ECAC Announces 2026 DIII Men's Basketball All-ECAC Teams and Major Award Winners
DANBURY, Conn. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its 2026 Division III Men's Basketball All-ECAC Teams and major award winners.
DeSales University guard Jayden Thomas was voted Player of the Year, while Jacob Dunkle from Penn State Behrend was named Rookie of the Year. Steve Schulman of Lehman College was voted Coach of the Year.

Jayden Thomas - DeSales, Guard (Photo Credit: Sarah Campbell)
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Jacob Dunkle - Penn State Behrend, Forward

Steve Schulman - Lehman College, Head Coach
All-ECAC First Team
Trent Rozich – Pitt-Greensburg, Sr., F
Sawyer Butler – Franciscan University, Jr., G
Jack Plesser – Union College, Jr., F
Jayden Thomas – DeSales University, So., G
Omari DeVeaux – Virginia Wesleyan University, Gr., G
All-ECAC Second Team
Cameron Downs – Rutgers University-Camden, Sr., F
Jordan Cooper – Keene State, Jr., G
DJ Harrell – Westminster College, Gr., G
Jake Devaney – SUNY Maritime, So., F
Amar Ndiaye – Lehman College, Sr., F
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The ECAC is an eighty-six year old intercollegiate athletics organization with roughly 200 member schools for traditional sports across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III - that exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in NCAA sports, and provide great value for universities, by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the country. The ECAC also hosts a comprehensive esports program, with over 300 schools, 4,000 teams and 10,000-plus participants in twenty-four different games titles.
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