JAMAICA, NY --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College senior forward Olawale Kila was recognized Tuesday as a D3hoops.com All-Region 4 Third-Team member following the 2023-24 season. This D3hoops.com distinction is the men's basketball program's first All-Region honoree since Quran Dublin grabbed a Second-Team place for his 2021-22 heroics.

Improving play in his senior campaign, Kila averaged a team-high 16.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 34.2 minutes per contest to go along with 14 double-doubles. Additionally, Kila shot 46.1 percent (166-of-360) from the floor and 75.4 percent (86-of-114) from the charity stripe. The forward paced the CUNYAC in rebounding and double-doubles and ranked highly in minutes per game (2nd), free throw percentage (3rd), points per game (4th), and made field goals (4th). On a national level, Kila is among the Division III leaders in rebounds per game (18th), double-doubles (T-20th), total rebounds (270, 30th), defensive rebounds per game (7.32, 33rd), and offensive rebounds per game (3.48, 34th). 

Adding onto his D3hoops.com laurel, the Nigerian native has garnered a CUNYAC First-Team All-Star selection, a CUNYAC Player of the Week Honorable Mention honor, and a Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Divisions II-III Honorable Mention selection this campaign. 

Kila was one of two CUNYAC student-athletes named D3hoops.com All-Region. 

Player of the Year: Spencer Freedman (NYU)
Coach of the Year: Eric Brennan (Rowan University)
Rookie of the Year: Tyler Spencer (Kean University)

First Team

• Donyae Baylor-Carroll (Penn State-Harrisburg)
• Spencer Freedman (NYU)
• Ja'Zere Noel (Rowan University)
• Kevin Lazdowsky (Misericordia University)
• DJ Campbell (Stockton University)

Second Team

• Khalif Meares (Rowan University)
• Devin Nicholson (Baruch College)
• Stephen Braunstein (Stevens Institute of Technology)
• Jack Spellman (Stockton University)
• Darryl Garib (Wilson College)

Third Team

• Gavin Barrett (Penn College)
• Mike Jackson (Mike Jackson University)
• Jalen Watkins (Arcadia University)
• Elijah Eberly (DeSales University)
• Derian Bradford (Cairn University)
• Olawale Kila (York College N.Y.)

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