2026 D3hoops.com All-Region Teams

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Senior guard Reem Welch (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Thomas Jefferson) of the Plattsburgh State men's basketball team has been named to the D3hoops.com Region 3 First Team All-Region, as announced by D3hoops.com on Monday. The recognition is the first All-Region honor of Welch's career and the program's first since Jonathan Patron was selected to the First Team All-East Region in 2019.

Welch was most recently named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Player of the Year and earned All-SUNYAC First Team honors.

Throughout the season, Welch led the Cardinals in points per game (PPG), rebounds per game (RPG), and assists per game (APG). The senior guard was an offensive catalyst, leading the conference and ranking third in Division III in scoring at 26.1 PPG. He eclipsed the 30-point mark 10 times, highlighted by a program-record and career-high 49-point performance against Morrisville on Feb. 7, which included the game-winning layup in a 100-98 victory. On the glass, he pulled down a third league-best 8.2 rebounds per game and recorded six double-doubles, including a career-high 15 rebounds against Morrisville on Jan. 16.

The Brooklyn native was an efficient scorer all year, shooting 53.5% from the field (fourth in the conference) and 81.4% from the free-throw line (first in the conference). Serving as the team's primary ball handler, he also averaged a league-high 4.2 assists per game, tallying five or more assists in nine contests. That included two nine-assist performances against Oswego State on Jan. 30 and Buffalo State on Feb. 13. Defensively, Welch led the team with 1.6 steals per game (tied for eighth in the league) and recorded at least three steals in six games, including a season-high four against Norwich on Nov. 11, Potsdam on Jan. 13, and Fredonia on Feb. 14.

Welch earned three SUNYAC Athlete of the Week honors and became the first men's basketball player in program history to be named USBWA Division III National Player of the Week on Feb. 10 after averaging 42.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.5 assists.

Including Welch, the SUNYAC had five student-athletes earn D3hoops.com All-Region honors, while Maurice Kearney of Cortland was named the D3hoops.com Region 3 Coach of the Year.