Six MAAC Men's Basketball Players Named to 2009 NABC Division I All-District Teams
MAAC Sports
Albany, N.Y. ? Six MAAC men’s basketball players were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All‐District teams, recognizing the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student‐athletes.
Ryan Thompson from Rider University, along with Kenny Hasbrouck and Edwin Ubiles from Siena College, were named to the District 1 First Team. Tyrone Lewis and Bilal Benn from Niagara University, as well as Alex Franklin from Siena earned spots on the Second Team.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, these student‐athletes represent the finest basketball players across America. The 240 student‐athletes, from 24 districts which were realigned this season, are now eligible for the State Farm Coaches’ Division I All‐America teams to be announced on Saturday, April 4, at Hoop City in the COBO Center at 10:00 a.m. as part of the 2009 NABC Convention in Detroit.
2009 NABC DIVISION I ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS
District 1
First Team
Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena
Edwin Ubiles, Siena
Ryan Thompson, Rider
John Holland, Boston University
Marqus Blakely, Vermont
Second Team
Tyrone Lewis, Niagara
Bilal Benn, Niagara
DJ Rivera, Binghamton
Darryl Proctor, UMBC
Alex Franklin, Siena
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Mo., 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.com.
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