Olivier Laurent Named to D3Hoops All-Region Team
D3Hoops.com has announced the 2011-12 Men's All-Atlantic Region Team.
Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools, who were contacted multiple times as the season wound down to remind them to make their players eligible. There were 683 players nominated nationwide, a new high. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region.
The regional Rookie of the Year award has returned for a fifth season as well, honoring the top freshman in each region, while D3hoops.com also names a regional Coach of the Year.
Regions that have fewer than 40 Division III teams have two teams. The Northeast, which is nearly twice that size, has four teams, while all other regions have three teams.
Men's All-Atlantic Region Team
Player of the Year: A.J. Matthews, Jr., Farmingdale State
Coach of the Year: Tony Petosa, Staten Island
Rookie of the Year: David Louison, St. Joseph's (Bklyn.)
First team
| Pos. | Player | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| G | Corey Chandler |
William Paterson |
Jr. | Newark, N.J. |
| G | Lance Brown |
William Paterson | Jr. | Teaneck, N.J. |
| F | Winston Douglas |
Medgar Evers |
Jr. | Hempstead, N.Y. |
| F | Andrew August |
Montclair State |
Sr. | Bridgewater, N.J. |
| F | A.J. Matthews |
Farmingdale State |
Jr. | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Second team
| Pos. | Player | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| G | Olivier Laurent |
St. Joseph's (L.I.) |
Sr. | Amityville, N.Y. |
| G | Pedro Burgos | Rutgers-Newark | Sr. | Fort Lee, N.J. |
| F | Diandre Brown |
Richard Stockton |
Sr. | Sicklerville, N.J. |
| F | Carlos Valdez |
Mount St. Mary |
Sr. | Carolina, Puerto Rico |
| F | Reed Buck |
Merchant Marine |
So. | Lawrenceville, Ga. |
