WAYNE, N.J. – William Paterson men's basketball seniors Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) and Joseph Ellis (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) both earned spots on the D3hoops.com All-Atlantic Region Second Team released March 17. In addition, Ouedraogo was a first-team pick to the ECAC All-Metro Region Team and Ellis was a second-team all-ECAC honoree.

The 2010 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Player and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as a first-team all-conference selection, Ouedraogo led the Pioneers with a .527 field-goal percentage (seventh in NJAC), 7.4 rebounds (sixth in conference) and 2.1 blocked shots (second in league, 36th in Division III) per game, adding 10.0 points per contest to rank second for the Pioneers. Previously named the 2007-08 NJAC Defensive Player of the Year and a member of the All-NJAC First Team, the D3hoops.com All-Atlantic Region Second Team, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-Atlantic Second Team, the ECAC Metro Region All-Second Team and the PrestoSports/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division III All-Third Team, he registered 13 double-digit scoring totals, four double-figure rebounding games and three double-doubles this season.

A member of the 2010 All-NJAC First Team, Ellis paced the Pioneers with 14.3 points per game and a .378 three-point field-goal percentage, adding 3.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.7 steals per contest. In the NJAC statistics, he was seventh in three-pointers made (1.93 pg), eighth in scoring, and ninth in steals and three-point field-goal percentage, and he registered 21 double-digit scoring totals this winter (five 20+). Earlier this season, Ellis was named the NJHoops.com January Player of the Month, the NJAC Player of the Week (Dec. 21, Jan. 18), the ECAC Metro Region Player of the Week (Jan. 19), a member of the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week (Dec. 22) and the Scotty Wood All-Tournament Team (Nov. 20-21), and the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament MVP (Dec. 29-30).

William Paterson was 25-3 overall and 12-1 in league play this season, winning its 10th NJAC Tournament title and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.