AUSTIN, Texas- Men's basketball junior Kevin Nowoswiat became the third Diplomat named a College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American®, as he earned a spot on the Second Team.
This marks the sixth time F&M has placed someone on an Academic All-America® team following Jerome Maiatico's three-peat from 1997-2000 and Brandon Ferderici's back-to-back selections in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Last month, Nowoswiat earned a spot on the CSC Academic All-District® Team for the second-straight year. He also earned a spot on the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Division III All-America First Team, was named the NABC Division III District 5 Player of the Year with a place on the All-District 5 First Team, while he also claimed a spot on the D3Hoops.com All-Region 5 First Team. At the conference level, he was named Centennial Conference Player of the Year with a spot on the All-Conference First Team. Academically, he was named the Centennial Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year for men's basketball, becoming the 20th student-athlete in Centennial Conference history to sweep the Player of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year Award. He also became a two-time member of the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Nowoswiat led the Centennial Conference in rebounds per game (7.0), averaged the second-most points per game (18.7), had the fourth-best field goal percentage (50.8%), and averaged the eighth-most assists per game (2.8). He recorded a team-high six double-doubles this season and posted double figures in 27 of 28 games. Nowoswiat totaled a career-high 32 points in last month's win at Gettysburg to conclude the regular season. That game clinched the first seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament for F&M.
The Franklin & Marshall men's basketball team ended the 2024-25 season with a 21-7, 11-2 Centennial Conference record, winning the program's ninth Centennial Conference Championship. It was the first conference title for the program since the 2015-16 season and the first under head coach Nick Nichay. The team earned an NCAA Tournament spot for the first time since the 2017-18 season. The Diplomats ended the year with the seventh-best scoring defense in DIII, averaging 61.2 points allowed per game.
