<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/3-bc3-mens-basketball-players-all-region-20-stars.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>03/05/2026 11:26:16 AM</pubDate><title>3 BC3 men’s basketball players all-Region 20 stars</title><subtitle>Forward from Ohio could become 3rd Pioneer to lead Division III in scoring average since 2015</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) Nicholas DelGratta, who could become the third Butler County Community College men’s basketball player since 2015 to finish a season with the highest scoring average in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III, and two teammates have been selected for postseason honors.</description><author/><image-caption>Nicholas DelGratta, a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward on the Butler County Community College men’s basketball team from Struthers, Ohio, has been selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III all-Region 20 first team. He may become the third BC3 player since 2015 to have the highest scoring average in Division III when the NJCAA season ends with the national championship tournament March 11-14 in Herkimer, N.Y. DelGratta is shown Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, competing against Wesly Simon, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, in the Field House on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township.</image-caption><tags><tag>Athletics</tag><tag>Basketball</tag><tag>Men's Basketball</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2026/bc3-bkn-delgratta-nicholas-121225.jpg" alt="This is a photograph of a BC3 men's basketball player shooting the basketball."/></image></item>