Angel Delgado of Seton Hall was 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. It was the second consecutive year a player from Seton Hall has won the Haggerty Award, following Isaiah Whitehead in 2016. The 84th annual awards dinner was held at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY.

A 6-10 junior from Bajos de Haina in the Dominican Republic, Delgado also headed the All-Met First Team which was announced previously A finalist for the 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, which is annually given to the top center in Division I men's basketball, Delgado was not only a solid scorer but also proved to be a dominant force off the glass. He averaged a double-double in scoring and rebounding during the 2016-17 season.  

Delgado scored 503 points and pulled down 431 rebounds for the Pirates (21-12). He was the leading rebounder in all of Division I with 13.1 rpg and was second in the nation in double-doubles with 27. Additionally, he was one of only two players in the Big East to rank in the top 12 in the conference in overall scoring (15.2 ppg), rebounding and field goal percentage (54.3%).

In addition to winning the Haggerty Award, Delgado was a unanimous All-Big East First Team pick, Associated Press All-America honorable mention, a U.S. Basketball Writers Assn. All-District II selection and was named to the National Assn. of Basketball Coaches District 5 First Team.

In Big East play, Delgado set a single-season conference games-only record of 253 rebounds and a 14.1 rpg average. He grabbed 188 more rebounds than anyone else in the league. With 21 points and 20 rebounds in a game against St. John's, he became the first to have a 20-point, 20 rebounds performance in Big East play since Jamine Peterson of Providence in 2010. He followed that outburst three days later by snaring 22 rebounds in a game against Butler, thus becoming the first in Big East history to have back-to-back 20-plus rebound games in conference. In scoring, he posted a career-high 26 points in an overtime win at Georgetown.

Delgado is now fourth all-time in Seton Hall annals in career rebounds (1,053) and 35th in scoring (1,129). Previously in his college career, he was named the 2015 Big East and MBWA All-Met Rookie of the Year, and in 2016 was named to the All-Met Second Team.

He has become the 12th honoree from Seton Hall to capture the Haggerty Award and the eighth Pirate to be named an All-American. Previously honored by the Associated Press: Isaiah Whitehead in 2016, honorable mention; Andre Barrett in 2004, honorable mention; Terry Dehere, a second-team All-American in 1993; Dan Callandrillo, a third-team All-American in 1982; Nick Werkman, a third-team All-American in 1963; Walter Dukes, a 1953 first-team All-America selection; and Bob Davies, a 1942 first-team All-America pick. Whitehead, Barrett, Dehere, Callandrillo, Werkman and Dukes all won the Haggerty Award. Other Pirates to capture the MBWA's top accolade were: Adrian Griffin, 1996; Arturas Karnishovas, 1994; John Morton, 1989; Mark Bryant, 1988; and Nick Galis, 1979.

During his senior season, Delgado averaged 13.6 points and 11.8 renounds (fourth in the NCAA) per game for the Pirates, who advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He ended his career with 1,455 rebounds, which is second-most in school history, along with 1,593 points, which ranks him 16th on the SHU leaderboard.

After playing for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and being named the NBA G-League's Rookie of the Year in 2019, Delgado is currently playing professionally in Spain.