ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced rosters today for the first NABC Division III Senior All-Star game, which will played as part of the 2010 NCAA® Division III men's basketball championships, March 20, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va. Nazareth senior guard Corey McAdam was chosen to play for the East all-stars.
The NABC Division III All-Star game will be played on Saturday, March 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT), replacing the consolation game. Two 10-man teams were selected for the game, with two players coming from each of the eight regions in Division III. The remaining four senior players will be selected from the two semifinal teams which do not reach the Division III national championship game, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The game will feature a pair of outstanding former coaches who have both been recipients of the NABC Division III Distinguished Service Award. Former University of Wisconsin-River Falls coach Rick Bowen will lead the West team while Dr. Mike Beitzel, who coached for 20 seasons at Hanover College, will guide the East team.
The senior all-star players were nominated by coaches and selected by a panel of coaches representing each region in Division III.
Here are the rosters for Saturday's game:
NABC WEST ALL-STAR TEAM (wearing dark jerseys) – Coach Rick Bowen
#1 Kola Alade 6'2 Murphy, Texas Austin College
#3 John Hoch 5'10 Colgate, WI Carroll University
#12 Sean Wallis 6'3 Northbrook, IL Washington University
#22 Stephen Fields 6'2 Hampton, VA Virginia Wesleyan College
#23 Dustin E Mitchell 6'9 Lac du Flambeau, WI UW-Whitewater
#34 Kyle Meyer 6'5 Columbus Grove, OH Ohio Northern University
#44 Nate Montgomery 6'8 Sammamish, WA Whitworth College
#52 John Mantel 6'9 Chelsea, MI Calvin College
To be selected Friday night depending on Results of Semifinal games:
#11 Clay Henson 6'2 Glen Alpine, NC Guilford College
#11 Michael Strickland 5'11 Myrtle Beach, SC Randolph-Macon
#20 Matt Moses 6'2 Fond du Lac, WI UW-Stevens Point
#21 Blake Schultz 6'3 Atherton, CA Williams College
NABC EAST ALL-STAR TEAM (wearing white jerseys) – Coach Mike Beitzel
#3 Corey McAdam 6'1 Fairport, NY Nazareth College
#11 Josh Sharlow 5'9 Norwood, NY St. Lawrence University
#12 Darnell Braswell 6'1 Allentown, PA DeSales University
#21 Richard Jean-Baptiste 6'4 Queens, NY Brooklyn College
#32 Adam Choice 6'5 Newport, RI Colby College
#33 Terrell Hollins 6'4 Springfield, MA Brandeis University
#35 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo 6'8 Newark, NJ William Paterson University
#40 Kevin Misevicius 6'6 Allentown, PA Cabrini College
To be selected Friday night depending on Results of Semifinal games:
#2 Tim Lawrence 6'1 Verona, NJ Randolph-Macon
#15 Tyler Sanborn 6'9 Elkin, NC Guilford College
#25 Evan Sweeney 6'2 Appleton, WI UW-Stevens Point
#44 Joe Geoghegan 6'8 Cape Elizabeth, ME Williams College
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest “Phog” Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
