Pitt-Johnstown junior forward John Paul Kromka became a two-time Second-Team Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) All-Atlantic Region Team member when this year accolades were announced on Friday.
 
West Liberty's Bryce Butler was named the 2021-22 D2CCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year.  Butler, the Mountain East Conference Player of the Year, averaged 18.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest in helping lead West Liberty to both the Mountain East Conference regular season and tournament titles. With 29 double-figure scoring games and 10 double-doubles, he ranks among the Top 10 nationally with 239 made field goals and is 13^th in Division II field-goal percentage (239-382, .636).
 
Kromka, a six-time PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week in 2021-22, earned his third straight PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Year honor and his third straight All-PSAC West honor after being named to the second team as a freshman and the first team in both 2019-20 and 2021-22.  The 2018-19 PSAC West Freshman of the Year led Pitt-Johnstown in scoring (17.5 ppg), rebounding (8.1 rpg.), field goal percentage (67.7%), and blocks (88), and was second in assists (87) and third in steals.
 
Kromka, also a Second-Team All-Atlantic Region performer in 2019-20 and a First-Team Academic All-American a year ago, leads NCAA Division II in total blocks (88), and leads the PSAC and ranks fourth nationally in blocked shots per game (2.90) and fifth in field goal percentage (67.7%).  He is also 39^th in total rebounds with 243.
 
On November 30, the Monroeville, Pa. native and Gateway High School graduate scored 22 points at Malone (OH) to become the Mountain Cats' 32^nd 1,000-point scorer.  He currently stands in 11^th-place on the Pitt-Johnstown All-Time Scoring List with 1,443 points and in fourth-place on All-Time Rebounding List with 732 rebounds.
 
2021-22 Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-Atlantic Region Team
FIRST TEAM
Name                                School                               Pos.      Ht.      Wt.       Cl.           Hometown
Philip Alston                    California (Pa.)                F            6-6      225       So.           Columbus, Ohio
Zahrion Blue                    Lincoln (Pa.)                    G           6-4      200       Jr.            Princeton, N.J.
Bryce Butler**                 West Liberty                    G           6-5      200       So.           Latrobe, Pa.
Armoni Foster                 Indiana (Pa.)                    G           6-4      170       Jr.            Meadville, Pa.
Pat Robinson III              West Liberty                    G           6-3      195       Jr.            Chesterfield, N.J.
** Atlantic Region Player of the Year
 
SECOND TEAM
Name                                School                               Ht.        Wt.     Cl.         Hometown
John Paul Kromka          Pitt-Johnstown                 F            6-7      210       Jr.            Monroeville, Pa.
Carlos Pepin                     East Stroudsburg             F            6-7      220       Jr.            Lodi, N.J.
Ethan Porterfield            Indiana (Pa.)                    F            6-8      220       So.           Sharon, Pa.
Isaiah Sanders                 Fairmont State                 G/F       6-5      190       Sr.           Sicklerville, N.J.
John Williams                 Glenville State                  G           6-4      190       Sr.           Augusta, Ga.
 
Sports information directors from NCAA Division II Atlantic Region schools and conferences selected the two all-region teams. The process concludes with All-American selections announced later in the month. The Atlantic Region consists of schools from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the Mountain East Conference (MEC) and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), along with independents Bluefield State and Salem.
 
The team is sponsored by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.