2016 MBB AE Awards

[godanesgo99]

Cremo win ROY and 6th Man of the year

Sanders and Singletary 1st team All-Conf

Hooley 3rd Team all-Conf

Sanders - 1st Team all Defensive

Cremo - All Rookie Team

 

Not bad representation!

 

Stire wins AE player of the week in the final week.

 

Time for the playoffs!!!

[godanesgo99]

1st Team
Jameel Warney
Tanner Leissner
Ray Sanders
Carson Puriefoy
Evan Singletary

2nd Team
Rayshaun McGrew
Jahad Thomas
Pancake Thomas
Jaleen Smith
Jairus Lyles

3rd Team
Ethan O'Day
Willie Rodriguez
Trae Bell-Haynes
Kurt Steidl
Peter Hooley

All-Defense
Jameel Warney
Rayshaun McGrew
Ray Sanders
Ahmad Walker
Dre Wills

All-Rookie
Isaac Van
Joe Sherburne
Joe Cremo
Ernie Duncan
Isaac White


6th Man: Joe Cremo
Rookie of the Year: Joe Cremo
Coach of the Year: Pikiell

Defensive Player of the Year: Jameel Warney

Player of the Year: Jameel Warney

Edited February 29, 2016 by godanesgo99

[godanesgo99]

All Academic Team

Dallas Ennema

Peter Hooley

Mike Rowley

Mark Cornelius

Bryan Sekunda

Edited February 29, 2016 by godanesgo99

[DanesRGood]

Great stuff! Congrats to all!

[Clickclack]

Cleaned up this year...congrats to all who won. Coach Brown has quite a program going right now.

[UA'08]

Has there ever been a JC transfer to earn 1st team honors multiple years?

[Dane Pound]

Has there ever been a JC transfer to earn 1st team honors multiple years?

Not that I can remember and certainly not for Albany. Evan is the first guy to be on the first team for two years in a row since Jamar. That's pretty amazing.

 

For the most part we had an 11 man roster this year and 6 of those players got an all-league award.

 

Awesome to see Joe Cremo take home both awards!

[danstep]

Pikiell winning coach of the year......S.B. wins IN SPITE of him....

[ZLK]

Pikiell winning coach of the year......S.B. wins IN SPITE of him....

Not true, he's a good coach.

 

Pretty simple for SB at this point, either their perimeter performs and they win...or they don't and they look how they did against us and Vermont.

[Dane Pound]

Story in the TU about the conference awards - http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-s-Joe-Cremo-picked-as-top-rookie-sixth-6861885.php

 

Joe Cremo on getting the ROY award and SMOTY:

 

"It's not about individual awards. I won MVP awards (at Scotia) but I always stayed true to my guys on the team. It can never be about individual awards when you are trying to accomplish team goals."

[alumni '92']

you have to love that quote from Joe Cremo ... what more can you ask of this young man in year one ... congratulations to him (and the team) on the awards ... keep the team first guys coming

[alumni '92']

side bar ... Click, nice to meet you

[godanesgo99]

On a side note...I find it awesome that the Front Court was supposed to be the teams greatest weakness, but both starters there won Player of the Week at least once. Amazing final week by Greg Stire. I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for the hard work he put in all year.

 

Yes this team loses 3 all conference players, but it retains Stire, Rowley, and Peters, gains McKinley (who BTW looks like he bulked up during the season and is great to watch during warm-ups) and the team might get Charles back.

 

With Cremo, Ennema, Nichols, and Andrews this team should remain a top level team. If Jenkins is as good as advertised and we add a recruit or 2: I wouldn't be surprised if the team is even better next season. (Scary thought considering losing Hooley, Singletary, and Sanders!)

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

McKinley was in uniform all season, but he was red-shirted, correct?

[DanesRGood]

McKinley was in uniform all season, but he was red-shirted, correct?

correct