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WINTHROP, Mass. – Senior Jahmerikah Green-Younger (Norwalk, Conn.) and junior Tyreek Perkins (New Haven, Conn.) of the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team earned All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) honors, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. Green-Younger took home first team honors, while Perkins landed on third team.
Green-Younger, who was recently named to the GNAC All-Tournament Team, closed out his senior campaign leading the team in scoring with 15.4 points per game behind 17 double-digit efforts, including a career-high 34 points against Emmanuel (Mass.) College. The senior guard knocked down 49.6% of shots from the field and ranked second on the team in free-throw percentage with 79.8%. He also finished the year third on the team in assists per game (1.7 apg) to go along with 50 rebounds, 21 steals and a block. Green-Younger also became the 16th player in program history to join the 1,000th-career point club.
Perkins earned end of the year league-wide recognition for the second straight season after being named Second Team All-GNAC last winter. On the season, the junior guard averaged 14.0 points, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game. In fact, his 2.2 assists per game ranks him first on the team, while he is also second in points and steals per game. He scored in double-figures on 25 occasions, highlighted by pouring in a season-high 32 points against Saint Joseph College of Maine on January 25.
In addition, freshman Jack Ryan (Stratford, Conn.) earned a spot on the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team. This season, Ryan appeared in eight games off the bench for the Falcons and averaged 2.3 points per game. He tallied a season-high six points in the Falcons' 125-71 home win over Lesley University.
GNAC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Jahmerikah Green-Younger, Albertus Magnus
Mike Rapoza, Anna Maria
Delshawn Jackson Jr., St. Joseph (Conn.)
Jaecee Martin, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Jack Casale, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
SECOND TEAM
Dana Bean, Colby-Sawyer
Marcus Fox, Emmanuel (Mass.)
Emmett Riddick, Emmanuel (Mass.)
Brian Hogan-Gary, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Jordan Powell, St. Joseph (Conn.)
THIRD TEAM
Bobby Perette, Anna Maria
Tyreek Perkins, Albertus Magnus
EJ Day, Lasell
Kevin Vanderhorst, Lasell
Thomas Duffy, Suffolk
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Jack Casale, Saint Joseph's College of Maine
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Jaecee Martin, St. Joseph (Conn.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – Taelon Martin, St. Joseph (Conn.)
COACH OF THE YEAR – Shawn Conrad, Anna Maria
INSTITUTIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD – Anna Maria College
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Jack Ryan, Albertus Magnus
Javon Smith, Anna Maria
Pat Coffey, Colby-Sawyer
Zachary Crisafulli, Emmanuel
Bryan Davis, Johnson & Wales
Keith Poitier, Lasell
Josh Dumay, Norwich
Gibou Njie, Regis
Joshua L'Heureux, Rivier
Ryan O'Neill, Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Zac Manoogian , Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Cameron Powers, Suffolk
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The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 13 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience.
