WILLIAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2008 NABC/NCAA DIVISION II ALL-STAR GAME
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee has announced the 20 student-athletes and two coaches for the Third Annual NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star Game, to be held on Friday, March 28th at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The All-Star Game will match an East All-Star Team, made up of 10 student-athletes from the NCAA East, Northeast, South and South Atlantic regions, against a West All-Star Team, made up of 10 student-athletes from the NCAA Great Lakes, North Central, South Central and West regions.
Pace University senior guard Ryan Williams (Centreville, VA/Paul VI) will be participating in the NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star Game, as he has been named to the East All-Star Team. Williams has received various post-season honors after a solid senior year, as he has been named to the 2008 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II All-District Northeast First Team, the 2007-08 Northeast-10 Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference First Team and the 2007-08 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Northeast All-Region First Team. The Sporting News also honored Williams as a preseason All-American Honorable Mention.
Williams played in all 28 games this season for Pace (14-14, 13-9 NE-10), while making 27 starts, logging in 35.8 minutes per contest, good for sixth in the NE-10 in minutes played. He scored a team-best 550 points on the year, averaging 19.6 points per game, good for second in the conference, while shooting 44.2% (180-for-407) from the field, including 41.0% (89-for-217) from beyond the arc and 78.9% (101-for-128) from the free throw line. Williams' conference leading 89 three-pointers on the season ranked him second in the conference in three-point field goals per game (3.18), while also ranking 10th in the conference in three-point field goal percentage and 14th in free throw percentage. Williams also averaged 4.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Nationally in Division II, Williams ranks 25th in scoring, 15th in three-point field goals per game and 39th in three-point field goal percentage.
Williams finished his stellar four-year Pace career tied for second on the schools all-time scoring list with 1,892 career points and ranked sixth on the all-time steals list with 175, while recording 402 career rebounds and 225 career assists. Williams also rewrote the schools three-point record book, as he leaves Pace as the all-time leader in career three-pointers made (340), threes made in a single-season (115), which he accomplished last year (2006-07), and three-pointers made by a freshman (88). Williams also set the school freshman record for points with 458, on his way to being named the 2004-05 NE-10 Conference Co-Freshman of the Year, as well as being named to the conference All-Rookie Team.
The student-athletes and coaches selected to participate in the Third Annual NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star Game are:
East All-Star Team
Sean Barnette, Wingate University
Jeremy Black, University of Tampa
Brad Byerson, Virginia Union University
Steve Dagostino, College of St. Rose
Corey Diethorn, Assumption College
Chris Gilliam, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
Charlie Parker, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Jonny Reibel, Rollins College
Michael Sturns, Holy Family University
Ryan Williams, Pace University
Vincent Alexander (coach), University of South Carolina Aiken
West All-Star Team
Cory Abercrombie, Pittsburg State University
David Dreas, St. Cloud State University
Jeff Fahnbulleh, Kentucky Wesleyan College
Robert Lee, West Texas A&M University
Vince Mosley, Gannon University
Avery Patterson, Tarleton State University
Devin Peal, Humboldt State University
Paul Peterson, Brigham Young University, Hawaii
Marlon Pierce, California State University, San Bernardino
Atila Santos, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Bill Treseler (coach), San Francisco State University
The All-Star Game will be part of NCAA Division II Men's
Basketball Elite Eight, which will be held March 26, 27 and 29 at
the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
