Trahan to Compete in NJCAA All-Star Game Saturday

Dallas College Richland's Ed Trahan will compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Players from all three NJCAA Divisions will compete in the All-Star Game. Dallas College North Lake's Darion Jones was also named an All-Star. Trahan and Jones will represent the South All-Stars.

A 6-foot-5 sophomore forward from Cypress, Texas, Trahan received NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American and First Team All-Dallas Athletic Conference honors. He averaged 15.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, and shot 57.7 percent from the floor and 72.2 percent from the free throw line. Trahan scored in double figures in 19 games, and recorded 13 double-doubles.

Trahan was named the NJCAA Division III National Player of the Week Feb. 16.

NJCAA South All-Stars

Player                         School                         Yr       Pos      Ht       Hometown

Trey Fort                     Howard College          So        G/F      6-4       Jackson, MS

Noah King                  Kirkwood CC              So        G         6-2       Caledonia, MN

Elijah Elliott               Blinn College             So        G         6-0       Houston, TX

Michael Hogue           Walters St. CC            So        F          6-7       Chattanooga, TN

Jay Alvarez                 Sullivan County CC    So        G/F      6-4       Waynesboro, PA

Drew Gaston               College of DuPage      So        G         5-11     Shabbona, IL

Haxell Lendeborg       Arizona Western College       So        F          6-9            Pennsauken, NJ

Jaidon Lipscomb        Lakeland CC               So        G/F      6-5       Columbus, OH

Darion Jones               Dallas College North Lake     So        G         6-3       Austin, TX

Ed Trahan                   Dallas College Richland         So        F          6-5       Cypress, TX

Oscar Cluff                 Cochise College         So        C         6-11     Sunshine Coast, Australia

Coaches:         Jerry Carillo, Cochise College

                        Scott Schumacher, Blinn College

NJCAA North All-Stars

Player                         School                         Yr       Pos      Ht       Hometown

Curt Lewis                  John A. Logan College           So        G         6-5       Louisville, IL

Jeremiah Burke           Iowa Lakes CC           So        F          6-7       Milwaukee, WI

Don McHenry             Indian Hills CC           So        G         6-2       Milwaukee, WI

Jadrian Tracey            Florida Southwestern St. College       So        G         6-6            Fort Myers, FL

Trey Deveaux             Central CC                  So        G/F      6-5       Lincoln, NE

Romeo Aquino           Orange County CC     So        G/F      6-4       Newburgh, NY

Kevin Mateo               Brookdale CC             So        G         6-0       Hackensack, NJ

Carlos Hart                 South Georgia State College  So        G         6-6       Miami, FL

Mason Johnson           Milwaukee Area Tech So        F          6-7       Milwaukee, WI

Rob Whaley                Southern Idaho College          So        F          6-6            Farmington, UT

Bryan Quiller              Sandhills CC               So        F          6-5       Raleigh, NC

Blessing Adesipe        Miles CC                     So        F          6-6       Houston, TX

Coaches:         Paul Cisek, Brookdale CC

                        Randy Casey, Milwaukee Area Tech