2013 Jostens Trophy Winner
Hunt becomes the second male from the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference to win the Jostens Trophy, joining Emory &
Henry College's Justin Call who earned the honor back in 2004. Hunt
is the third overall ODAC player to win the Jostens, as
Randolph-Macon College's Megan Silva received the honor in
2006.
Hunt finished his senior campaign averaging team-highs of
24.2 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. His scoring output is third
in the country as of Monday, March 11, and he also ranks in the top
15 nationally in steals per game after leading the ODAC in both
points and steals this season. For his efforts, Hunt garnered the
ODAC Kurt Axe Memorial Player of the Year award. Hunt was named
the D3hoops.com South Region Player
of the Year on Monday afternoon, and also picked
up D3hoops.com All-South Region
First Team accolades.
Hunt is a three-time All-ODAC First Team honoree on the
basketball court, and holds the Randolph College record for points
in a career with 1,878. He was named an ODAC Player of the Week
four times, as well as
a D3hoops.com National Team of the
Week honoree twice. Hunt became the first-ever player in the ODAC
to score over 1,800 points, grab 600 rebounds, dish out 200 assists
and snatch 200 steals.
The guard is not only a standout on the court but in the classroom
as well. Earlier this season, Hunt was named as the 2013 Capital
One Academic All-American of the Year for NCAA Division III men's
basketball (as selected by CoSIDA), as he posted a 3.94 GPA in
economics with minors in physics and finance. Hunt was named the
ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the
third consecutive season this year.
He is a member of three Honor Societies at Randolph College,
including the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society, Sigma
Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society, and Chi Alpha Sigma Athletic Honor
Society. He has been a Dean's List honoree all seven semesters at
Randolph.
Colton also shined in the community, as he served as a peer
tutor in economics, business, math and calculus as well as physics
at Randolph. He has volunteered at basketball camps in his hometown
of Whittier, N.C., and also read to local elementary students and
contributed to Randolph's Student Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC).
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