Corbin, Falko, and Thompson Earn NJCAA All-Region XX Recognition

Corbin, Falko, and Thompson Earn NJCAA All-Region XX Recognition

Cecil College basketball players Cornell Corbin, Jacob Falko, and Kayla Thompson earned NJCAA All-Region XX recognition for their outstanding performance in the region for the 2018-2019 season.

For the second time in his career, men's basketball sophomore guard Cornell Corbin was chosen as an all-region selection. After being named to the second team in 2017-2018, Corbin jumped up a spot to the first team after leading his team to a region championship and national tournament appearance. At the conclusion of the current season, Corbin led the Seahawks' squad in points per game with 13.1, rebounds per game with 7.4, and steals per game with 1.9. Corbin scored a career-high 38 points, shooting 62.5% from the floor, in Cecil's loss to Northern Virginia Community College.

He was also named to the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference All-MD JUCO Second Team and was selected as MD JUCO's Defensive Player of the Year.

After an outstanding freshman campaign, first-year player Jacob Falko, was selected as an Honorable Mention player on the Region XX All-Region team for men's basketball. Falko made 25 starts out of 33 games played as a freshman and tied for first on the team in points per game (13.1) with fellow all-region selection, Cornell Corbin. Falko scored 433 total points, shooting nearly 50% from the floor, 36% from beyond the arc, and 82% from the free throw line in his career. Falko scored a career-high 32 points against Harford Community College but also put up strong performances in the national tournament, scoring a combined 51 points in the first two rounds against #3-ranked Pima Community College and #11-ranked John Wood Community College.

Along with Corbin, Falko was named to the All-MD JUCO Second Team and the NJCAA DII National Tournament All-Tournament team.

Women's basketball's, Kayla Thompson, earned Honorable Mention honors by Region XX after her first year as a Seahawk. Thompson started and played in all 20 games during the 2018-2019 season and led her team in points per game with 16.4, assists per game with 4.0, and steals per game with 1.8. Thompson tallied 328 points and dished out 81 assists during her freshman season. 

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