KANNAPOLIS - Rocky Mount sophomore forward Tashawn Mabry has been named to the 2008 NCPreps.com 3-A All-State boys basketball team.

The website announced its All-State teams on Tuesday.

Mabry led the Gryphons to a share of the NEW 6 Conference basketball title and to the league tournament championship. Rocky Mount (19-7) fell in the NCHSAA 3-A sectional finals to Northern Vance. He was voted Co-Player of the Year with SouthWest Edgecombe's Eugene Jenkins.

Mabry, an All-NEW 6 Conference selection for the second straight season, finished sixth in the state in scoring with 24.2 points per games while he pulled down 7.4 rebounds a contest. He also blocked 87 shots for the season.

North Carolina State and Wake Forest have already made scholarship offers to the 6-foot-5, 200-pound Mabry. Mabry has scored 1,214 points in his career - placing him third on Rocky Mount's all-time scoring list behind Phil Ford (2,093) and Buck Williams (1,402).

Wilson Fike's Jeremy Atkinson was the only other NEW 6 Conference player selected to the team.

To see a video of Mabry in action, click here!

NCPreps.com 3-A Boys All-State Team

Darius Antrum – Hunter Huss
Jeremy Atkinson - Fike
Reggie Bullock - Kinston
P.J. Hairston - Dudley
Wakefield Ellison - Asheville
Donovan Ingram – Kinston
Tashawn Mabry – Rocky Mount
Danny Nieman - Concord
Josh Pittman – Trinity (3A Player of the Year)
Akeem Richmond – Southern Lee
K.J. Sherrill – West Rowan
Justin Vanderford – East Rowan