2025-26 ASUN Preseason Awards

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Eastern Kentucky University graduate student Montavious Myrick was chosen as the Atlantic Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the Preseason All-ASUN Team by league head coaches.
 
The Colonels were picked to finish second in the ASUN this season in a poll of league media and chosen third in the coaches poll.
 
Myrick averaged 6.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks per game last season.  He shot 65% from the field and 72% from the free throw line.  The Atlanta, Georgia native ranked third in the ASUN in rebounding, first in offensive rebounds (3.34/game), fifth in blocks per game, eighth in defensive rebounds (4.75/game) and 13th in steals per game.  He ranked 21st in the nation in offensive rebounds per game, 55th in rebounds per game and 79th in total rebounds (259).
 
The 6-foot-8 forward grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 13 games, the second-most by any player in the ASUN in 2024-25.  He averaged 8.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks while shooting 65% from the field and 74% from the free throw line over the final 17 games of the season.
 
Myrick registered double-doubles against North Florida (10 points/10 rebounds), Jacksonville (12 points/12 rebounds), Lipscomb (10 points/11 rebounds) and Jacksonville again in the ASUN Tournament (10 points/10 rebounds).  He had a season-high 14 rebounds twice – at Austin Peay and at Stetson.  Myrick blocked a season-high six shots at Austin Peay and scored a season-high 15 points at North Florida.
 
Few players in the nation improved as much as Myrick from his junior to senior seasons.  In 2023-24, he averaged 1.7 points and 1.1 rebounds compared to 6.8 and 8.1 this past season.
 
In the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll, EKU received two first-place votes and a total of 111 points.  Queens (136) was picked by the coaches to win the conference.  North Alabama (117) was chosen second, with the Colonels third.  Florida Gulf Coast (98) was fourth.
 
The media chose North Alabama as the preseason favorite, listing the Lions first on 18 ballots and giving them 519 total points.  EKU had three first-place votes and 495 points.  Queens (468) was third and FGCU (465) fourth.
 
After renovation of the seating bowl, the Colonels will play their first game of the season in Baptist Health Arena against in-state rival Western Kentucky on Nov. 10.  EKU will begin the 2025-26 regular season against Midway University on Nov. 6.  That game will be played at the Seabury Center on the campus of Berea College at 8 p.m.
 
Fans wishing to purchase season tickets should contact the EKU Ticket Office at 859-622-2122 or via email at tickets@eku.edu.