The SAA announced their 2021-22 men's basketball postseason award winners and All-SAA teams Tuesday, as voted by the league's men's basketball head coaches. Hendrix forward Seth Stanley won SAA Player of the Year honors after leading the Warriors to a third-place finish in the conference. Back-to-back SAA champions Berry garnered a pair of awards, with guard Riley Costas garnering SAA Defensive Player of the Year accolades and head coach Trevor Lydic grabbing the SAA Coach of the Year award. Sewanee guard Russ Marr won the SAA Newcomer of the Year award.

Stanley has proven himself to be one of the best teams in the league over the last few years, and caps that with the league's highest on-court honor. Over the course of the season, he led the league in both free throw percentage (84.1) and 3-point percentage (42.5). In addition, Stanley finished second in the league with 18.8 points per game and 2.72 made 3-pointers per game. He led his team to a third-place finish in the league and an SAA semifinal appearance this season.

Costas earned the league's top defensive honor, leading his Vikings to be the best scoring defense in the league (62 points per game). The Vikings also had the best scoring margin (plus-12.4 per game) and best 3-point defense (34.8%) in the league, as well as the best field goal percentage defense (39.1%). Costas tallied 17 steals and nine blocks on the season.

Marr took the honor as the league's top freshman, averaging 14.7 points and 2.2 assists per game over the course of his season. He also shot 35.7% from beyond the arc and 75.9% from the charity stripe.

Lydic led his team to their second straight league championship while technically serving as the interim head coach. He led the Vikings to a 23-2 mark and an 11-1 conference record. The Vikings advance to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship for the first time since 2018. His Berry squad proved to be one of the best offensive and defensive teams in the league, leading the league in the above defensive categories as well as field goal percentage (46.8) and finishing third in scoring offense (74.4 points per game).

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