GREENVILLE, S.C. – Spencer Levi raked in both Conference Carolinas Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year laurels, Drew Richards was named the league's coach of the year, and the 8^th-ranked UNC Pembroke men's basketball team sent Levi, Tyrell Kirk and Jordan Ratliffe to first team all-conference laurels with the release of the 2021-22 Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball All-Conference squad Wednesday morning.
 
A 27-game starter, Levi has converted on 72 percent of his field goal attempts this season while averaging a team-best 15.9 points and 9.0 rebounds an outing. The owner of a league-best 12 double-double outings in 2021-22, he has scored 10 or more points 26 times and has turned in double-digit rebounding totals on 13 occasions. He complements those impressive numbers with 2.0 assists and 1.9 blocks per game as well.
 
A two-time conference player of the week and defensive player of the week pick, Levi ranks eighth among league leaders in scoring, but is also listed second in rebounding, field goal percentage, blocked shots. He paces Conference Carolinas in both total rebounds (243) and offensive rebounds per game (4.3).
 
Kirk has made good on 51.5 percent (5^th Conference Carolinas) of his field goal attempts in 2021-22, and has contributed 15.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game. The 26-game starter has produced 21 double-digit scoring efforts this season, including a school record-tying 41-point performance at Barton last week. That performance earned him not only Conference Carolinas Player of the Week accolades, but also national player of the week nods from the D2 Conference Sports Information Directors (D2CIDA) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
 
A product of nearby Whiteville, Kirk leads the league with a 2.11 assist/turnover ratio, and is also listed among the league's top-10 leaders in assists per game, field goal percentage and steals per game. He has also canned 45.5 percent (45-for-99) of his perimeter attempts this season.
 
Ratliffe maintains a 15.3 points per game scoring average and has connected on 45.3 percent of his field goal attempts, including a 60-for-164 (.366) success rate from beyond the arch. A Conference Carolinas Player of the Week selection in January, the Gibson product has tallied 10 or more points 21 times this season, including eight 20+-point performances, and averages 4.1 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.3 assists as well. He scored a career-high 30 points in a February win over Lees-McRae.
 
A 27-game starter for the program as well, Ratliffe ranks fourth among league leaders in steals per game, and is listed among the league's top 10 in 3-point field goal attempts, 3-point field goals per game (2.2) and total steals (47).
 
Richards raked in the league's coaching crown after leading the Black & Gold to its most regular season victories (25) in school history, while also skippering the Braves to a school record-breaking 16-game win streak from November 30 to February 5. UNCP paces Conference Carolinas in 10 statistical categories, and is tops among more than 300 NCAA Division II squads in both rebounding margin (+13.3) and offensive rebounds per game (16.0). The Braves will dive into the postseason sporting the program's longest road win streak (10) as well.
 
UNCP's third-year head coach, who took over the reigns of the program after leading Lander to a 23-8 mark in 2019-20, cashed in on his 50^th career head coaching victory with a win at Barton on February 23.