In exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), sophomore guard Calvin Williams IV of University of St. Thomas was selected as SCAC Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Year.

Williams IV, a native of Spring, Texas, played and started in all 25 regular season games for the Celts, averaging 15.0 points per game (fourth in the SCAC) which included a conference-best 17.3 points per game in league play. He is also among the conference leaders in steals (50 – second), points (374 – third) and assists (61 – seventh). Williams scored in double figures in 14 games during the regular season, and he had eight games where he topped 20 points, including the Feb. 4 game against Dallas where he had a season-high 27 points to lead St. Thomas to a 65-62 come-from-behind victory – a victory that clinched the regular season conference title for the Celts. That performance in Week 14 helped the sophomore secure his fourth SCAC Player-of-the-Week honor (the most in the conference this season) after having won the honor following Weeks 4, 6 and 10. Williams is the second consecutive men's player from St. Thomas to earn SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors, following Christian Alaekwe from a season ago.

Williams IV received seven votes in the Player-of-the-Year balloting followed by senior guard A.J. Clark of Trinity and senior forward Seth Thomas of Centenary College split the remaining two first-place votes.

No 12 ranked St. Thomas finishes the regular season and SCAC tournament 23-3 and will await word of a possible at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship when selections are announced on Monday.