Posted: Feb 26, 2026

Georgia Gwinnett College’s Devontre Chaney Named 2025-26 CAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year

Georgia Gwinnett College junior Devontre Chaney has collected the Continental Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award for the 2025-26 season.

The postseason honors, selected by voting within league coaches, were announced before the start of this year's CAC postseason championship tournament, starting on Thursday, February 26, and continuing until Sunday, March 1, at Georgia Gwinnett College's Convocation Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Washington Adventist University (Maryland) freshman Micah Samuels earned the Defensive Player of the Year award. Haskell Indian Nations University (Kansas) junior Jesse White was named the conference's Newcomer of the Year.

Georgia Gwinnett College's Chase Teichmann received the Coach of the Year honor after guiding the Grizzlies to a 23-5 record and CAC tournament's top seed during the program's inaugural season.

Chaney led GGC by averaging 15.3 points and 9.5 rebounds a game and having 113 assists and 42 steals. The guard-forward had 10 double-double performances and a triple-double in GGC's inaugural game of the season. Chaney made 55.2 percent of his field goals and was the lone CAC player named to the Bevo Francis Midseason Top 100 Watch List by Small College Basketball.

Samuels has had 55 steals and 13 blocked shots across 21 games for the Shock. He had six games with four or more steals, with a season-high seven steals in a contest.

White was the CAC's leading scorer by averaging 20.7 points per game this season, with three 30-point games. He also topped the league by making 83.3 percent of his free throws and had 130 assists.

Below are the all-conference teams, sorted alphabetically by school:

2025-26 Continental Athletic Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Honors

Player of the Year: Devontre Chaney, Georgia Gwinnett College

Defensive Player of the Year: Micah Samuels, Washington Adventist University

Newcomer of the Year: Jesse White, Haskell Indian Nations University

Coach of the Year: Chase Teichmann, Georgia Gwinnett College

First Team

Christopher Hood, Arkansas Baptist College

Malik Beauford, Florida College

Devontre Chaney, Georgia Gwinnett College

Drew Kramer, Georgia Gwinnett College

Jesse White, Haskell Indian Nations University