Region 23 Releases 2025-2026 Men's and Women's Basketball All-Region Teams

Jackson, MISS.-- NJCAA's Region 23 today announced the 2025-2026 Men's and Women's Basketball All-Region teams. Student-athletes from the First Teams of the Louisiana Community College Athletic Association and Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference received automatic All-Region designation. Each conference's head coaches voted to select their All-Conference teams. 

The NJCAA Region 23 Men's and Women's Basketball Coaches of the Year were also formally recognized. The coach whose team wins the regional tournament is named Coach of the Year. The full list of honorees is below.

Women's All-Region

Kamiera McDonald, LSU-Eunice
Shelcie LeBlanc, Baton Rouge Community College
Jacey Coleman, Baton Rouge Community College
Miracle Irving, Delgado Community College
Edurne Diaz, LSU-Eunice

Tootie Lockett, Itawamba Community College 
Alorian Story, Northwest Mississippi Community College
Terica Smith, Meridian Community College
Katelyn Brinkley, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Dekyra Mitchell, Northwest Mississippi Community College
Taelar Felton, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Jahanna Wilson, Pearl River Community College
E'kemi Johnson, Mississippi Delta Community College

Women's Region 23 Coach of the Year

LaTaryl Williams, Northwest Mississippi Community College

Men's All-Region

Oren Bowens, Delgado Community College
Tayshaun Gilchrist, Southern University Shreveport
Andre Thomas, Southern University Shreveport
Kalvin Vengeto, Southern University Shreveport
Noah Whitehead, Baton Rouge Community College

Damarion Winston, Itawamba Community College
Christian Gilliland, Pearl River Community College
Duran Parish, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Courterius Scott, Southwest Mississippi Community College
Jay Tyler, Jones College
DJ Davis, Itawamba Community College
Dylan Rowe, Jones College
Tyrell Bowles, Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Men's Region 23 Coach of the Year

Newton Mealer, Jones College

About the MACCC

The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC)  is one of the premier community college conferences in the country and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni on professional sports teams. 

Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer and tennis.  

Women's competition is offered in the sports of basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. 

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