INDIANAPOLIS — Already a legendary figure in the annals of Bellarmine University athletics, Braydon Hobbs is now set to be immortalized by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

One of the most accomplished men's basketball players ever produced by Bellarmine and its former Division II conference, Hobbs will be inducted into the GLVC Hall of Fame at the GLVC Springs Awards Reception on May 19 at the Drury Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri.

Hobbs, who was inducted into the Bellarmine University Athletic Hall of Fame as both an individual and member of the 2010-11 D2 national championship team, follows his former coach into the GLVC Hall of Fame — Scott Davenport was enshrined in 2025.

"Braydon Hobbs represents everything that is right with college athletics," Davenport said. "He is an extraordinary example of a young man who embraced the opportunity to use the game of basketball academically, athletically and socially to prepare him for the rest of his life."

The consummate team player, Hobbs naturally views his imminent induction as a team honor.

"I was kind of caught off guard when I got the call to be honest," he said. "Being inducted into the GLVC Hall of Fame is a nice honor, but none of this would have happened if it wasn't for Coach D and the Bellarmine staff giving me the opportunity. We were fortunate to have some unbelievable players on that team and that made my job a lot easier. A lot of credit goes to them." 

Hobbs' career was showered with the championships, mountain of wins, individual accolades and numbers befitting of a Hall of Famer.

The pinnacle of the former came when the Knights hoisted the 2011 national championship trophy. They made a second straight Final Four appearance in 2012 and had made a run to the Sweet Sixteen in his freshman season of 2009. They also captured two GLVC Tournament titles (2010 and 2011) and two GLVC regular-season championships (2011 and 2012) during Hobbs' tenure.

The "least" amount of wins Bellarmine experienced over Hobbs' four seasons was 23. The zenith was the 33 victories compiled in the national title year. Overall, the Knights went 111-22 (.835) during his time with the program and 58-14 (.806) in the GLVC. They won 13 NCAA Tournament and nine GLVC Tournament games in that span.

While the humble and unassuming Hobbs only valued team success, the 6-foot-5 point guard couldn't escape the individual honors that came his way in droves. The reputation he built across the country was cemented in 2012 when he was named Division II National Player of the Year by both the NABC and Basketball Times. He was a two-time All-American (2011 and 2012), the 2012 GLVC Player of the Year, the 2009 GLVC Freshman of the Year and a four-time All-GLVC recipient.

The acknowledgments that perhaps exemplified Hobbs the most as a student-athlete at Bellarmine were his reception of back-to-back GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades (2011 and 2012) and the 2011-12 GLVC Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award, which is awarded annually to one male and one female student-athlete, based upon academic excellence, athletic ability and achievement, character and leadership.

The least-defining characteristic of Hobbs' greatness — at least when observers of his era describe him — was perhaps his stats, but they, of course, were in abundance nonetheless. He still ranks first in program history in career assists (725), steals (220) and 3-pointers made (279); is third in blocked shots (96); and is ninth in scoring (1,637 points).

"As far as playing at Bellarmine, I tell people all the time that it was the best four years of my life," Hobbs said. "I'm extremely grateful for the time we had there. We were successful all four years and winning cures a lot of things. We were put in a position to be successful and a lot of that credit goes to Coach and his staff. They were great on the court, but they prepared me for what I was going to do after school as well. A lot of life lessons were learned and I wouldn't change it for anything."

Hobbs, whose jersey is retired at Bellarmine, will be joined in the 2026 induction class by Drury women's basketball's Hailey Diestelkamp, Quincy women's basketball's Jessica Keller and SIU Edwardsville women's volleyball and softball coach Sandy Montgomery.

"(Braydon) never let the game use him — he used the game as a National Champion and National College Player of the Year and professionally to provide for his family financially and educationally as a wonderful husband and father," Davenport said. "His excellence extended to his immediate family, teammates, managers, coaches, and throughout the community. Extraordinary individuals make others better; Braydon Hobbs is extraordinary!"

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