CHARLESTON, S.C. – Three members of the College of Charleston men's basketball program have earned post-season recognition entering the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Ante Brzovic and Pat Kelsey earned All-District honors from the NABC while Reyne Smith was named a finalist for the Lou Henson Award. The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I, while the Lou Henson award is presented annually to the top player in mid-major college basketball.

An All-CAA first team selection, Brzovic was named to the NABC All-District 10 First Team. The Croatian averaged 12.5 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game and 2.4 assists per game in 22.3 minutes of play per game. He scored 20-plus points on three occasions including a career-high 31 at Hampton and scored in double-figures in 22 contests. A skilled passer, he averaged 3 or more assists on 15 occasions.

Kelsey repeats as NABC Coach of the Year after earning CAA Coach of the Year honors and guiding the Cougars to the CAA Championship. Kelsey led the Cougars to the program's first regular season title in the CAA and the program's first outright regular season title since 2003. Charleston also became the first team to win the league by two games since George Mason in 2011 and the league's first outright champion since Hofstra in 2020. The Cougars won 20-plus games for the second straight season and ranked in the top 25 in the nation in bench points, total rebounds, and total three-pointers made for majority of the season.

With 55 wins over two seasons, Kelsey has led the program to the most wins in back-to-back seasons. He earned his 50th win as the program's head coach against Coastal Carolina on November 19, becoming the fastest coach in program history to achieve the milestone. Charleston earned two CAA Player of the Week honors and three CAA Rookie of the Week honors this season under his tutelage.

Smith is the third Cougar under Kelsey to earn a finalist recognition after Ryan Larson and Dalton Bolon earned the recognition a season ago. The Tasmanian guard broke his own school record for most threes in a single game twice this season with nine against St. Joseph's on December 21 and ten against Campbell on February 29. His performance vs. Campbell made Smith the first player in CAA history with multiple career games of 9+ three-pointers. He currently ranks 14th in the nation in threes per game and ninth in total threes made this season (109). The junior moved into second place in Charleston history earlier this season with 291 makes from behind the arc. He averaged 12.7 points per game, shooting 40% from deep this season.

Charleston will play Alabama on Friday at 7:35 pm EST in the first round of March Madness.