.8 rebounds. The Meridian, Idaho, native has been named the league's Player of the Week three times this season, too, and he is close to breaking into the Top 10 in Loyola history for both season points (469) and rebounds (203). 
 

As a true freshman, Hammond averaged 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game this season. The New Orleans native started 16 of the 25 games he made an appearance in as well. Jackson, who's in his second year with the program, averaged 7.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in 23 games played this season. He started eight of those games after taking a redshirt last season. 
 

As the No. 1 seed in this week's SSAC Championship, Loyola will play eighth-seeded Middle Georgia State on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. in its first action of the tournament. 
 

SSAC Postseason Awards

Player of the Year: C.J. Hines, Faulkner (Ala.)
Coach of the Year: Donald Reyes, Loyola (La.)Defensive
Player of the Year: Vatangoe Donzo, Blue Mountain (Miss.)
Freshman of the Year: Joshua Ward, Life (Ga.)
Newcomer of the Year: Michael Harden, Loyola (La.)
6th Man of the Year: Jonathan Garcia, Faulkner (Ala.)
Sportsmanship Award: Dalton State (Ga.)    
     

First-Team All-Conference      
C.J. Hines, Faulkner
Jalen Galloway, Loyola New Orleans    
Ezra McKenna, University of Mobile
Trace Hill, Faulkner
Michael Harden, Loyola New Orleans
Damariee Jones, University of Mobile
Ryan Sanders, Blue Mountain Christian 
Derrick Finklea, Stillman College
Lance Smith, Brewton-Parker College
Joshua Ward, Life University
 

Second-Team All-Conference    
Mohamed Elgohary, Life University
Pooh Frazier, University of Mobile
Brice Martin, Middle Georgia
Sean Cobb, Dalton State
Khalil Johnson, Stillman College
JonDarius Warren , Blue Mountain Christian
Daniel Garmendia, Faulkner
Earl Smith, William Carey
Ethelbert Anum, Talladega
Donavan Miller, Dalton State
     

All-Freshman Team   
Joshua Ward, Life University
Devin Story, Life University
Alex Hammond, Loyola New Orleans
Leonard Jackson, Loyola New Orleans
Milique Smith, Middle Georgia
   

Barnes & Noble College All-Academic Team 
Trace Hill, Faulkner University    
Isaiah Brooks, Faulkner University    
Jonathan Garcia, Faulkner University    
Daniel Garmendia, Faulkner University    
Emile Kazeneza, William Carey University    
Derrick Herrick, William Carey University    
Willie Moody, William Carey University    
Jalen Barker, Dalton State College    
Brad Milliorn, Dalton State College    
Ezra McKenna, University of Mobile    
Trent Moye, University of Mobile    
Tadeas Manas, University of Mobile    
Alan Lang, University of Mobile    
TJ Morgan, Middle Georgia State University    
Kyin Healey, Stillman College    
Tyler Martin, Stillman College    
Bailey Tally, Stillman College    
Jalen Taylor, Stillman College    
Dominic Brown, Loyola University New Orleans    
Jalen Galloway, Loyola University New Orleans    
Luke Ladner, Loyola University New Orleans    
Milan Mejia, Loyola University New Orleans    
Andrew Stagni, Loyola University New Orleans    
Troy Thomas, Loyola University New Orleans    
Josh Tolbert, Loyola University New Orleans    
Tylan Green, Life University    
James Leible, Life University    
Aleksa Skoko, Life University    
Ben Underwood, Life University    
Jordan Johnson, Brewton-Parker College    
Ridge Turner, Brewton-Parker College    
Chance Hatcher, Brewton-Parker College    
Ethelbert Anum, Talladega College    
Wilfred Campbell, Talladega College    
Jevon Tatum, Talladega College    
Keshawn Pegues, Talladega College    
Timothy Moneyham, Talladega College    
Jordan Crumbley, Talladega College    
Corey Sands, Talladega College    
 

Champions of Character Team
Alan Lang, University of Mobile    
Chance Hatcher, Brewton-Parker College    
Devin Story, Life University    
Luke Ladner, Loyola University New Orleans    
Trace Hill, Faulkner University    
Cole McGrath, Blue Mountain Christian University    
Jordan Crumbley, Talladega College    
Champ Dawson, Middle Georgia State University    
Jaelin Ferrell, Dalton State College    
Tyler Martin, Stillman College    
TJ Ward, William Carey University    

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