COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Ursinus men's basketball senior Ryan Hughes earned multiple postseason accolades on Tuesday. Hughes earned NABC First Team All-District 5 and D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region 5 honors.
The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division III. The D3hoops.com team has players originally nominated by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools. The ballot was then made available to SIDs on a voting committee, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region. It's the 21st season D3hoops.com has named All-Region teams.
Hughes continued to add to his storied Ursinus Men's Basketball career by also earning All-Centennial Conference First Team Honors this season as well. Hughes powered the second-highest team scoring offense in the Centennial Conference by averaging 18.9 points, which was good for second highest in the Conference. Along with his scoring, Hughes ranked fifth in the Centennial with a career-best 6.5 rebounds per game and recorded five double-doubles in the process. The Middletown, Pa. native was among the most consistent performers in 2021-22 as he scored double-figures for all but one game this season and led the team with a 49.9 field goal percentage. Hughes scored over 20 points on 11 separate occasions and registered a career-high 35 points against Gettysburg on February 5th. He also became the 30th player in Ursinus men's basketball history to cross the 1,000-point plateau for his career.
This is the first time in his career that Hughes has earned postseason accolades from the NABC and D3hoops.com. Hughes is the first Bear to be named to the NABC All-District team since Remy Cousart in 2010. Cousart was also the last Bear to earn a spot on the D3hoops.com All-Region teams as well in that same season.