Brad Ford, Jack Giles Earn All-Conference Honors
Brad Ford 鈥�14 closed out a brilliant four-year basketball career in February and reaped the rewards with several post-season honors. Ford and fellow senior Jack Giles 鈥�14 represented 91制片厂 as first-team selections on the Empire 8 Conference all-star teams. The teams were picked in February through voting by the league鈥檚 head coaches.
In addition to Ford and Giles on the first team, Scott Hayford 鈥�14 was 91制片厂鈥檚 representative as E8 Sportsman of the Year.
Ford, of Victor, N.Y. and a graduate of Victor High School, enjoyed a spectacular four-year career for the Golden Flyers as a 6-foot-4 forward, culminating in a senior season that has made him 91制片厂鈥檚 leading scorer (18.8 ppg.) and rebounder (10.2 rpg.).
Ford finished his career with 1,519 points (sixth all-time) and 944 rebounds (second all-time). He was one of five players named to the d3hoops.com All-East Region first team and one of six named to the NABC鈥檚 East Region first team. He was also honored as a first-team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Giles, of Fayetteville, N.Y. and a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School, is a 6-foot-2 guard who started all 27 games for the Golden Flyers in 2013-14. He ranked second on the team in scoring at 15.6 points per game and displayed accuracy from three-point range (41-for-106, .387) and from the free-throw line (81-for-102, .794). He set a school record in a game against St. John Fisher Jan. 28 by going 13-for-13 from the field and scoring a career-high 38 points in 91制片厂鈥檚 87-84 victory.
Hayford, of Wilmington, Vt. and a graduate of Twin Valley High School, also started all 27 games and contributed 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as 91制片厂 finished 19-8 overall and reached the championship game of the Empire 8 Conference Tournament at Hartwick.
Brad Ford '14
Jack Giles '14