2022 MBWA AWARDS
Felician's Davis, Adelphi's Silva, STAC's Anderson Highlight All-Met Men's Division II Team
Chuck Stogel, MBWA, 914-428-6111, chstogel@aol.com
NEW YORK (April 21, 2022) – Justin Davis of Felician University and Ronnie Silva of Adelphi University were selected as the All-Met Division II men’s college basketball Co-Players of the Year for 2021-22 as announced Thursday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
Tobin Anderson of St. Thomas Aquinas College was named Coach of the Year for a second straight year and fifth occasion overall.
The rest of the All-Met First Team: Jalen Burgess, Dominican; Osbel Caraballo and Demetre Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas; Brandon Jacobs and Bryan Powell, Pace.
The All-Met Second Team: Jaylen Colon, Felician; Anthony Cooper, Caldwell; Isayas Aris, Nyack; Messiah Mallory, Staten Island; William Muller, Molloy; Brandon Powell, Pace.
The All-Met teams will be honored at the 89th MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner on Monday, April 25, at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY. There are 12 colleges and universities under the Met Basketball Division II umbrella.
A 6-4 junior guard/forward from Jersey City, NJ, Davis --- who also was named to the All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference First Team, the CACC Tournament MVP and to the D2CCA All-Region Second Team --- started 27 games for the Golden Falcons (19-10, 11-6), who won the CACC championship and had the second-most victories in program history.
Davis finished second in the CACC in scoring (20.5 ppg, 27th in NCAA Div. II), sixth in rebounding (8.3 rpg) and 10th in field goal accuracy (50.5%, 224-of-444). He also averaged 1.3 assists, 1.0 steals; shot 34.7% (50-of-144) from 3-point range and 79.4% (77-of-97) at the free throw line. His 575 points were second-most for a season in Felician annals and he set a school single-game record with 46 points vs. Caldwell.
A 5-9 senior guard from Nashua, NH, Silva --- who also was placed on the NE10 All-Conference First Team and was CoSIDA Academic All-District --- started all 27 games for the Panthers (17-10, 11-7). An All-Met First Team selection in 2020 and All-Met Second Team in 2019, he led Adelphi and was second in the conference in scoring (20.4 ppg, 30th nationally in Div. II); topped the NE10 in total points (552); finished second in the nation in 3-point field goals per game (3.85); and had five or more 3-pointers in 10 games.
Silva also averaged 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 48.3% (186-of-440) from the floor and 38.8% (104-of-268) beyond the arc. He was perfect from the free throw line in 15 games and only missed nine foul shots all season (89.4%, 76-of-85).
In his ninth year at the STAC helm in Sparkill, NY, Anderson earned his second straight and fifth overall Met Coach of the Year selection (2015-16-17, 2021-22). He guided the Spartans (28-5, 17-1) to their fifth overall and second consecutive East Coast Conference regular season title and their sixth overall and third straight ECC postseason tournament championship.
St. Thomas Aquinas stormed into its seventh NCAA Division II tournament appearance in a row. The Spartans won two games in the NCAA East regional, defeating Franklin Pierce in the first round and New Haven in a regional semifinal before losing the NCAA East championship game to the No. 1 seeded and tournament host Bentley.
Also named the ECC coach of the year, Anderson pushed his won-lost career record at STAC to 209-61 (.746 pct) and his postseason mark to 25-9.
The Haggerty dinner is the longest running, media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.
SUMMARY
NEW YORK (April 21, 2022) – The 2021-22 All-Met Division II men’s college basketball team announced Thursday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
FIRST TEAM
Jalen Burgess, Dominican • 6-4, Gr., F, Springfield Gardens, NY
Osbel Caraballo, St. Thomas Aquinas • 6-5, Sr., G/F, Bolivar, Venezuela
Justin Davis, Felician • 6-4, Jr., G/F, Jersey City, NJ
Brandon Jacobs, Pace • 6-0, Gr., G, Cambria Heights, NY
Bryan Powell, Pace • 6-6, Jr., F, Middletown, NY
Demetre Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas • 5-8, Sr., G, Mt. Vernon, NY
Ronnie Silva, Adelphi • 5-9, Sr., G, Nashua, NH 
SECOND TEAM
Isayas Aris, Nyack • 6-5, Sr., F, Chicago, IL
Jaylen Colon, Felician • 6-1, Jr., G, Paterson, NJ
Messiah Mallory, Staten Island • 6-7, Fr., F, Watervliet, NY
William Muller, Molloy • 6-7, Jr., F, North Babylon, NY
Anthony Cooper, Caldwell • 6-2, Sr., G, Ashburn, VA
Brandon Powell, Pace • 6-2, Jr., G, Middletown, NY
Co-Players of the Year: Justin Davis, Felician; Ronnie Silva, Adelphi
Coach of the Year: Tobin Anderson, St. Thomas Aquinas
For a list of previous Men's Division II Awards:
Players of the Year - Coaches of the Year