2021 MET BASKETBALL AWARDS
St. Thomas Aquinas' Singleton, Anderson Stack Up Player and Coach of the Year
Chuck Stogel, MBWA, 914-428-6111, chstogel@aol.com
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – Grant Singleton of St. Thomas Aquinas has been named All-Met Division II men’s college basketball Player of the Year for 2020-21 as announced Friday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Tobin Anderson of STAC was selected MBWA Coach of the Year for a fourth time.
The rest of the All-Met team: Jalen Burgess, Dominican; Osbel Caraballo and Demetre Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas; Anthony Cooper, Caldwell; James Montgomery, Molloy; Kerwin Prince, Mercy;
The MBWA selected a single seven-player All-Met team for this past season due to reduced schedules and the reduced number of competing schools during the coronavirus pandemic.
A 6-0 junior guard from Sumter, SC, Singleton was a standout all-around star on a well-balanced Spartans (14-2) team that reached the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen stage. He was named an NABC All-American in addition to being selected to the NABC All-East first team, the All-East Coast Conference first team, the most outstanding player in the ECC tournament and to the NCAA East Regional All-Tournament team.
Singleton led STAC with 17.2 points per game (fourth in the ECC) and nailed 53.1% (104-of-196) of his shots from the field (eighth in the ECC), including 39.3% (35-of-89) from 3-point range. He averaged 3.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals. He was third in the ECC with 104 total field goals and third in the conference with 35 treys.
Anderson, who also was selected the ECC coach of the year for a third time in his eighth season at the helm, guided the Spartans (14-2, 9-1 ECC) to their third NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance under his tutelage. Along the way STAC provided him with his fourth ECC regular season banner, fifth ECC tournament title (in six seasons) and sixth NCAA tournament berth. St. Thomas Aquinas’ scoring offense led the conference and was eighth-highest in Division II with 89.5 points per game and its scoring margin of 15 ppg also led the ECC and was No. 10 nationally.
The Spartans finished the campaign ranked No. 12 nationally by the NABC, which also selected Anderson the NABC East coach of the year. St. Thomas Aquinas narrowly lost its Sweet Sixteen contest 71-70 to Daemen, the same team STAC had beaten 83-67 in the ECC tournament title game.
Anderson’s career won-loss record at STAC is 181-57 for a .761 percentage. He previously was named MBWA Coach of the Year in three consecutive seasons, 2015-16-17. A 1995 Wesleyan grad, he resides in Pomona, NY, with his wife, Jodi, and their two children.
SUMMARY
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – The 2020-21 All-Met Division II men’s college basketball team announced Friday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Jalen Burgess, Dominican • 6-4, Sr., F
• Springfield Gardens, NY
Osbel Caraballo, St. Thomas Aquinas • 6-5, Jr., F
• Bolivar, Venezuela
Anthony Cooper, Caldwell • 6-2, Jr., G
• Ashburn, VA
James Montgomery, Molloy • 6-7, So., F
• East Rockaway, NY
Kerwin Prince, Mercy • 6-6, Fr., F
• Waterbury, CT
Demetre Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas • 5-8, Jr., G
• Mount Vernon, NY
Grant Singleton, St, Thomas Aquinas • 6-0, Jr., G
• Sumter, SC
Player of the Year: Grant Singleton, St. Thomas Aquinas
Singleton's Highlight Video • Singleton's Acceptance Video
Coach of the Year: Tobin Anderson, St. Thomas Aquinas
Anderson's Acceptance Video
For a list of previous Men's Division II Awards:
Players of the Year - Coaches of the Year
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