Ten Panthers Honored by NJCAA for Academic ExcellenceTen Tompkins Cortland Community College student-athletes have been honored for their academic excellence by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). All ten were named NJCAA Region 3 Academic All-Region while eight also garnered national NJCAA All-Academic Team honors.Full Story
Wilk Named Head Coach at Keuka College; Macklin To Lead TC3One of the most successful coaches in Tompkins Cortland Community College basketball history is leaving the program to become a head coach on the NCAA level. Tom Wilk is stepping down after four seasons at TC3 and moving on to Keuka College. He leaves TC3 with the best winning percentage of any head coach in the program history, having led the Panthers to two Mid-State Athletic Conference championships and back-to-back Region 3 Final Four appearances. Tariq Macklin, a former player at TC3 who served as an assistant coach in 2024-25, has been named the Interim Head Coach for the Panthers.Full Story
Javonte Long Chosen for National All-Star GameRegion 3 Player of the Year Javonte Long has been selected to participate in the 2025 NJCAA All-Star game on May 17 in Las Vegas. He is one of just six Division III players nationwide among the 26 total players selected for the all-star game by the NJCAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association. Full Story
Long Voted NJCAA All-AmericanTompkins Cortland Community College men's basketball player Javonte Long (Harlem/Clayton H.S.) has been named a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American. He is the fourth player to earn All-American recognition in the history of the Panthers men's basketball program following Tyseem Lyles (2014), Jude Princivil (1995), and Khai Pugh (2024).Full Story
Long Voted Reg. 3 Player of the Year; Samuels All-RegionJavonte Long (Harlem/Vineland H.S.) has done something no other player has done in the nearly 50-year history of men’s basketball at Tompkins Cortland Community College – he has been voted the NJCAA Region 3 Player of the Year. The sophomore had previously been voted the Mid-State Athletic Conference Player of the Year, naming him the top player among the eight teams in the MSAC. The Region 3 award was voted on by coaches from all 16 teams in the region. Long’s TC3 teammate Marqiis Samuels (Long Island/The Patrick School) was also voted to the all-region team, marking the first time the Panthers have had two players voted all region since Tyseem Lyles and Devin Redden did so in 2013-14.Full Story
For the second straight year, the Panthers men’s basketball season came to an end in the NJCAA Region 3 semifinal round after they pushed the top-seed team to the limit but came up just short. This year the Panthers nearly knocked off the nationally #3-ranked Mohawk Valley Community College Hawks, falling short at the foul line in a 74-67 loss. Mohawk Valley advances to the Region 3 championship game on Sunday with a record of 25-1. The Panthers end the year 17-8.Full Story
After overcoming a slow start, the Panthers men’s basketball team pulled away for an 85-65 win over SUNY Adirondack in the Region 3 quarterfinals on Friday at Herkimer College. The #4-seed Panthers now advance to take on #1-seed Mohawk Valley Community College in Saturday’s semifinal. Tip-off on Saturday is at 3 p.m. at Herkimer College.Full Story
Ten Tompkins Cortland Community College student-athletes have been honored for their academic excellence by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). All ten were named NJCAA Region 3 Academic All-Region while eight also garnered national NJCAA All-Academic Team honors.
One of the most successful coaches in Tompkins Cortland Community College basketball history is leaving the program to become a head coach on the NCAA level. Tom Wilk is stepping down after four seasons at TC3 and moving on to Keuka College. He leaves TC3 with the best winning percentage of any head coach in the program history, having led the Panthers to two Mid-State Athletic Conference championships and back-to-back Region 3 Final Four appearances. Tariq Macklin, a former player at TC3 who served as an assistant coach in 2024-25, has been named the Interim Head Coach for the Panthers.
Region 3 Player of the Year Javonte Long has been selected to participate in the 2025 NJCAA All-Star game on May 17 in Las Vegas. He is one of just six Division III players nationwide among the 26 total players selected for the all-star game by the NJCAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association.
Tompkins Cortland Community College men's basketball player Javonte Long (Harlem/Clayton H.S.) has been named a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American. He is the fourth player to earn All-American recognition in the history of the Panthers men's basketball program following Tyseem Lyles (2014), Jude Princivil (1995), and Khai Pugh (2024).
Javonte Long (Harlem/Vineland H.S.) has done something no other player has done in the nearly 50-year history of men’s basketball at Tompkins Cortland Community College – he has been voted the NJCAA Region 3 Player of the Year. The sophomore had previously been voted the Mid-State Athletic Conference Player of the Year, naming him the top player among the eight teams in the MSAC. The Region 3 award was voted on by coaches from all 16 teams in the region. Long’s TC3 teammate Marqiis Samuels (Long Island/The Patrick School) was also voted to the all-region team, marking the first time the Panthers have had two players voted all region since Tyseem Lyles and Devin Redden did so in 2013-14.
For the second straight year, the Panthers men’s basketball season came to an end in the NJCAA Region 3 semifinal round after they pushed the top-seed team to the limit but came up just short. This year the Panthers nearly knocked off the nationally #3-ranked Mohawk Valley Community College Hawks, falling short at the foul line in a 74-67 loss. Mohawk Valley advances to the Region 3 championship game on Sunday with a record of 25-1. The Panthers end the year 17-8.
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Ten Panthers Honored by NJCAA for Academic Excellence
