WALESKA, Ga. – The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) revealed their 2025-26 Men's Basketball All-AAC teams and Academic All-AAC honorees on Tuesday evening. Milligan had four of their players acknowledged on all-conference teams this season. Additionally, they had six total Academic All-AAC honorees.

Elijah Bredwood was chosen as All-AAC First Team, while Te'Jon McDaniel-McCormick earned Second Team and All-Defensive Team honors. Both Liviu Anton and Jake Benham were selected to be part of the All-Freshmen Team.

Bredwood was in contention for Player of the Year honors, scoring 22.6 points per game to lead the AAC in that category. He had a 44.7% shooting clip this season on 501 total field goal attempts. He knocked down 71 threes on the year and set the new Milligan single-game scoring record with 54 points in the season finale against Tennessee Wesleyan.

McDaniel-McCormick had a standout season as a scorer, facilitator and rebounder. He scored 13.9 points per game and averaged eight boards a contest. He also averaged nearly three assists per game. In addition to his rebounding, he had 40 steals and 14 blocks for the season on defense, earning his All-Defensive Team honor.

Both Anton (10.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 16 STL, 6 BLK) and Benham (8.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 59 3PM, 23 STL, 6 BLK) played pivotal roles on the team for the Buffs in their 2025-26 campaign.

The Buffs' six Academic All-AAC honorees are listed below:

Dawson Arnold
Grant Hensley
Jazper Johnson
Luke Lohoff
Miles McPeak
Lincoln Thomae

Thomae was also Milligan's representative as a Champion of Character for the conference.

Click HERE to view the full conference awards.