MAAC ANNOUNCES 2014-15 MAAC MEN'S ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
MAAC Sports
EDISON, N.J. – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announces the 2014-15 MAAC Men’s Basketball All-Rookie Team, selected by the league’s 11 head coaches.
The team is made up of Kassius Robertson from Canisius College, Tyler Nelson of Fairfield University, Schadrac Casimir from Iona College, Niagara University’s Dominique Reid, and Ayron Hutton of Quinnipiac University. One of these five players will be named the 2014-15 MAAC Rookie of the Year, also selected by the head coaches of the league. The winner will be announced on Friday, March 6 at 5:00 p.m. at the Postseason Awards Show located at the Swyer Theater at the Egg. The show will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
Robertson, a 6-foot-3, freshman guard from Toronto, Ontario, averaged 6.0 points per game. He ranked second on his team shooting 36.2 percent from behind the arc and third in field goal shooting percentage at 46.0 percent.
Nelson, a 6-foot-3, freshman guard from Bradford, Mass., was a unanimous selection to the All-Rookie Team. He averaged 10.3 points per game and 1.4 assists per game this season. Nelson shot a team best 84.9 percent from the charity stripe while being named MAAC Rookie of the Week twice during the season.
Casimir, a 5-foot-10, freshman guard from Stamford, Connecticut, made 89 three point field goals, which tied for first place in the conference. He led all active MAAC freshmen in scoring during the regular season with 15.2 points per game and shot a league best 43.8 percent from behind the three point arc. He earned a conference high, eight MAAC Rookie of the Week honors in 2014-15 in route to being a unanimous choice to the All-Rookie Team.
Reid, a 6-foot-8, freshman forward from Erial, N.J., averaged 9.3 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per contest, good for 15th in the conference. He grabbed a team best 2.1 offensive rebounds per outing and blocked a team high 14 total shots in his freshman campaign. Reid was named MAAC Rookie of the Week on Feb 2.
Hutton, a 6-foot-3, freshman guard from Virginia Beach, Virginia, scored 4.6 points per game and dished out 2.5 assists per game for the Bobcats. He also averaged 2.1 defensive rebounds per contest and was named MAAC Rookie of the Week on Jan 12.