Intercollegiate Athletics

Brandywine earns three All-United East honors; Burke named Coach of the Year

Third-year head coach Nick Burke became Brandywine's first-ever United East Coach of the Year in 2026. Credit: Bill Tyson. All Rights Reserved.

MEDIA, Pa. — Three Penn State Brandywine men's basketball players received All-United East Conference honors, while Head Coach Nick Burke was named Coach of the Year as the league revealed its end-of-year awards on March 3. Senior Jaden Fogg and sophomore Corwin Holland II were both named Second Team All-United East and senior Amari Little was a third team selection.

Fogg, who claimed his second all-conference honor in as many years after being selected to the third team in 2024-25, appeared in 26-of-27 games for the Lions, starting 25. Fogg tied for seventh in the United East with a field goal percentage of .518, while scoring 11.5 points per outing. He reached double figures in scoring 16 times this winter, including a career-high 30-point effort in a win over St. Elizabeth on Dec. 13.

Also the team's second-leading rebounder, Fogg pulled in 5.7 rebounds per game, while adding 2.1 assists per outing, along with 53 steals and 46 blocked shots. He recorded his lone double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 boards in a road win at Wilson one week after grabbing a season-best 12 boards in a win versus Keystone.

After transferring from Bucks County Community College prior to his junior season, Fogg appeared in 51 games for the Lions, posting 582 points and 335 rebounds.

Holland was the only player on the squad to start in all 27 games as he led Brandywine in scoring and rebounding during his first year with the Lions. Holland ranked 13th in the league in scoring at 14.7 points per game and was tied for sixth in rebounding at 6.5 boards per outing.

One of the top shooters in the United East, Holland averaged 2.6 made three-pointers per game, good for third in the league, while making 69 triples overall, the second-highest total in the conference. A 37 percent three-point shooter, Holland also placed 10th in the league in free throw shooting at nearly 75 percent.

Holland poured in 20-plus points four times, including a season-high 27 points in his Brandywine debut on Nov. 7. He recorded a pair of double-doubles in games at Elmira on Nov. 23 and at Wilson on Jan. 28.

Little received his second All-United East selection after being named to the second team in 2024-25. After battling through injury early in the season, Little competed in 20 games for the Lions, starting 18.

Little was one of four Lions to average double-figure scoring, pouring in 10.1 points per game. For the second-straight season, he led the United East in free throw shooting, knocking down 90.6 percent of his shots from the charity stripe. Little was also the team's leader in assists at 2.8 per contest, while adding 42 rebounds and 24 steals.

Against Keystone on Jan. 21, Little notched a season-high 26 points, one of two 20-point efforts this winter. He handed out a season-best seven assists in the team's season opener against Cairn, while also collecting a season-high three steals.

Little completed his two-year, 44-game Brandywine career with 567 points, 134 rebounds and 105 assists. During his time at Brandywine he was a 92 percent free throw shooter, making 110-119 attempts from the line.

United East Coach of the Year

Burke was selected by league counterparts as Brandywine's first-ever United East Coach of the Year. He ushered one of the biggest turnarounds in all of Division III as the Lions made a 10-win improvement over 2024-25, claiming 17 victories. Burke guided Brandywine to a share of the United East regular-season title after finishing the season with an 11-2 conference mark and an appearance in the conference tournament semifinal round.

The Lions overcame a 2-6 start to the season by winning 15 of their final 19 outings. Brandywine won eight-straight games from Jan. 21-Feb. 21, the team's longest winning streak since winning 11-straight contests during the 2005-06 season.

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