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March 31, 2006


Virginia Wesleyan’s Adair, Macedo Take Home Top Men's Basketball Honors

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Virginia Wesleyan College’s Brandon Adair was named the 2005-2006 Virginia Sports Information Directors College Division State Player of the Year, while his coach, Dave Macedo was named the State’s Coach of the Year.

2006 VaSID College Division Men's Basketball All-State Team

Adair finished the year averaging 18.8 points and six rebounds while shooting 62% from the field. He led the team in scoring for a third straight year and ranks No. 4 all-time at the school in scoring and is second in field goal percentage. He was a 1^st Team All-American choice by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and D3hoops.com. He was named to the NCAA Division III All-Tournament Team and was the Sectional Tournament MVP. Adair was named the NABC’s South Region Player of the Year, ODAC Player of the Year and ODAC Tournament MVP.

Macedo was a unanimous choice as the State’s Coach of the Year. He was named the 2006 NABC Division III National Coach of the Year en route to leading his team to a 30-3 finish and the Division III National Championship. He was also named the Molten/DIII News National Coach of the Year, D3hoops.com National Coach of the Year, NABC South Region Coach of the Year and ODAC Coach of the Year.

Joining Adair on the First Team was Randolph-Macon’s Justin Wansley. Wansley, like Adair, was a First Team All-State choice a year ago. The senior forward averaged 15 points and eight rebounds while shooting 46% from the field and 41% from behind the arc. He was a First Team All-ODAC performer and named to the D3hoops.com First Team All-South for the third straight season. He finished his career sixth on the school’s all-time scoring list and fifth all-time in rebounds in a career.

Also a First Team choice is Eastern Mennonite’s Jason Sager. Sager, a junior forward, averaged 17 points and nine rebounds while shooting 45% from the floor. He was a First Team All-ODAC choice and a Second Team All-South Region selection by D3hoops.com. Ranks ninth all-time in scoring at EMU and fifth all-time in rebounds. He was a First Team All-State choice a year ago.

Troy Kaase of Hampden-Sydney was also named to the First Team. Only a sophomore, the Roanoke, VA native led the Tigers in scoring with 17 points per game and rebounding, bringing down seven per game while shooting almost 60% from the floor. He was a First Team All-ODAC choice and a Second Team All-South Region selection by the NABC.

Rounding out the First Team All-State is the Apprentice’s Charles Holiday. Holiday, a senior from Williamsburg, VA led the Builders in scoring this year averaging 20.7 points. He shot 43% from the field and was a USCAA All-American for the third time. Finished his career as the school’s all-time scoring leader as well as six other school records. Set a school single season record with 56 three-pointers made and became the first player in program history to score 40 points or more in a game.

All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.

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