Springfield, Mass. -- March 13, 2012 -- The Springfield College men's basketball team received a double shot in the arm today as junior guard Alex Berthiaume was named a First Team All-Northeast All-Star by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches and D3Hoops.com. Berthiaume had earlier been named the New England Women's ad Men's Athletic Conference Player of the Year.In addition, Alex had been named NEWMAC First Team All-Conference two weeks ago.
A native of Springfield, Mass., Berthiaume had a great year in leading the Pride to a berth in the finals of the NEWMAC post-season conference toumament. SC lost by five to an MIT team, which this weekend will be competing in the NCAA Division III Final Four.
Alex led the entire NEWMAC in scoring average (19.2 ppg) and total points in the regular season (519). He also ranked second in the league in steals (43) and third in assists (92). He scored 20 points or more a total of 14 times in 27 games, and reached the 30-point plateau three times. He also topped the league in average minutes per game (34.8).
The following is the 2012 NABC Northeast All-District Team --
First Team
Ray Askew, Albertus Magnus
Alex Berthiaume, Springfield
*DaQuan Brooks, Western Connecticut
Brian Clark, Salem State
Ryan Sharry, Middlebury
Aaron Toomey, Amherst
*Region Player of the Year
Second Team
Shasha Brown, Wesleyan
Terrance Favors, Becker
Will Hanley, Bowdoin
Noel Hollingsworth, MIT
Nick Nedwick, Eastern Connecticut
Coach of the Year -- Bill Geitner, Eastern Connecticut
The following is the 2012 D3Hoops.com Northeast All-Region Team --
First Team
Alex Berthiaume, Springfield
Aaron Toomey, Amherst
DaQuan Brooks, Western Connecticut
Ray Askew, Albertus Magnus
Ryan Sharry, Middlebury
Second Team
Ryan Birrell, Salve Regina
Lamonte Thomas, Johnson & Wales
Brian Clark, Salem State
Will Hanley, Bowdoin
Noel Hollingsworth, MIT
Third Team
Mitchell Kates, MIT
Nick Nedwick, Eastern Connecticut
Terrance Favors, Becker
Pat Sullivan, Hamilton
Mike Akinrola, Rhode Island College
Fourth Team
Shasha Brown, Wesleyan
Andre Shaw, Western New England
Willy Workman, Amherst
Anthony Click, Anna Maria
Matt Carr, WPI
Charlie Brock in 2012-13 will enter his 15th season as the head coach at Springfield College and his 33rd season as a head coach overall. Brock’s achievements as a coach are certainly impressive. He has taken three schools to the NCAA Division III Tournament and has an overall, 32-year record of 440-397. Read more.