About The Team 

The Elms College men’s basketball team has become a household name in the New England region during the last six years, evolving into one of the premier Division III teams in the area.

Since 2004, the Blazers have recorded 20 or more wins in each of the last six seasons, claimed six consecutive conference titles, appeared in five NCAA Division III Championship tournaments and won the program’s first-ever Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship in 2010.

Elms finished in the top 10 nationally in two categories (fourth in steals per game, and ninth in turnover margin), while senior point guard Juan Maldonado (Holyoke, Mass.) ranked third in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (45.5-percent).

Maldonado was named the 2009-10 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Player of the Year and was selected as a First-Team All-NECC member. He was also named Second Team All-National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Northeast District, Second-Team All-ECAC, and was the ECAC tournament Most Outstanding Player during his final season. He concludes his sensational four-year stay as the program’s all-time leader in points (1,686), field goals made (581), and field goals attempted (1,219). He is also on Elms’ all-time top 10 lists in games played (114), three-point field goals made (238), three-point field goals attempted (532), free throws made (286), free throws attempted (353), assists (312) and steals (201).  

Senior forward Javon Mathis (East Hartford, Conn.) earned Second Team All-NECC honors after finishing the regular season with 316 points, and a team-high total of 201 rebounds, while junior forward Edgar Martinez (Springfield, Mass.) was named Honorable Mention All-NECC. Martinez netted 248 points in his first season with the Blazers after transferring from Springfield Technical Community College. He also hauled in 107 rebounds during the regular season (second on the team) and was second on the team in blocked shots with 20.

In addition to competing in the NECC, the Blazers belong to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).