Several Collin College basketball players were honored for their seasons by the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) after the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region V Tournament in mid-March. And the men's basketball coach was honored for being one of the winningest coaches in the association's history.
NTJCAC Women's Basketball Honors
Alisha Nunley – NTJCAC Player of the Year; All-Region V; NTJCAC All-Conference
Olivia Lassey – All-Region V; NTJCAC All-Conference
Kenzie Willis-Gusters – NTJCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention
Taliah Martin – NTJCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention
Nunley was also named an honorable mention by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association for its 2025 WBCA Two-Year College Coaches' All-American Team.
NTJCAC Men's Basketball Honors
Vinny Sigona – All-Region V; NTJCAC All-Conference
Garrett Falls – NTJCAC All-Conference Second Team
David Emelife – NTJCAC All-Conference Second Team
Vladislav Karasev – NTJCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention
Brady Kennison – NTJCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention
Coach Jim Sigona will be honored with an NJCAA Coaches Legacy Award during a ceremony this summer. The award honors the winningest coaches of all time in their respective sports. This is the first time since 1938 that the NJCAA has formally recognized coaches in this way.
Coach Sigona has notched 725 wins in his 37 years at Collin College. As the first and only men's basketball coach, he has won an average of 20 games per season and has coached 14 nationally ranked teams.
"I think it's a tribute to all of the players and the coaches that I've had through the years, and the support of the administration," Sigona said. "It was a team effort."
Coach Martin Berryman, the founding and longtime tennis coach who passed away in 2022, will also be honored posthumously. Berryman joined the college in 1988 to help establish the program. Collin produced 88 All-Americans and won the NJCAA national title nine times – five men's and four women's championships – under his direction.