United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Men's Basketball

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(4/9/08)--Al Sowers who led the Coast Guard Academy men's basketball team to a school-record 24 wins and the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament has been selected to play in the New England Basketball Coaches Association (NEBCA) annual Division III Senior All-Star Game this Sunday, April 13, at Babson College, with all proceeds benefitting the Coaches vs. Cancer campaign.

Sowers, who earned All-region honors for the first time in his career, was also named first-team All-conference for the first time in his career this season. He was second on the team with 13.1 points to go with his team-high 86 assists, 49 steals and 77 three-point baskets for a team best 40.7 percent from behind the arc.

Sowers leaves as the Bears all-time leader in assists (400) and 3-point baskets (266) and he is second all-time with 1,518 points. Sowers, classmate Grant Johnson and current assistant coach Sam Cheung (‘02) are the only three players in school history to score 1,000 points and record 300 assists.

The game which begins at 3:00 will feature a team made up of seniors from the Little East, GNAC, UAA, NEWMAC and MASCAC conferences taking on the seniors from the NESCAC, Commonwealth Coast, NAC, and the independent teams in the region.