CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Walters State's Miles Thomas picked up two pieces of hardware Sunday evening from the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association when the league announced its 2018-19 All-TCCAA Teams at the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament inside L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium at Cleveland State Community College following the Senators quarterfinal round and season-ending loss to Roane State.
Thomas, a sophomore from Knoxville, was named the league's Most Valuable Player as well as its Offensive Player of the Year in a vote of the TCCAA's 10 coaches. Southwest Tennessee's Cedric Henderson, Jr. was named the league's Freshman of the Year, while Motlow State's Josh Endicott was tabbed as the region's Defensive Player of the Year. Dyersburg State's Charles Taylor was the Coach of the Year.
Thomas helped guide the Senators to a 23-7 regular season record and a 14-4 mark in TCCAA play, giving them the regular season league championship and the tournament's No. 1 seed.
Thomas was named to the All-TCCAA First Team, as was freshman Kajuan Hale. Demontay Dixon and Khiry Shelton were both tabbed to the All-TCCAA Second Team.
Thomas scored 21.1 points per game and crossed the 1,000-point plateau for his career in the process, while adding 6.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Hale tossed in 13.8 points and dished out 7.6 assists per game.
Dixon averaged 10.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest, while Shelton fired in 10.8 points and pulled down 5.8 rebounds per game this season.
Joining Thomas and Hale on the First Team were Columbia State's Jeremiah Alexander, Motlow State's Leo Castillo, Darius Harding and Josh Endicott, Roane State's DeMierre Black, Chattanooga State's Donald Green, Southwest Tennessee's Cedric Henderson, Jr. and Cleveland State's Delaino Walker.
Joining Dixon and Shelton on the Second Team were Dyersburg State's Antwan Beans, Aaron King, Myron McKinney and Devin Pitts, Volunteer State's Tim Goodrich, Jackson State's Famous Jones, Columbia State's Lorenzo McGhee and Chattanooga State's AJ Morris.