KANSAS CITY, Mo. – IUP senior forward
Ethan Porterfield was named to the Small College Basketball (SCB) Trevor Hudgins Top 25 Watch List, announced Thursday.
The award, created in November 2023, 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 will be the highest award given to a four-year player within Small College Basketball (NCAA DII, NCAA DII, NAIA USCAA, NCCAA).
Porterfield is the only player from the Atlantic Region to earn this prestigious recognition. The Sharon, Pa. native continues building one of the top careers of any IUP student-athlete as a senior leader on the roster in 2023-24.
Posting a combined career record of 109-14 (including 2020-21), Porterfield boasts an outstanding 72-8 (.900) mark in regular season conference games during his IUP career. The inside-outside threat is a two-time PSAC Tournament MVP (2021-22, 2022-23), also the MVP of the Atlantic Region Tournament in 2021-22.
"I'm excited to see this nomination for Ethan, who is really deserving of this recognition," IUP head coach
Joe Lombardi said. "His career speaks for itself as a two-time PSAC Tournament MVP and consistent contributor to our program."
IUP has captured three consecutive PSAC Championships during Porterfield's storied career, which includes a run of four straight for the program since 2018-19. Named to the Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List in mid-January, Porterfield continued elevating up the program record book in several categories.
The 2019-20 PSAC Freshman of the Year boasts 121 career games for the Crimson Hawks at the time of release, tied for ninth in program history. With 1,702 career points, Porterfield is fourth in program history in scoring and just 14 points shy of sole possession of third all-time.
"Ethan's unselfishness, commitment and character supersede his tremendous accolades," Lombardi added. "While his numbers and accolades back up this nomination, his win-loss record shows the remarkable impact he has had over the past four years."
Porterfield is also among the program leaders in career field goals (637; 5th), career three-point field goals (214; 6th), career three-point percentage (40.8; 10th), career rebounds (822; 6th) and career blocks (157; 3rd).
This season, Porterfield ranks 12th in the PSAC in scoring average (17.4), third in rebounding average (9.0), fifth in field goals made (128), ninth in blocks (19, fourth in three-point field goals made (51) and second in double-doubles (9).
Trevor Hudgins, the namesake of the award, helped Northwest Missouri State make history as the first NCAA DII program to win three consecutive national championships. The two-time NCAA DII Player of the Year finished with 2,829 points and helped the Bearcats to four straight MIAA regular season titles with an overall career record of 131-8.
2023-24 Trevor Hudgins Award Watch List
Josh Angle, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Drew Blair, MN-Duluth
Anthony Brown, Mid America Nazarene
DJ Campbell, Stockton
Jack Clement, Otterbein
Vinny DeAngelo, Swarthmore
Tyler Dearman, Guilford
Wes Dreamer, NW MO State
Jesse Hafemeister, Catholic
Jake Hilmer, Upper Iowa
Jahn Hines, Christopher Newport
Jeff Hunter, Keene State
Zach Laput, Bentley
KJ Jones, Emmanuel (GA)
Josiah Johnson, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Ryan Jolly, Piedmont
Elijah Malone, Grace
Jayvon Maughmer, Cedarville
Anthony Mazzeo, Case Western Reserve
Christian Parker, Mount Union
Ethan Porterfield, IUP
Tyler Schmidt, Olivet Nazarene
Jeremiah Sparks, Oswego State
Zach Toussaint, West Texas A&M
Malik Willingham, Minnesota State
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