KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keenan Robertson of the Suffolk men's basketball team added more hardware to his shelf as he was selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 2 First-Team, the organization announced.
Robertson is the first known Ram in program history to receive the distinction from the coaches' association.
It is the second all-region honor of Robertson's career as he garnered all-region recognition from D3hoops.com All-Region II Second-Team earlier today.
The accolades come behind a senior season in which Robertson, a native of Rochester, New York, was the 13th-best scoring per game in the country at a 22.8 points per game clip. That offensive output, the best in region II was behind a 56.4 connection rate from the floor that included a 42.9 conversion rate from 3-point range.
The 6-foot-5 small forward poured in double figures in all, but one of Suffolk's 28 games this season. He produced 18 20-point performances, six 30-plus point outings and a 43-point game in the Conference of New England (CNE) Semifinals at Endicott, Feb. 27. That effort remains 15th on the single-game list in DIII this year.
Defensively, he grabbed a team-best 7.4 rebounds per game.
Robertson was a main cog to Suffolk's second straight CNE Championship contest run and the Rams' first-ever 20-win season.
He is one of four CNE student-athletes to make the list. Endicott's Marcus Montagnino joined Robertson on the first-team in District 2, while Western New England's Tim Restall made the second-team in that District. Roger Williams Mac Annus was named to District 1's second-team.
On top of his all-region selections, Robertson was named to the All-CNE First-Team for the third time in as many years and in his collegiate career. He is the first-ever Ram to have three all-league first-team accolades in program history.
NABC District 2
Player of the Year: Octavio Brito, Keene State
Coach of the Year: Chris Bartley, WPI
First Team
Nate Amado, Babson
Octavio Brito, Keene State
Aidan Callahan, WPI
Marcus Montagnino, Endicott
Keenan Robertson, Suffolk
Bruce Saintilus, Clark
Second Team
Mac Annus, Roger Williams
Toby Harris, Brandeis
Ousmane Kourouma, Rhode Island College
Tim Reidy, WPI
Tim Restall, Western New England