PORTER NAMED CACC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Orangeburg, NY (3/1/10) Dominican College men's basketball player, Leon Porter, has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Rookie of the Year in balloting released today. The 13 CACC head coaches conducted the voting. Junior center, Almin Hodzic, earned All-CACC Honorable Mention honors.
Orangeburg, NY (3/1/10) Dominican College men's basketball player, Leon Porter, has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Rookie of the Year in balloting released today. The 13 CACC head coaches conducted the voting. Junior center, Almin Hodzic, earned All-CACC Honorable Mention honors.
Porter, a 5-6 point guard who hails from Laurel,
MD, has been one of the main reasons the Chargers claimed the No. 3
seed in the North Division in the CACC Tournament. Porter leads the
conference in assists (5.41), ranks 12th in scoring (14.6), sixth
in assist:turnover ratio (1.44), sixth in free-throw percentage
(.786), fifth in three-pointers made per-game (2.00) and
14th in three-point field-goal percentage (.358).
Hodzic, a 6-10 center from Budd Lake, NJ, is
ranked in the top thirty in the CACC in scoring (10.9 ppg), eighth
in rebounding (8.7 rpg), seventh in field goal percentage (.550)
and third in the CACC in blocks (56, 2.15 per game)
In addition to Daye, two of the All-CACC first team honorees are repeat selections in the Philadelphia senior duo of Malcolm Ingram and Russell Frederick. Goldey-Beacom senior guard Kyle White and Holy Family University sophomore forward Justin Swidowski both earned first team status after being second team honorees last season. Furthermore, Swidowski was the 2008-09 CACC Rookie of the Year.
Second team picks include two players from Felician College in junior guard/forward Devon Young and sophomore guard Antoine Obery. Young was a second team pick last year and was the CACC Rookie of the Year in 2007-08. Other second team picks were William Eason of Concordia College, who led the conference in rebounding this season, and Goldey-Beacom junior Terrence Parkes. USP's Adewale Adefemi was named to the second team for the second consecutive season.
The third team is composed of two players from both Post University and Nyack College. The Post picks are graduate student Jon Lucky and freshman forward Trevon Hamlet. Nyack is represented by junior forward James Oyamo and senior guard Jose Lopez. Rookie of the Year Porter also made the third team, along with Wilmington University sophomore Brandon Savage.
Below is a complete list of the 2009-10 All-CACC team.
2009-10 All-CACC Men's Basketball Teams
First Team
| G | Gage Day | Bloomfield | Jr | Newark, NJ |
| G | Russell Frederick | Philadelphia | Sr | Baltimore, MD |
| F | Malcolm Ingram | Philadelphia | Sr | Philadelphia, PA |
| F | Justin Swidowski | Holy Family | So | Cinnaminson, NJ |
| G | Kyle White | Goldey-Beacom | Sr | Georgetown, MD |
Second Team
| F | Adewale Adefemi | USP | Jr | Chesilhurst, NJ |
| C | William Eason | Concordia | Jr | Springfield, MA |
| G | Antoine Obery | Felician | So | Roselle, NJ |
| F | Terrence Parkes | Goldey-Beacom | Jr | New Rochelle, NY |
| G | Devon Young | Felician | Jr | Monmouth Jct., NJ |
Third Team
| F | Trevon Hamlet | Post | Fr | Brooklyn, NY |
| G | Jose Lopez | Nyack | Sr | Medford, NY |
| G | Jon Lucky | Post | Gr | Waterbury, CT |
| F | James Oyamo | Nyack | Jr | Nairobi, Kenya |
| G | Leon Porter | Dominican | Fr | Laurel, MD |
| F | Brandon Savage | Wilmington | So | Philadelphia, PA |
Honorable Mention: Mike Yocum, Sr., F, Philadelphia; Dan Comas, So., C, Chestnut Hill; Vernon Dupree, Sr., G, Wilmington; Antonio Sherrod, Sr., F, Wilmington; Samuel McDuffie, Jr., G/F, Goldey-Beacom; Almin Hodzic, Jr., C, Dominican
Player of the Year: Gage Daye, Jr., G, Bloomfield
Rookie of the Year: Leon Porter, Fr., G, Dominican
Coach of the Year: Herb Magee, Philadelphia
Team Sportsmanship Award: USP