Mississippi State’s Hubbard Earns NABC All-Southeast First Team Honors for Second Consecutive Year

Mississippi State guard Josh Hubbard has been named to the NABC All-Southeast District First Team for the second consecutive year, as announced Tuesday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Hubbard is the sixth player in school history to earn back-to-back All-District First-Team honors, joining Erick Dampier, Bailey Howell, Jeff Malone, Lawrence Roberts, and Tolu Smith III.

The Madison native is one of five major conference players—alongside Darius Acuff Jr. (Arkansas), Cameron Boozer (Duke), AJ Dybantsa (BYU), and PJ Haggerty (Kansas State)—to score at least 700 points and dish out 100 assists this season. Hubbard is also one of two Southeastern Conference players, along with Mark Sears (Alabama), and one of 12 major conference players nationally to achieve multiple seasons with 640 or more points and 100 or more assists since 2000.

Hubbard has totaled 1,947 career points, ranking fourth in school history, fourth among SEC players after their junior season, and 34th overall in SEC history. He is one of only three SEC players, including Bailey Howell and Pete Maravich, to have three of their school’s top 10 scoring seasons. The guard has recorded seven games of 30 or more points this season, leading the SEC, and has 19 games with 20 or more points, tied for second in the conference.

He ranks among the SEC’s top 15 in points per game (22.09, second), three-pointers made per game (2.97, third), three-point percentage (34.7%, seventh), and assists per game (3.59, 13th). Hubbard also broke Mississippi State’s record for career three-pointers made with 311, which ranks ninth all-time in the SEC. His standout performances include a career-high 46 points against Auburn on Feb. 18 and 42 points versus Georgia on March 7, during the regular-season finale.

Along with teammate Jayden Epps, Hubbard forms Mississippi State’s highest-scoring duo in over four decades, averaging 35.8 points per game— a feat last achieved by Jeff Malone and Terry Lewis in 1982-83. Off the court, Hubbard has received recognition for his leadership and community service, winning the 2026 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup and being named to the SEC Community Service Team for the second straight year.

He founded The Josh Hubbard Showcase, a basketball camp in Madison that has awarded approximately $40,000 in scholarships. Hubbard also launched the ‘Buckets for Wishes’ campaign with Make-A-Wish Mississippi, which has already granted 11 wishes for children and raised over $75,000. He has volunteered at Children’s of Mississippi Hospital, where he was treated for Kawasaki disease as a child, and worked with local organizations to support community efforts, including reducing school absenteeism in Mississippi.

Hubbard’s accomplishments come as he continues to be a leader both on and off the court, reflecting his commitment to his community and his team.

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