ECAC Announces Division III New England Men's Basketball All-Stars

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CAPE COD, Mass. – Senior forward Blake Schultz of Williams College is the 2009-10 ECAC Division III New England Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.  Schultz led the NESCAC in points per game at 18.4 this season, his second consecutive year as the leading scorer on his squad.  He was the high scorer in 13 out of 27 games this season, with a career-high 34 point night.  Schultz hit a NESCAC-best 51.3 percent of his shots from behind the arc.

Colby-Sawyer College freshman Jason Chevrefils has been chosen as the 2009-10 ECAC Division III New England Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year, with per-game averages of 17.5 points and 6.6 rebounds.  The Chargers forward was named The Commonwealth Coast Conference Rookie of the Year for his efforts.

Joining Schultz on the ECAC First Team are Noel Hollingsworth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DaQuan Brooks of Western Connecticut State University, Ray Askew of Albertus Magnus College, and Derek D’Amours of Keene State College. 

Hollingsworth, the NEWMAC Player of the Year, has been a consistent force in the middle for MIT all year, averaging 20.5 points and 9.1 rebounds, both of which led the NEWMAC.  Brooks, the Little East Player of the Year, joins the first team as he averaged 19.6 points and 4.1 assists during the season.  Askew garnered GNAC Player of the Year accolades this season, averaging a double-double with 22 points and 12.2 rebounds per game for the Falcons.

Five players were also selected to the ECAC second team: Lamonte Thomas of Johnson & Wales University, Bryan Rouse of Emerson College, Juan Maldonado of Elms College, Aaron Trigg of Gordon College, and Nicholas Motta of Bridgewater State College.

Five players were also selected to the ECAC third team: Maurice Horton of Worcester State, Javon Williams of Lasell College, Jeffrey Robinson of WPI, Adam Choice of Colby College, and James Wang of Williams College.

About the ECAC
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is the nation’s largest athletic conference and only multi-divisional conference, with approximately 300 member institutions and over 122,000 student-athletes ranging from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois.  The ECAC publicizes the achievements of over 750 student-athletes annually through the postseason all-stars.  In men's and women’s basketball, the ECAC names one Division I all-star team, one Division II all-star team, and four regional Division III all-star teams (New England, Upstate, Metro, and South).