2025-26 NABC Division III All-America Teams

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Senior guard Reem Welch (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Thomas Jefferson) of the Plattsburgh State men's basketball team has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III All-America Third Team as announced by the NABC on Wednesday. This marks Welch's first NABC All-America honor. He is the first Plattsburgh men's basketball player to receive NABC All-America honors since Jonathan Patron in 2019.

Most recently, Welch was named to the NABC Division III All-District III First Team and D3hoops.com First Team All-Region III. He was also honored as the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Player of the Year and earned All-SUNYAC First Team recognition.

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-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.

Welch will play in the 2026 NABC Division III College All-Star Game that will be held Saturday, March 21, at 2:30 p.m. ET at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. You can watch the game here and follow live stats here.