NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - A trio of Little East Conference men's basketball players were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III Northeast All-District teams. Rhode Island College senior guard Bobby Bailey (Fall River, Mass.) was selected to the first-team, while Keene State College senior forward Tyler Kathan (Ludlow, Vt.) and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth senior guard Reece Freeman (Cambridge, Mass.) earned second-team honors.

Bailey is making his debut on the all-regional teams after earning Little East Defensive Player of the Year and sharing the conference's top award with Kathan. The native of Fall River, Mass. returned from an injury for the final 23 games of the season to help Rhode Island College post a 19-4 overall record, including a 12-1 mark in the conference circuit. A starter in 21 games, he reached double figures in scoring in 17 contests, including a season-high 21 points against Western Connecticut on Jan. 27. Bailey recorded a double-double against then-nationally ranked Amherst College, netting 17 points and pulling in 11 rebounds. He averaged 12.1 points and 5.3 rebounds, while adding 44 assists.

Bailey is a three-time All-Little East defensive team honoree, as well as, a three-time all-conference selection. In his three seasons in Providence, Bailey scored 876 points, pulled in 372 rebounds, and handed out 208 assists.

Freeman, who earned first team All-Little East Conference honors and was named to the conference all-defensive team, led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.8), while also ranking nationally in assists per game (22nd, 6.0). He matched his season-high point total (18) twice, most recently against WPI in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Freeman handed out at least 10 helpers in three games on the campaign, including a season-best 11 against Framingham State.

Kathan, a three-time All-Little East, first-team selection, averaged a double-double in 26 games to lead the conference circuit in scoring (18.4 ppg) and rebounding (10.2 rpg). He posted seven of his Little East-best 14 double-doubles against conference opponents. Kathan reached double figures in scoring in all but two games, while scoring at least 30 points three times. The 2009 Little East Co-Player of the Year netted a season-high 36 points against Western Connecticut.

Kathan will depart Keene, N.H. third on the all-time list in scoring (1,805) and rebounding (939). He was also named the 2007 Little East Conference Player of the Year, and 2006 Little East Conference Rookie of the Year.