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Contact: Rick Leddy, NABC 203-815-2437
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NABC Announces Rosters
For Reese’s® Division III College All-Star Game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 17, 2015) – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today
announced rosters for the 2015 Reese’s Division III College All-Star game, which will be played as part of
the 2015 NCAA® Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. Reese’s is the official candy partner of the
NCAA.
The Reese’s Division III College All-Star game will be played on Saturday, March 21, at 12:30 p.m. (EDT),
prior to the NCAA Division III championship game, which begins at 3:00 p.m. at the Salem Civic Center in
Salem, Va. The teams are composed of two senior student-athletes from each of the eight regions in
Division III and two seniors have been selected by online voting on D3hoops.com.
The game will feature a pair of outstanding former coaches who have both been recipients of the NABC
Division III Distinguished Service Award. Former Wabash coach Mac Petty will lead the East team, while
former Blackburn coach Dr. Ira Zeff, now the director of athletics at Nebraska Wesleyan, will guide the
West team.
Division III is the largest membership division in the NCAA, with approximately 450 member schools, 43
voting conferences and over 170,000 student-athletes.
Here are the rosters for the 2015 Reese’s Division III College All-Star game:
Reese’s WEST ALL-STAR TEAM – Coach: Dr. Ira Zeff, Blackburn/Nebraska Wesleyan
NAME
HT/WT
POS
SCHOOL
REGION
Victor Ljuljdjuraj
6-8/220
C
Albertus Magnus
Northeast
Michael Lofton Jr.
6-5/215
F
Bridgewater State (MA)
Northeast
Quardell Young
6-0/180
G
UW-Whitewater
Central
Dylan Overstreet
6-4/185
G
Illinois Wesleyan
Central
Connor Merrill
6-6/200
F
Skidmore
East
Dalton Walsh
6-8/190
F
Alfred
East
Arik Smith
6-3/210
G
Cal Lutheran
West
Sterling Nielsen
6-1/195
G
St. Olaf
West
Marcus Alipate
6-0/175
G
University of St. Thomas
West
Reese’s EAST ALL-STAR TEAM – Coach: Mac Petty, Wabash College
NAME
HT/WT
POS
SCHOOL
REGION
David Louison
6-4/211
F
St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn)
Atlantic
Aaron Walton-Moss
6-3/165
G
Cabrini
Atlantic
Granville Gittens
6-6/210
F
Baruch College
Atlantic
Larry Thomas
6-1/170
G
Birmingham-Southern
South
Alex Foster
6-8/210
F
Emory
South
Bernard Edwards Jr
6-5/225
G/F
Defiance
Great Lakes
Jordan Brink
6-3/185
G
Calvin
Great Lakes
Gerald Wixted
6-8/215
F
Dickinson
Mid-Atlantic
Nick LaGuerre
6-3/195
G
St. Mary’s (MD)
Mid-Atlantic
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 has almost 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.
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academic and athletic opportunities for more than 460,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member
colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships
in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the
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