MBB: Williams Voted to the D3hoops East All-Region 1st Team.

MBB: Williams Voted to the D3hoops East All-Region 1st Team.

MARCY, N.Y. - The 2017-18 D3hoops.com All-Region teams have been announced. SUNY Poly's Kevin Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has been named a First Team All-Region Player in the East Region.

Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools. There were more than 680 players nominated nationwide. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region. 

Players chosen to the D3hoops.com All-Region team are eligible for All-American selection. The men's All-American team will be announced at the end of this week, in conjunction with the Division III men's championships, and the women's will be announced in the week following the Division III women's semifinals.

This is the 17th year D3hoops.com has named an All-Region team and this year's All-America team will be the 21st annual All-Ameircan selections. The D3hoops.com All-American teams, along with those of the respective coaches' associations, are the only ones recognized in the NCAA record book.

Kevin Williams, was the North Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference selection, and an NABC East All-District First Team selection in 2018. He averaged a conference best 22.6 points per game, averaged a league best 9.6 rebounds per game, and shot 59.2 percent from the field which is the best among players who averaged 10 or more field goal attempts per game in the NEAC. Williams nearly had 1,000 points in his two years as a Wildcat, finishing his career with 964 points. His two-year rebounding total was 438.

For the complete list of D3hoops.com All-Region Selections click HERE