KANSAS CITY, Mo. – West Liberty University men's basketball assistant coach Mike Lamberti has been named to the 2019 Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team as selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

The NABC founded the 30-Under-30 Awards to honor 30 of the most outstanding men's college basketball coaches in the game today who have yet to celebrate their 30th birthday.

Lamberti hit the ground running in his first year as a Hilltopper assistant this winter as West Liberty rolled to its second straight Mountain East Conference championship and earned its 10th consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament bid.

National scoring champions for the second consecutive year, the Black and Gold knocked off defending regional champion East Stroudsburg and nationally-ranked Virginia State in the Atlantic Region Tournament to earn their eighth "Sweet 16" berth in the last 10 seasons.

A former Hilltopper standout who helped lead West Liberty to 123 wins and three NCAA Division II regional titles and Elite Eight national tournament trips, Lamberti scored more than 700 points and grabbed more than 400 rebounds in his four years on the hilltop.

Lamberti matched his on-court success with some equally impressive academic accomplishments. He graduated from West Liberty with honors while carrying a double-major in Business Administration and Accounting, going on to earn a master's degree in the Science of Leadership from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The Western Pennsylvania native served two years as a graduate assistant at Embry-Riddle, helping the Eagles complete a successful transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II affiliation, before answering head coach Ben Howlett's call to return to his alma mater.  

Lamberti is one of two West Liberty alumni on this year's list. Jordan Fee, currently serving as an assistant coach at Nova Southeastern (Fla.), was also honored after helping lead the Sharks to their first-ever regional title and NCAA Division II Elite Eight berth.

The NABC was founded in 1927 by legendary University of Kansas head coach Forrest "Phog" Allen. The NABC has since grown into an organization of nearly 5,000 members, primarily university and collegiate level men's coaches who pride themselves on serving as "Guardians of the Game."