GREENVILLE, S.C.  – The Queens University of Charlotte men's basketball team saw two familiar names on the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) 2021-22 Southeast Region Men's Basketball All-Region Teams in announce made by the organization on Friday morning.  Forward Jamari Smith was given a first team nod, while guard Kenny Dye saw his name on the second team.  They are the fifth and sixth player to be named to the D2CCA All-Region teams in program history, and the first Royals to do it since Daniel Carr in 2019-20. 
 
Smith is the first Royal to be selected to the first team since Shaun Willett in 2018-19, and just the second ever in program history.  The 2021-22 South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year, Smith, has been one of the country's best players averaging 17.1 points per game while pulling down 7.0 rebounds. Veteran Kenny Dye has facilitated the Royals offense dishing out 5.3 assists per game while adding 14.0 points per game. Both Smith and Dye were named to the 2022 Bevo Francis Top 50 Watch List, an award given to the nation's most impressive player within small college basketball.

Both led this Royals program to the highest end of regular season ranking in program history, checking in at No. 4 in both the NABC Coaches poll and the D2SIDA Medial poll.  Queens is set to tip-off their quest for a championship in this year's NCAA tournament Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Augusta.  Make sure to following along courtside with a Queens Sports Network radio broadcast of all the action at queensathletics.com/royalslive and follow along across social media @QueensAthletics.  

 
2021-22 All-Southeast Region
Men's Basketball Team
 
FIRST TEAM
Jaizec Lottie, Flagler       
Tyshaun Crawford, Augusta        
Jamari Smith, Queens    
Spencer Levi, UNC Pembroke
KJ Jones II, Emmanuel   
 
SECOND TEAM
Trenton Gibson, Tusculum          
Kenny Dye, Queens
Jordan Guest, Lincoln Memorial
Jordan Thomas, Georgia College 
Ta'Jay Dunlap, Southern Wesleyan            
Frank Champion, North Georgia