Worcester, MA- The 2022-23 D3hoops.com All-Region teams have been announced. Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools, and schools and conferences were each contacted multiple times as the season wound down to remind them to make their players eligible. There were 798 players nominated nationwide. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region.
It's the 22nd season D3hoops.com has named All-Region teams.
The regional Rookie of the Year award honors the top freshman, based upon D3Hoops criteria on eligibility of rookie status, in each region, while D3hoops.com also names a regional Coach of the Year.
Division III basketball is organized into 10 regions. A region with 40 teams or more has three All-Region teams honored, while a region with fewer than 40 teams has a first and second team. This reorganization results in approximately 10 additional players being recognized when compared to previous full seasons.
Players from these lists are eligible for the D3hoops.com All-America teams. The men's team will be released March 18, at the national championship game, and the women's team will be released at a predetermined time between the national semifinals on March 18 and the title game on April 1.
Aaron Nkrumah, a sophomore from Worcester, Mass., who participated in his first complete basketball playing season, thus being eligible for rookie of the year by d3hoops.com, earned the 2022-23 MASCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year after finishing at the top of the conference in several categories and helping the Lancers to a perfect MASCAC record of 12-0. He closed out the regular season first in total points with 431 and steals with 66, third in points per game at 17.2 and seventh in blocks with 22. He also averaged 7.8 rebounds per game with a total of 195, a 43.1 field goal percentage and 53 assists on the year. In the win over Bridgewater State, he had a season-best 30 points with 11 rebounds and three steals. Nkrumah helped to lead the Worcester State men’s Basketball team to their first MASCAC championship in 29 years.
Player of the Year: Alex Sobel, Sr., F, Middlebury
Coach of the Year: Glen Miller, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Rookie of the Year: Aaron Nkrumah, G/F, Worcester State
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First team |
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Pos. |
Player |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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G |
EJ Day |
Lasell |
Sr. |
Norwalk, Conn. |
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G |
Ryan O'Neill |
St. Joseph (Conn.) |
Sr. |
Litchfield, Conn. |
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G |
Nicky Johnson |
Wesleyan |
So. |
Lexington, Mass. |
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G |
Dylan Thoerner |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Irvine, Calif. |
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F |
Alex Sobel |
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Setauket, N.Y. |
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Second team |
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G |
Terion Moss |
Maine-Farmington |
Sr. |
Portland, Maine |
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G |
Jaecee Martin |
St. Joseph (Conn.) |
Sr. |
Hartford, Conn. |
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G/F |
Aaron Nkrumah |
Worcester State |
Fr. |
Worcester, Mass. |
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F |
Terry Dawkins |
Albertus Magnus |
Sr. |
Bronx, N.Y. |
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C |
Emerson Halbleib |
Bridgewater State |
Sr. |
Carmel, Ind. |
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Third team |
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G |
Will King |
Colby |
Sr. |
Glenview, Ill. |
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G |
Aireus Raspberry |
Johnson & Wales |
Sr. |
Cranston, R.I. |
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G |
Spencer Spivy |
Williams |
Sr. |
San Francisco, Calif. |
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F |
Ben Callahan-Gold |
Trinity (Conn.) |
Jr. |
New York, N.Y. |
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C |
David Murray |
Connecticut College |
Jr. |
Jackson Heights, N.Y. |