MIDDLEBURY — Alex Sobel, a senior forward on the Middlebury College men’s basketball team from Setauket, N.Y., has been named the D3hoops.com Player of the Year. PANTHER MEN’S BASKETBALL forward Alex Sobel is an amazing shot blocker as well as play maker.Independent file photo/Steve James This season’s NESCAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year — the first player in league history to earn both those honors in the same season — was also named a First-Team All-American by both the National Ass … (read more)