March 1, 2026

Browder makes the cut for Hudgins Award's final 15

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Carson-Newman senior forward Jack Browder has been named to the top 15 watch list for the prestigious Trevor Hudgins Award, Small College Basketball announced Sunday afternoon.

The award is in the third year of its existence. Browder is the first player from the South Atlantic Conference to receive recognition on the watch list.

The Trevor Hudgins Award is presented annually to the senior who has had the finest overall four-year career within Small College Basketball. Considerations will be overall career statistics and achievements, team achievements, awards, and personal character. The player must have played his entire career at the small college level. This is the highest award given to a four-year player within Small College Basketball.

Browder is also on the watch list for Small College Basketball's Bevo Francis Award, given to the top player in all Small College Basketball.

Jack Browder enters the SAC tournament on 2,068 career points. He is fourth all-time in both Carson-Newman and SAC scoring history. Browder is fifth among active NCAA Division II players in career scoring and 15th among all players in all divisions.

With 888 career rebounds, Browder is fourth among active Division II players in career rebounds. Browder, plus Hall of Famers Mike Ogan and Tommy Everette are the only three members of the 1,500/700 club in Carson-Newman history. Browder is the only player in the NCAA era to do that.

Browder is one of three active players in college basketball with 2,000 career points and 800 career rebounds. Carl Cleveland at Young Harris and Gonzaga's Graham Ike are the only others in the NCAA. Browder's 888 rebounds are the fifth-most in school history and seventh in SAC history. He needs one more rebounds to equal Wingate's Bryan Grier (2003-08) for sixth on the league's all-time rebounding list with 889.

With 39 career double-doubles, Browder already has career mark for Carson-Newman for all-time double-doubles (at least in the NCAA era where we have game-by-game stats). He has the most double-doubles among active NCAA Division II players. He has the eighth-most double-doubles amongst players in all divisions. Browder's 13 double-doubles this year lead the SAC and are fourth nationally.

Browder is the only player in NCAA Division II to lead his league in scoring and rebounding. Browder is also the only player in the country in the top 20 in both scoring and rebounding. Browder is third in scoring at 24.8 points per game and 17th in rebounding at 9.6 boards per game.

Browder has 695 points this season. The most by an Eagle in a single-season and the seventh-highest scoring total in league history. Browder is averaging 24.8 points per game this season. If he maintains that average, he will join Mike Ogan as the only player in school history to average more than 24 a game. Ogan did it twice, including a school-record 26.3 ppg as a senior in 1973-74.

He has set the SAC single-game record for free throws made in a game without missing. Connecting on all 21 of his foul shots on senior day in an overtime loss to Lenoir-Rhyne.

With 230 made free throws this season, he is second all-time in SAC history for free throws made in a season.

Trevor Hudgins Award Final 15 Watch List

Jack Browder 6'4" Carson-Newman

Bradley Bunch 6'6" Pikeville

Carl Cleveland 6'6" Young Harris

Mason Dopirak 6'2" MSOE

Justin Hemphill 6'6" Daemen

Nick Koch 6'1" College of New Jersey

Dylan Kuehl 6'6" Northern Michigan

Chase Morgan 6'6" Maryville (TN)

Ben Pearce 6'1" Emory

Shane Regan 6'4" Chicago