Shoats named to D2CCA All-Atlantic Region Men’s Basketball Team
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Lock Haven men’s basketball standout Justice Shoats (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Holy Redeemer) was named to the 2023-24 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-Atlantic Region Team, the organization announced on Friday afternoon (March 15).
Shoats earned his first career All-Region honor as a First-Team Guard.
Shoats, who earned the program’s first PSAC East Player of the Year since Wali Hepburn in 2023-14, had an historic season on both end of the court and was named PSAC East Athlete of the Week five times this season, twice on offense and three times on defense.
As the only player in the PSAC to rank in the top-10 in both assists and scoring, Shoats ranks second in the conference in points (20.4) and fourth in assists (4.6). The sophomore also ranks third in the conference in steals per game (2.1) and leads the entire PSAC in minutes per game (37.6).
Shoats’ 579 points this season rank fifth all-time in program history for a single season. The point guard scored 20-or-more points in 16 games, including a career-best 28 in a victory over Mansfield.
Sports information directors from NCAA Division II Atlantic Region schools and conferences selected the two all-region teams. The process concludes with All-American selections announced later in the month. The Atlantic Region consists of schools from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the Mountain East Conference (MEC), and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), along with independents Bluefield State and Salem.
The 2023-24 D2CCA All-Atlantic Region Men’s Basketball Teams feature six players from the PSAC, three players from the MEC, and one player from the CIAA.
The team is sponsored by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, which encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
