KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- - The post-season accolades for senior
Richard Jean-Baptiste (Queens, NY / St. John's Prep) keep rolling in, as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the State Farm® Division III All-America teams and All-District teams and coaches for 2010, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes and coaches. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, these student-athletes represent the finest basketball players across America. Jean-Baptiste was named to both teams, as a member of the 2010 State Farm® Division III All-American Third Team and the 2010 Division III All-District First Team – Atlantic Region.
Along with being named to the NABC All-American and All-District teams, Jean-Baptiste has also been selected to participate in the NABC Senior All-Star Game, as a member of the East All-Star squad, which will take place this Saturday, March 20 at 10:30 am in the Salem Civic Center in Salem, VA, as a part of the 2010 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championships. He has also been named to the ECAC Division III Metro Men's Basketball All-Star First Team, the D3Hoops.com Men's All-Atlantic Region First Team and the CUNYAC All-Conference First Team.
This season, Jean-Baptiste averaged a team-best 19.4 points per game, to go along with 6.8 rebounds per game, leading the Brooklyn College Bulldogs to an overall record of 22-7 (11-2 CUNYAC), good for second in the conference. The Bulldogs would go on to win the CUNYAC/Con Edison Basketball Championships, with Jean-Baptiste being named the Tournament Most Valuable Player, which earned the team an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Brooklyn would fall to host Saint John Fisher, 60-56, in the opening round.
Earlier this season, on February 14th in a 102-86 victory over the College of Staten Island, Jean-Baptiste forever etched his name in the Brooklyn College record books, as he surpassed
Rich Micallef (1980-1984) to become the school's all-time leading scorer, with 1,741 points. Jean-Baptiste finished his stellar career with 1,847 points.
Complete 2010 State Farm Division III All-America Teams Release in PDF Format
Complete 2010 Division III All-District Teams and Coaches Release in PDF Format
