University of Massachusets Athletics
Bergantino Nominated for NABC Allstate Good Works Team
December 02, 2015 | Men's Basketball
NABC Allstate Good Works Team Announcement
INDIANAPOLIS - University of Massachusetts men's basketball senior center Tyler Bergantino received recognition as a nominee for the 2016 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Allstate Good Works Team, as announced by the NABC and Allstate Wednesday. The award highlights collegiate-level men's basketball student-athletes making a positive impact in their communities.
Bergantino is one of 154 nominated across Division I, II, III and NAIA men's basketball. He is only one of four student-athletes from Atlantic 10 men's basketball programs, including Davidson's Nathan Ekwu, Fordham's Mandell Thomas and La Salle's Rohan Brown.
Throughout his nearly four years as part of the Amherst community, Bergantino has participated in numerous civic activities, including the JDRF One Walk at Six Flags New England and a visit to the Springfield pediatric hospitals during the previous summer. Bergantino also served as a counselor at numerous youth basketball, including at the Big E, Belchertown High School to benefit Jessica's Boundless Playground, St. Brigid's and the Travis Best clinics, while he also volunteered at the Massachusetts Special Olympics Opening Ceremony and National Walk To School Day.
The 154 NABC nominees and the 103 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) nominees were submitted by sports information directors and college basketball coaches across the country. From the nominations, special voting panels, headlined by former Duke University basketball athlete, two-time NCAA® champion and seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill and former University of Tennessee basketball athlete, NCAA champion and WNBA legend Tamika Catchings, will select two 10-member teams comprised of five student-athletes from the NCAA Division I level and five student-athletes from Divisions II, III and the NAIA. The final roster of 20 award recipients will be unveiled in February.
Members of the Allstate NABC Good Works Team® will be invited by Allstate, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, to the 2016 NABC Convention and 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four® in Houston, where they will participate in a community service project benefitting the city. Members of the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team® will be recognized during the 2016 WBCA Convention and at the 2016 NCAA Women's Final Four® in Indianapolis, and will also participate in a local volunteer project. Allstate is an official corporate partner of the NABC, WBCA and NCAA.
In addition to Clarkson, Hill and Catchings, the 2016 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Team® selection panel members include: former college basketball student-athletes Clark Kellogg (Ohio State University / CBS Sports), and Alana Beard (Duke University); media members Seth Davis (Sports Illustrated/CBS), Dana O'Neil (ESPN), Carolyn Peck (ESPN) and LaChina Robinson (ESPN/FOX); former head coaches Bobby Cremins (Georgia Tech/College of Charleston), Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech University), Marsha Sharp (Texas Tech University) and Nell Fortner (Auburn University); and current college basketball coach Coquese Washington (Penn State University).
