Jackson Named To All-Met Team

April 4, 2007

Jackson Named To All-Met Team

White Plains, NY (4/4/07) Bradd Wierzbicki of Queens College was named the 2006-07 All-Met Division II men’s college basketball player of the year Wednesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Assn.

Jackson Named To All-Met Team

Courtesy of Chuck Stogel

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Bradd Wierzbicki of Queens College was named the 2006-07 All-Met Division II men’s college basketball player of the year Wednesday by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Assn.

Sal Lagano of NYIT was selected coach of the year.

Joining Wierzbicki on the All-Met first team: Andre Dabney, Bloomfield, the 2006 player of the year; Ryan Williams, Pace; Prince Jackson, Dominican; Jean Georges, Caldwell; Bryant Lassiter, NYIT; Kimani Blaize, Adelphi..

Named to the second team: Michael Pierrot, Felician; Sheanan Martinez, Nyack; Desmond Quincy-Jones, Pace; Mike Mosby, Adelphi; Miguel Pierre-Fanfan, NYIT.

A senior guard from Maspeth, N.Y., and the East Coast Conference player of the year as well, Wierzbicki was ninth in the nation in scoring at 23.4 ppg. He finished his career as the fourth-leading scorer at Queens (1,686 points).

In his 10th season, Lagano guided the Bears to a 20-9 record, the ECC regular season title (15-5) and the NCAA tournament for a second time, advancing to the second round. Previously named MBWA coach of the year in 2004, he also was named ECC coach of the year this season.

The All-Met awards will be presented Tuesday evening, April 10, at Giants Stadium Club in East Rutherford, N.J.

Jackson, who hails from Schenectady, NY, was an All-CACC First Team Selection for the second consecutive season this year. He led the Chargers in scoring, averaging, 17.6 ppg (493 points for the year) and was second on the team in rebounding with 164 (5.9 per game). He was ranked sixth in the CACC in scoring, twelfth in free throw percentage, third in three point field goal percentage and twelfth in three point field goals made. He finished fourth on the team in assists with 31, while leading the Chargers in minutes played. He netted his 1,000^th career point against Post University on 2/27 in only two years at DC. In 28 games, he scored in double figures 26 times, and had eight games where he scored over twenty points.

Dominican College finished with a 13-15 overall record and a CACC record of 10-10. The team fell to the top seeded Rams of Philadelphia University in the CACC Quarter-Finals.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.