YORK, Pa. - Three-time first-team all-star and two-time Player of the Year Chad McGowan leads a conference-best seven members from York College of Pa. onto the CAC's Silver Anniversary Men's Basketball team. York was one of eight teams represented on the Silver Anniversary Men's Basketball team.

Entering its 25th year of varsity competition, the CAC selected a Silver Anniversary Team in 19 championship sports, primarily based on season-ending conference awards as voted by the conference coaches. Each Silver Anniversary Team will feature 25 former or current standouts. Men's and women's indoor track & field, which became a CAC championship sport in 2012, was combined with men's and women's outdoor track & field. The Silver Anniversary Golf Team has just eight members because the sport was added to the CAC championships list just seven years ago.

The teams will be announced early in the regular-season for its respective sport. Each Silver Anniversary Team honoree will receive a commemorative gift from the conference, and many will be recognized by their institution/alma mater at some time during the academic year.

The University of Mary Washington, a charter member of the CAC, led the conference with 153 current and former student-athletes on the Silver Anniversary Teams, including 40 in men's and women's tennis combined. Salisbury University, which joined the CAC in the 1994-95 athletic season, was second with 121 Silver Anniversary Team honorees. CAC charter members York College of Pa. (59) and St. Mary's College of Md. (35) were next in line for most Silver Anniversary Team honorees.

The CAC was organized as a six-team affiliation in 1989 and began championship competition with the winter sports during the 1990-91 season. Membership changes in the last decade ultimately created a 10-team conference that has become one of the strongest in NCAA Division III.

CAC teams have won 18 national team championships, and dozens of other teams have finished in among the top four in NCAA Division III competition.

In 2013-14, the CAC advanced more than 25 teams to post-season competition. Four CAC athletic programs finished among the Top 60 in the final Learfield Cup – the only conference in the Middle Atlantic Region to accomplish that feat. One team won a national championship (Salisbury University women's lacrosse) and three others played in the national championship game. Nineteen CAC teams won at least one game in NCAA Tournament competition and 10 advanced to at least the NCAA Sweet 16.

In the last two years, CAC student-athletes have combined to win six individual national championships at NCAA swimming or track & field competitions. The CAC student-athletes collected a record 11 Capital One Academic All-America awards in 2013-14 as well as an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and the Josten's Award, recognizing a Division III women's basketball player for her achievements on the court, in the classroom and contributions to the community.

In the classroom, the CAC boasts 81 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including one Academic All-American of the Year award winner, 12 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners, five NCAA Elite 89 award winners, two Honda year-end award winners and a Josten's Award winner in women's basketball. The CAC also features an annual Academic Honor Roll that recently honored nearly 1,200 students for their academic achievements. Thousands of other student-athletes have received Player of the Year, All-America or All-Region recognition in their respective sports.

McGowan was a three-time first-team All-CAC selection and earned Rookie of the Year in 2005 as well as Player of the Year in 2008. Other Spartans named to the Silver Anniversary team that were CAC Player of the Year award winners include Nick Brady (2010) and Paul Kouvaris (2012). Jeff Mann (1991-93) and Andy O'Brien (2001-03) joined McGowan as three-time first-team All-CAC players for YCP.

Other two-time CAC Player of the Year award winners include Marymount University's Pierre Gardner (1991-92), Goucher College's Bakari Ward (1998-99) and Catholic University of America's Matt Hilleary (2002-03). Goucher and Catholic tied for second behind York with four members on the CAC's Silver Anniversary Men's Basketball team.

St. Mary's College of Maryland, led by three-time first-team all-star Alex Franz (2009-11), and Wesley College, led by three-time first-team all-CAC honoree Paul Reynolds, each earned three berths on the Silver Anniversary Men's Basketball team. Reynolds was a four-year CAC all star and collected the Rookie of the Year (2010) and Player of the Year (2013) awards during his career.

CAC Men's Basketball Silver Anniversary Team Honorees

Name, Final Year of Competition, Institution
Nick Brady, 2010, York College of Pa.
George Bunch, 1999, University of Mary Washington
David Clark, 1995, Goucher College
Chris Confrey, 1993, Catholic University of America
Dallas Crawley, 2002, Marymount University, Va.

Pedrag Durkovic, 1997, Goucher College
Alex Franz, 2011, St. Mary's College of Md.
Pierre Gardner, 1992, Marymount University, Va.
Robert Haney, 2006, Gallaudet University
Matt Hilleary, 2003, Catholic University of America

Dan Johnson, 1995, York College of Pa.
Rashawn Johnson, 2009, Wesley College
Paul Kouvaris, 2012, York College of Pa.
David Langan, 2014, Wesley College
Tyson Lesesne, 2008, St. Mary's College of Md.

Jeff Mann, 1993, York College of Pa.
Pat Maloney, 2001, Catholic University of America
Dave Martins, 2000, York College of Pa.
Chad McGowan, 2008, York College of Pa.
Will Morley, 2004, Catholic University of America

Andy O'Brien, 2003, York College of Pa.
Paul Reynolds, 2013, Wesley College
Garrett Smith, 2005, Goucher College
Sheldon Taylor, 2001, St. Mary's College of Md.
Bakari Ward, 1999, Goucher College