DOMINICAN'S RODWELL NAMED TO 2018-2019 ALL-MET FIRST TEAM

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/22/19) Dominican College men's basketball player, Daraja "DJ" Rodwell (Baldwin, N.Y.) has been named to the 2018-2019 All-Met Division II Men's Basketball First Team as was announced by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association today.

April 22, 2019

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/22/19) Dominican College men's basketball player, Daraja "DJ" Rodwell (Baldwin, N.Y.) has been named to the 2018-2019 All-Met Division II Men's Basketball First Team as was announced by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association today.

Click here to see the release from the MBWA.

The junior guard from Baldwin, N.Y., is one of four players from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) to earn All-Met accolades.

Rodwell enjoyed a stellar junior season and was named to the All-CACC Second Team. He led the team and ranked 11th in the conference in scoring, was second in the CACC in three-point field goals, third in three-point field goal percentage, 14th in steals and 15th in free throw percentage. He earned one CACC Player of the Week honors and was named to the CACC Weekly Honor Roll three times. Rodwell was also named to the Met Basketball Writers Association Weekly Honor Roll twice this season and scored his 1000th career point on February 5, 2019 against Caldwell University.

The All-Met players and coach will be honored Tuesday, April 30, at the 86th NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner at the Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown, NY.

All-Met Division II Player of the Year: Kavionne Green, Bloomfield

All-Met Division II Coach of the Year: Charles Marquardt, Molloy.

The rest of the All Met First Team: Bryan Griffin, Mercy; Daraja Rodwell, Dominican; Osbel Caraballo, St. Thomas Aquiinas; Conor McGuinness, Adelphi; Curtis Jenkins, Molloy; Zamir Wright, Felician.

The Second Team: Nick Corbett, Molloy; Keith Washington, Bloomfield; Peyton Wejnert and Brandon Jacobs, Pace; Demetre Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas; Alonzo Ortiz-Traylor, LIU Post; Ronnie Silva, Adelphi.

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 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.