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| KENDALL GRAY DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY 2015 MEAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2015 MEAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
All awards are voted on by the conference’s head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors.
Gray averaged 12.4 points and 12.4 rebounds, while starting all 30 games. He leads the nation in total rebounds, defensive rebounds and rebounds per game, hauling in a total of 371 boards this season, including 106 on the offensive end. He also ranks seventh in the NCAA in double-doubles with 17. Gray concluded the season with 83 blocks, 33 assists and 13 steals. In his final game of the season he recorded 33 points and 30 rebounds in a 104-92 victory over Coppin State. This is the second time in conference history that a student-athlete earned both Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors during the same season. In 2011-12, Norfolk State’s Kyle O’Quinn became the first MEAC student-athlete to earn both honors in the same season.
Andino totaled 229 total points (7.4 avg.), 32 rebounds, 21 assists and 16 steals in 31 games. He ranked second in the MEAC in 3-point field goal average, hitting 43-percent of his shots (62-of-146). He earned Rookie of the Week honors in December and closed the 2014-15 regular season with a career-high 18 points against Delaware State.
Bobby Collins was named Coach of the Year after guiding the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks to an 11-5 MEAC mark and 18-13 overall finish. In his first year at the helm, Collins led the Hawks to a third-place finish in conference standings, greatly improving upon the team success that notched just four MEAC victories in the 2013-14 season and finishing last in the MEAC standings.
Gray is joined on the 2015 All-MEAC First Team by teammate Amere May, Norfolk State’s Jeff Short, North Carolina Central’s Nimrod Hilliard, and Howard’s James Carlton.
North Carolina Central recorded its second straight MEAC regular-season title this season with an unblemished 16-0 conference mark and 24-6 overall finish. The Eagles were the only team in the conference to post a 20-win season and finished with an eight-game win streak, including winning the last 9-of-10 contests. The Eagles finished the season with a 12-0 record at home.
N.C. Central earned the first-round bye and will open up play on Wednesday, March 11 beginning at 6 p.m. They will face the winner of the No. 8 Bethune-Cookman/No. 9 Coppin State matchup set for Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m.
Norfolk State finished as runners-up with a 12-4 MEAC record and 19-12 overall finish.
The 2015 regular season champion, regular season runners-up, first-team members and top honorees including Player/Defensive, Rookie and Coach of the Year selections will be recognized in pre-game presentations prior to their first games of the 2015 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Tournament play tips off March 9-14 at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
2014-15 Men’s Basketball All-MEAC Teams
As voted on by the Conference’s Head Men’s Basketball Coaches and Spo
rts Information Directors
Player of the Year: Kendall Gray, Delaware State
Rookie of the Year: Ryan Andino, Maryland Eastern Shore
Defensive Player of the Year: Kendall Gray, Delaware State
Coach of the Year: Bobby Collins, Maryland Eastern Shore
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Rookie Team
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