ISAIAH WHITEHEAD WINS HAGGERTY; WILLARD NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR IN SETON HALL SWEEP
2016 MBWA Men's Division I Awards
FFI: Chuck Stogel, MBWA - 914-428-6111, chstogel@aol.com
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association
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Whitehead, Willard Top All-Met Div. I Men’s Honorees
NEW YORK (April 12, 2016) – Isaiah Whitehead of Seton Hall has been named the All-Met Division I men’s college basketball Haggerty Award winner as Player of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Kevin Willard of Seton Hall was selected the Peter A. Carlesimo Coach of the Year.
Joseph Chartouny of Fordham was named Rookie of the Year.
The rest of the All-Met First Team: Cane Broome, Sacred Heart; A.J. English, Iona; Juan’ya Green, Hofstra; Maodo Lo, Columbia; Justin Robinson, Monmouth; Jameel Warney, Stony Brook.
The Second Team: Khadeen Carrington and Angel Delgado, Seton Hall; Rokas Gustys, Hofstra; Damon Lynn, NJIT; Ryan Rhoomes, Fordham; Shane Richards, Manhattan.
The Third Team: Marcus Gilbert, Fairfield; Earl Potts Jr., Fairleigh Dickinson; Carson Puriefoy, Stony Brook; Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall; Ameen Tanksley, Hofstra; Jordan Washington, Iona.
The All-Met First and Second Team players, coach and rookie of the year will be honored Tuesday, April 12, at the 83rd NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner at the Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown, NY.
A 6-foot-4 sophomore guard from Brooklyn, NY, Whitehead is the 11th player from Seton Hall to win the Haggerty Award. The last Pirate to gain the nod was Andre Barrett in 2004. Whitehead is only the fifth sophomore to receive the accolade in MBWA history, preceded by three three-time winners --- Jim McMillian, Columbia, 1968-70; Chris Mullin, St. John’s, 1983-85; Charles Jenkins, Hofstra, 2009-11 --- plus Ron Artest in 1999.
Whitehead powered Seton Hall (25-9) to the program’s first Big East Tournament championship since 1993 and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2006. In 34 games, he averaged 18.2 points, 5.1 assists, 3.6 rebounds 
and 1.4 blocks. He finished second in the Big East in scoring and assists, led all conference players in 3-pointers made per game (2.9), and finished fourth in 3-point accuracy (42.6%) and third in blocked shots.
In his sixth season at the helm, Willard --- who also was named conference co-coach of the year --- guided Seton Hall to its best Big East season in over two decades. The 22 regular season wins were the most for a Seton Hall team since the 1992-93 Pirates had 24 victories going into the postseason. Picked to finish seventh in the conference in the preseason, SHU (25-9) finished third and then went on to win the Big East tournament title at Madison Square Garden. The Pirates defense held teams under 70 points 20 times, including nine times in regular season conference play.
A 6-3 guard from Saint Hubert, Quebec, Chartouny --- who also was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year --- started 26 games for Fordham (17-14), averaging 11.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 6.2 assists. He led the Atlantic 10, and was 20th in the nation, in assists per game. His 161 assists were a Fordham freshman record while his 6.2 apg led all NCAA Division I freshmen.
SUMMARY
NEW YORK (April 12, 2016) – The 2015-16 All-Met Division I men’s college basketball teams announced Tuesday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
| First Team |
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| Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall |
6-4, so, G |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Cane Broome, Sacred Heart |
6-0, so, G |
East Hartford, CT |
| A.J. English, Iona |
6-4, sr, G |
Wilmington, DE |
| Juan’ya Green, Hofstra |
6-2, sr, G |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Maodo Lo, Columbia |
6-3, sr, G |
Berlin, Germany |
| Justin Robinson, Monmouth |
5-8, jr, G |
Lake Katrine, NY |
| Jameel Warney, Stony Brook |
6-8, sr, F |
Plainfield, NJ |
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| Second Team |
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| Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall |
6-3, so, G |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Angel Delgado, Seton Hall |
6-9, so, F |
Bajos De Haina, Dom. Republic |
| Rokas Gustys, Hofstra |
6-9, so, F |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Damon Lynn, NJIT |
5-11, jr, G |
Hillside, NJ |
| Ryan Rhoomes, Fordham |
6-8, sr, F |
Jamaica, NY |
| Shane Richards, Manhattan |
6-5, sr, F |
New York, NY |
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| Third Team |
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| Marcus Gilbert, Fairfield |
6-6, sr, F |
Smyrna, DE |
| Earl Potts Jr., Fairleigh Dickinson |
6-6, so, G/F |
Severn, MD |
| Carson Puriefoy, Stony Brook |
6-0, sr, G |
Wenonah, NJ |
| Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall |
6-6, so, F |
Bronx, NY |
| Ameen Tanksley, Hofstra |
6-6, sr, F |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Jordan Washington, Iona |
6-9, jr, F |
Jamaica, NY |
Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award Met Player of the Year: Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
Peter A. Carlesimo Coach of the Year: Kevin Willard, Seton Hall
Rookie of the Year: Joseph Chartouny, Fordham (6-3, fr, G, Saint Hubert, Quebec)
View all-time Haggerty Award Winners here - Haggerty bios here.
View all Men's Division I Coaches of the Year here.
View all Men's Divsion I Rookies of the Year here.
View previous All-Met Division I Men's teams here.