JWU's Greenaway Named GNAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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Greenaway averaging 26.1 points,
9.3 rebounds NCAA-bound Wildcats

WINTHROP, Mass. – Johnson & Wales University senior guard Quarry Greenaway and Albertus Magnus College freshman forward Shontaey Lovell have unanimously been named the 2016 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Year, it was announced on Monday by the league office.

Greenaway, who helped lead the Wildcats to the GNAC Championship over Albertus on Saturday and was named the Tournament MVP, is the GNAC’s leading scorer at 26.1 points per game and also ranks fourth in both field-goal percentage (54.9) and rebounding (9.3) en route to being named the Player of the Year. He is shooting 40.3 percent from three-point range and went over the 30-point threshold nine times this year.

Lovell was a GNAC First Team selection along with garnering Rookie of the Year honors, as the freshman from Brooklyn, N.Y. ranked first among GNAC leaders in rebounding (11.9) and field-goal percentage (67.3) for the Falcons. His 17.8 points-per-game mark was also good for fifth in the league, and he ranks fifth in Division III with 17 double-doubles.

Johnson & Wales head coach Jamie Benton was voted the GNAC Coach of the Year following a vote by his peers, as the 12th-year leader and former Boston College standout has guided the Wildcats to a 26-2 overall record and a near-perfect league record (17-1).

Joining Greenaway and Lovell on the First Team were Johnson & Wales senior guard Tom Garrick, Anna Maria College senior guard Patrick Bradanese and Lasell College junior guard Armin Omanovic.

Garrick teamed with Greenaway to form a lethal backcourt combination for the Wildcats, who earned the conference’s NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier. Garrick was second only to Greenaway in the GNAC in scoring, averaging 22.4 points on 49.4 percent shooting to go along with 6.5 rebounds.

Bradanese ranked fourth in the GNAC with 19.9 points per game as part of his well-rounded game. He also averaged 6.3 rebounds and led the league with 5.7 assists for the AMCATS, who earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament.

Omanovic ranked third among GNAC leaders with 20.6 points per game to go along with 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists. The junior was a driving force in leading the Lasers to the No. 2 seed in the GNAC Tournament.

Johnson & Wales senior guard Robert Lewis was named the GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, as Lewis served as a backbone for the GNAC champion Wildcats on the defensive end. Lewis is averaging 6.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 23.2 minutes per game.

For the complete list of All-Conference selections and All-Sportsmanship honorees, please see below.

Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 12 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 17 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement. 

First Team
Shontaey Lovell, Albertus Magnus (Fr., F, Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Patrick Bradanese, Anna Maria (Sr., G, Billerica, Mass.)
Tom Garrick, Johnson & Wales (Sr., G, Seekonk, Mass.)
Quarry Greenaway, Johnson & Wales (Sr., G, Westchester, N.Y.)
Armin Omanovic, Lasell (Jr., G, Wilkesboro, N.C.)

Second Team
Jaqhawn Walters, Albertus Magnus (So., F, Hartford, Conn.)
John Clay, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Sr., F, Westport, Mass.)
Anthony Jernigan, Johnson & Wales (Jr., G, East Hartford, Conn.)
Pat Marchand, Lasell (Sr., F, Cranston, R.I.)
Jake Meister, Suffolk (Sr., G, Madison, N.J.)

Third Team
Marc Wilson, Albertus Magnus (Sr., G, Jersey City, N.J.)
Tyler Delorey, Anna Maria (Sr., G, Worcester, Mass.)
Kyle Davis, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Sr., C, Groveland, Mass.) 
Ethan Dujon, Mount Ida (Jr., G, Warwick, R.I.)
Quinn Richardson-Newton, Saint Joseph’s of Maine (So., F, Saco, Maine)

Player of the Year – Quarry Greenaway, Johnson & Wales (unanimous)
Defensive Player of the Year – Robert Lewis, Johnson & Wales
Rookie of the Year – Shontaey Lovell, Albertus Magnus (unanimous)
Coach of the Year – Jamie Benton, Johnson & Wales
Institutional Sportsmanship Award – Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

All-Sportsmanship Team
Matt Hamilton, Albertus Magnus (Fr., G/F, Hamden, Conn.)
Jesse Maresca, Anna Maria (Jr., G, Sterling, Mass.)
Max Butterbrodt, Emmanuel (Mass.) (So., F, North Andover, Mass.)
Clayton Roker, Johnson & Wales (Sr., G, New City, N.Y.)
Richard O’Brien, Lasell (Sr., G, Manchester, N.H.)
Brendan Cunningham, Mount Ida (So., G, Quincy, Mass.)
David Hampton, Norwich (So., G, Lebanon, N.H)
Cullen Donovan, Rivier (Sr., G, Wethersfield, Conn.)
Davis Tucker, Saint Joseph’s of Maine (Sr., G, High Point, N.C.)
Caleb Unni, Suffolk  (Sr., G, Winchester, Mass.)

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