Braydon Hobbs, a Class of 2008 graduate of New Albany, has inked a professional deal with the McDonald’s Meteors of Australia’s Queensland Basketball League. Here’s the official media release:
The McDonald’s Meteors are pleased to announce the signing of Hobbs for the 2012 Queensland Basketball League season.
The 23-year old will join the reigning QBL men’s champions after signing a one-year deal, rounding out the teams roster and filling the clubs second restricted player position.
Hobbs joins the Meteors after an outstanding college career at Bellarmine University where he led the team to a national championship in his junior year and was named Division II National Player of the Year in his senior year. A native of New Albany, Ind., Hobbs was the first Bellarmine player to win the prestigious national player of the year award.
A 6-foot-5 guard, Hobbs averaged 12.3 points per game, 3.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists and lead the team in steals throughout his senior campaign. He also ranked third in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.05 to 1. Along with being named to the All-American first team, Hobbs also was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2012. In his 4-year career at Bellarmine, Hobbs never missed a game, starting in all 133 contests, helping turn the Bellarmine program into a national collegiate powerhouse.
Mackay Basketball General Manager said the signing of Hobbs was exciting for Mackay Basketball fans.
“Braydon is a very talented and versatile player and had an outstanding college career at Bellarmine University,” Khalu said.
“Being named national player of the year and leading the team to a national championship are both huge accomplishments and we are very eager to see Braydon in action for the McDonald’s Meteors. More importantly, all of the coaches and scouts we talked to about Braydon said how good of a person he is off the floor and that is exactly the kind of positive ambassador we want in our organisation and community,” Khalu added.
Hobbs arrived into Australia on Wednesday and will join Meteors’ teammates for his first practice session Thursday night.
