ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman junior guard Nick Brenegan (Greenville, S.C.) has earned preseason All-League laurels from the South Atlantic Conference, the league office announced Thursday morning.
Brenegan earns a spot on the third team.
Brenegan was injured for the early portions of the 2022-23 season, but turned it on in the back off of his redshirt-sophomore campaign.
The Greenville, S.C.-native scored in double-digits in a career-best seven consecutive games to close the regular season.
He averaged 8.3 points per game on 46.6 percent shooting from the field, 40.6 percent shooting from the three and 84.6 percent shooting from the stripe.
He had a career-best 23-point effort at Wingate on Feb. 18. Brenegan started the final six games of the season. As a starter, he averaged 16.83 points per game on a 49.2/48.3/85.7 slash line. He averaged 2.5 made threes per game in that stretch.
He knocked down a career-best five threes against Wingate (Feb. 18) and had four rebounds on three occassions, at Belmont Abbey (Jan. 4), at Mars Hill (Feb. 8) and against Emory & Henry (Feb. 22).
He dished out multiple assists in all six games he started, including a season-high four at MHU, at Wingate and against E&H. Overall, he had seven games where he scored in double figures.
Carson-Newman opens the season Nov. 11 with a Conference Challenge in Wise, Va. Tipoff against Lees-McRae is set for 5:30 p.m. Coverage is available on the Eagle Sports Network on Mountain Talk 106.3 (WPFT-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live.
