Several  Region 15 schools and athletes are leaders in National Junior College Athletic Association basketball.

NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball  National Poll
10 - Nassau Community College

NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Individual Stat Leaders
Scoring
10 - Corey Jackson - Fashion Institute of Technology - 21.188 ppg

Rebound Leaders
  5 - Jordan Thorpe - Sullivan County Community College - 13 rpg
  13 - Jamel Cobb - Borough of Manhattan Community College - 11.083 rpg
  18 - Tony Vails - Borough of Manhattan Community College - 10.588 rpg

Assist Leaders
5 - Terry Coleman - Sullivan County Community College - 6.9 apg
13 - Rodney Lewis - Nassau Community College - 6.158 apg
12 - Moses Dayee - Sullivan County Community College - 6.158 apg

Steals
  5 - Terry Coleman - Sullivan County Community College - 3.05 spg

Women's Division III Basketball  National Poll
7 - Westchester Community College

NJCAA Women's Division III Basketball Individual Stat Leaders
Scoring
2 - Eyandra Molina - Borough of Manhattan Community College - 24.563 ppg
4 - Porsha Postell - Westchester Community College - 22.067 ppg

Rebound Leaders
16 - Lisa Bellissimo - Nassau Community College - 11.714 rpg

Assist Leaders
10 - Antoinette Jolly -Nassau Community College - 5.714 apg
18- Jasmine Dyson - Sullivan County Community College  - 5.000 apg

Steals
  1 - Antoinette Jolly  - Nassau Community College - 5.786 spg
4 - Olivia Strachan  - Queensborough Community College - 4.357 spg
5 - Leah Eleazer  - Suffolk County Community College-Selden - 4.25 spg
6 - Jasmine Dyson - Suffolk County Community College-Selden - 4.00 spg

With the New Year, serious basketball begins & Region XV is nationally ranked. In the January 5 NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball Poll Sullivan County Community College sits at number two.

In the most current NJCAA Women's Basketball polls, Westchester Community College is ranked 7th in Division 3 and Monroe College comes in at 20 in Division 2.

In their last match at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III National Volleyball Championship in Rochester, MN, Region 15 school Nassau Community College got off to a fast start, winning the first set of the match 25-18 against Davidson County Community College out of Lexington NC. They continued their momentum throughout the second set, posting a 25-13 win.  Nassau CC finished off Davidson with a 25-20 win and a straight set 3-0 victory for their final match at the 2009 National Championships.