RODWELL AND GARDENER NAMED TO ALL-CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS

March 6, 2019

RODWELL AND GARDENER NAMED TO ALL-CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS

Orangeburg, N.Y. (3/6/19) Dominican College men's basketball players, Daraja Rodwell and Ian Gardener has both earned 2018-2019 All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) accolades as was announced by Commissioner Dan Mara and voted upon the league's 14 head coaches in the sport.

Orangeburg, N.Y. (3/6/19) Dominican College men's basketball players, Daraja Rodwell and Ian Gardener has both earned 2018-2019 All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) accolades as was announced by Commissioner Dan Mara and voted upon the league's 14 head coaches in the sport.

Rodwell, a junior guard from Baldwin, N.Y. makes his first appearance on the All-CACC Second Team. He ranks 11th in scoring (averaging 16.6 ppg), while sitting atop the CACC in three-point field goal percentage. Rodwell is also second in three-point field goals and is 11th steals. He earned one CACC Player of the Week honors this season 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. He recently scored his 1000th career point on February 5, 2019 against Caldwell University.

Gardener, a senior from Norwalk, Conn., earns his first spot on the All-CACC Third Team. He stands 20th in the conference in scoring (13.6 ppg), while being 15th in field goals, 20th in defensive rebounds and 27th in total rebounds. Gardener is also 19th in total points. He was named to the CACC Weekly Honor Roll four times this season.

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kavione Green (Bloomfield College)

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Patrick Robinson (Holy Family University)

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kavione Green (Bloomfield College)

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR
Gerald Holmes (Bloomfield College)

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Chestnut Hill College

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Kavione Green (Bloomfield College)
Jermaine Head (Wilmington University)
DeVaughn Mallory (Jefferson)
Corey Taite (Goldey-Beacom College)
Zamir Wright (Felician University)

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
Caleb Bowser (Georgian Court University)
Kylan Guerra (Jefferson)
Patrick Robinson (Holy Family University)
Daraja Rodwell (Dominican College)
Keith Washington (Bloomfield College)

2018-19 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM
Thomas Farrior (Wilmington University)
Ian Gardener (Dominican College)
Ahmad Harrison (Caldwell University)
Cedrick McFadden (Concordia College)
Tyshon Rogers (Post University)

The all-conference and major award winners will be recognized at the 2018-19 CACC Basketball Championship Banquet on Friday night on the eve of the tournament semifinals.

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.