BALTIMORE, MD - As the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) prepares to kick-off the 2023 CIAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the conference announced the 2023  All-CIAA Men's Basketball Team on Monday afternoon in the CIAA Men's and Women's Tip-Off Awards.

Representing the Trojans in the CIAA Frontcourt is Senior, Chesterfield, VA native Terrence Hunter-Whitfield.

Terrence Hunter-Whitfield finished the season ranking second in the CIAA in points per game averaging 17.8 (2^nd in CIAA) while shooting 73.0% (10^th in CIAA) from the free throw line. He also leads the team (2^nd n CIAA, T-15^th in NCAA) with 48 steals averaging 1.9 per contest. Hunter-Whitfield ranks second on the team with 4.8 rebounds per game (T-17^th in CIAA). Hunter-Whitfield has been deadly efficient from the field shooting 45.6% (3rd in CIAA). He knocks down 33.6% of his shots from downtown and is second on the team with 36 three-pointers made (12^th in CIAA). He is fourth on the team with 48 assists this season (20^th in CIAA).

Hunter-Whitfield and the VSU men's basketball team will open postseason play at the CIAA Basketball Tournament on February 23 as a No. 3-seed facing the winner between Lincoln (Pa.) and Johnson C. Smith in the quarterfinals. Tip-off is set for 6:00pm at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD.

2022-23 All-CIAA Men's Basketball Team

Backcourt
Francis "BJ" Fitzgerald
Cress Worthy, Fayetteville State
Korey Williams, Lincoln (PA)
Ezekiel Cannedy, Johnson C. Smith
Quinton Drayton, Bowie State

Frontcourt
Terrence Hunter-Whitfield
Raemaad Wright, Virginia Union
Amadou Faye, Elizabeth City State
Robert Osborne, Virginia Union
Tyler Foster, Fayetteville State
Jaylon Gibson, Winston-Salem State
Khyree Temple, Livingstone

2022-23 CIAA Men's Basketball All-Rookie Team Ezekiel Cannedy, Johnson C. Smith
Nehemiah Johnson, St. Augustine's
Pharoah Lassiter, Livingstone
Jaquantae Harris, Elizabeth City State
Freddie Young Jr, Lincoln (PA)