SUNY Brockport women's basketball Head Coach Corinne Jones was named the D3hoops.com Region 3 Coach of the Year and junior Stephanie Jean-Baptiste was named to the Region 3 Third Team in a release by the highly popular division III basketball website on Tuesday. 
 
The Golden Eagles made their return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2008-09 season this Winter and posted the most single season wins since the 2007-08 season. Brockport won the 2024-25 Empire 8 Regular Season title and clinched the E8's No. 1 seed and hosting rights throughout the tournament. Brockport fell at home to eventual Sweet 16 participant SUNY Geneseo in the Empire 8 Championships before earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. Brockport concluded its 2024-25 season following an loss in the national tournament against Elizabethtown, finalizing its record at 24-5 overall including a 15-1 mark in E8 play.

Jones, who is in her 10^th year with the Golden Eagles, posted a career-high 24 wins this season on her way to being named the D3hoops.com Region 3 Coach of the Year for the first time. She also led the Empire 8 Conference Coaching Staff of the Year and was recently named the USBWA Rochester Area NCAA Division II-III Coach of the Year, as selected by the Rochester Chapter, U.S. Basketball Writers Association. She was also one of just 12 finalists for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year honor. She eclipsed 100 career victories this season and now boasts 119 career wins to her credit. 
 
Jones and the Golden Eagles finished in the top 25 nationally in several major statistical categories including points scored (6^th, 2,298), scoring offense (6^th, 79.2ppg), assist/turnover ratio (5^th, 1.27), steals per game (14^th, 14.1), turnover margin (8^th, 9.00), bench points per game (21^st, 27.5), points allowed (24^th, 1,882), and rebounds (21^st, 16.7). At one point in the season, the Golden Eagles won 13 straight games and they finished the year with a 12-2 record on their home court. Jones has now made the conference tournament in eight of her ten years as the Brockport bench general.
 
Junior guard Stephanie Jean-Baptiste added D3hoops.com Region 3 Third Team honors following her most success season to date.  Earlier this year she was named the Empire 8 Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year and she earned All-Conference First Team honors. Jean-Baptiste capped her season ranked 37^th nationally and second in the conference with 490 total points. Her 17.5 points per game tied for third in the Empire 8. She also ranked second in the conference with 67 steals behind teammate Payton Maneri who capped her freshman campaign with 74 steals. She also finished 22^nd nationally with 196 field goals made. Jean-Baptiste surpassed 1,000 career points this season and is currently tied with Mary Morrissey '90 for 8^th all-time at Brockport with 1,118 points. To go along with her impressive scoring output, she also posted 102 rebounds, 66 assists and 12 blocks. 
 
Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools. There were 789 players nominated nationwide. The ballot was then made available to a number of SIDs, as well as D3hoops.com staff and contributors, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region. It's the 24th season D3hoops.com has named All-Region teams. The regional Rookie of the Year award honors the top freshman in each region, while D3hoops.com also names a regional Coach of the Year.
 
Division III basketball is organized into 10 regions. A region with 40 teams or more has three All-Region teams honored, while a region with fewer than 40 teams has a first and second team. This reorganization results in approximately 10 additional players being recognized when compared to full seasons in the old eight-region alignment.