ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — After a run through the NCAA Division III Tournament which ended with Augustana falling just a basket shy of a national championship, guard Chrishawn Orange (Jacobs HS, Algonquin, Ill.) and Head Coach Grey Giovanine have pulled in some more impressive honors from D3hoops.com. The website announced its All-America selections over the weekend, with Orange earning a spot on the fourth team. In addition, Giovanine was selected as national Co-Coach of the Year.
 
Orange, a unanimous first team All-CCIW selection this year, caught the attention of the Division III world with game-winning buckets in each of the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. He drilled a three-pointer from the top of the key as the final buzzer sounded to beat defending national champion St. Thomas 77-74 in the first round and dropped in a 12-footer with 1.2 seconds left to defeat UW-Whitewater 72-70 on the Warhawks' home court the next night.
 
The only underclassman among the 25 players named to D3hoops' All-America teams (five players each on the first through fourth teams, plus five honorable mention), Orange led the 24-9 Vikings in scoring this year at 14.2 points per game. He shot .511 from the field, .423 from three-point range and .782 from the foul line. He averaged 3.3 rebounds per game and finished with 56 assists and 39 steals. In eight postseason games, he upped his scoring to 15.3 points per game on shooting percentages of .550 from the field and .556 from three-point range.
 
Giovanine, who was this year's D3hoops Central Region Coach of the Year, shared national Coach of the Year honors with Whitman's Eric Bridgeland. After losing eight seniors and his top six players from last year's 29-2 squad, he guided this year's club, with just two seniors, to a share of the CCIW title—his eighth at Augustana—and an NCAA Tournament berth. Despite not playing a home game in the tournament, the Vikings advanced all the way to the title game in Salem, Virginia before falling 79-78 to Babson. Giovanine also owns a national Coach of the Year award from Basketball Times after taking Augustana to the national championship game in 2015. In 18 seasons in Rock Island, he sports a record of 364-132 for a winning percentage of .734.