SALEM, VA. – William Paterson's Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) will play in the inaugural National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III Men's Senior All-Star Game Saturday, March 20. The game will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. in Salem, Va., at the site of the 2010 NCAA Tournament Final Four. Live video of the game will be available online.

The 2010 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Player and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as member of the All-NJAC First Team, D3hoops.com All-Atlantic Region Second Team and ECAC All-Metro Region First Team, 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.

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.