Milligan Named All-American by D3Hoops

LANCASTER, Pa. – Georgio Milligan was named to the D3Hoops.com Preseason All-America Second Team. The honor is the second preseason award for Milligan, he landed on The Sporting News preseason All-America Second Team in September.

The senior guard was named a First Team All-American by NABC last season. He also garnered NABC All-Region First Team, Centennial Conference First Team and D3Hoops.com All-Region Second Team honors. Milligan was named Centennial Conference Player of the Year, NABC Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year and ECAC South Player of the Year at the end of last season.

Milligan led the team in scoring (17.2 ppg), assists (153) and steals (70). The senior guard scored in double-figures on 25 occasions, including 10 games with 20 or more points. Milligan became only the fourth player in CC history to score 1,000 points and dish out 400 assists in a career. He led the conference in assists (5.28 apg) and steals (2.41 spg).

He currently ranks 10th on F&M's all-time list with 1,346 points. Milligan is third in assists (478), fifth in steals (216) and free throws made (366) and sixth in blocked shots with 103. Last season he became the 31st player at F&M to score 1,000 points. He will enter this year 450 points shy of the school's all-time scoring mark.

The Diplomats will officially kick of their season tomorrow at Midnight Madness. The event will start at 11:00 p.m. in Mayser Center and be the formal introduction of both the men and women's teams.

F&M kicks off the 2011-12 campaign when the Diplomats host the Lancaster Rotary Tournament. The first game is Nov. 18th against visiting Neumann at 8:00 pm

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