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Sophomore Steven Hamilton, after finishing in the top 10 in the conference in scoring and assists in his first full year of college basketball, was named the MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year to highlight the Lycoming College men's basketball team's honorees listed in the conference's postseason awards.
In addition, Hamilton was also named Second Team All-MAC Freedom and junior center Dyson Harward earned his second straight first-team All-MAC Freedom accolades.
Hamilton, who played in seven games during the COVID-19-shortened season in 2020-21 but was the beneficiary of the blanket waiver from the NCAA that ensured a season of eligibility wasn't used, finished ninth in the MAC Freedom with an average of 12.8 points per game and he also finished fourth with 3.5 assists per game. He was also 13th in the league in free throw percentage (.740), ninth in assist-turnover ratio (1.0) and he was third in the league, playing an average of 32.5 minutes per game. Hamilton had four 20-point efforts, including scoring a career-best 27 in a win at Arcadia, plus he dished out seven assists twice.
Hamilton is the first Warrior since Harward to earn the conference's rookie of the year award, as Harward earned the MAC Commonwealth's award in 2020.
Harward, who is the first Warrior post player to earn back-to-back first-team all-conference honors since Jonathan Pribble in 2005-06, finished eighth in the MAC Freedom with 13.1 points per game and he led the league with an average of 11.6 rebounds per contest. His 17 double-doubles set the team's modern season record. Harward's 313 rebounds this year are the eighth-best total in program history and the best since Ron Travis pulled in 334 in 1966. He also added 47 blocked shots, tied for seventh in program history. He is 15th in program history with 586 career rebounds and his 123 blocked shots are third.