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.

DelGratta and Ivan Zhivkov have been named to the NJCAA’s Division III all-Region 20 first team and Kadjali Biola to its honorable mention squad.

“All three of those guys are as committed and dedicated as anyone we’ve ever had,” Pioneers coach Joe Lewandowski said. “Always the first ones in the gym. Always the last ones in the gym.”

The Pioneers compete in the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference and in the NJCAA’s Division III Region 20.

BC3 finished 11-13 after an 87-76 loss Feb. 20 to the Community College of Allegheny in the semifinal of a dual-championship tournament for the WPCC and Region 20 titles.

The 2025-2026 NJCAA Division III season will end with the national championship tournament March 11-14 in Herkimer, N.Y.

DelGratta, a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward from Struthers, Ohio, played in 20 games for the Pioneers and averaged 29.7 points. He also ranks in the Top 15 in five other statistical categories among players on 63 Division III programs. DelGratta scored at least 30 points in 11 games, including a season-high 47 against Bryant & Stratton, Ohio, on Feb. 16.

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