HILL RECEIVES CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

July 13, 2021

HILL RECEIVES CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

New Haven, Conn. (7/13/21) Twenty-six (26) student-athletes on Tuesday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 26 honorees represent 13 of the 14 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

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LIST OF HONOREES: 2020-21 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

New Haven, Conn. (7/13/21) Twenty-six (26) student-athletes on Tuesday were named to the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The 26 honorees represent 13 of the 14 CACC member institutions that have a varsity program in the sport.

Dominican's Donnell Hill (Staten Island, N.Y.) makes his first appearance on the All-Academic Team this year as he maintains a cumulative grade point average of 3.53 in his major of Financial Management.

University of the Sciences led the way with four honorees, including Thomas Melonja's team-best 3.78 cumulative grade point average in his major of pharmaceutical & healthcare business. Georgian Court University and Thomas Jefferson were tied for second with the most honored student-athletes, as the two schools had three honorees apiece.

Bloomfield College, the 2020-21 CACC Men's Basketball Champion, had two players make the academic squad, including Tariq McKenith, who made the the team for the third time with his BC best 3.65 GPA in his major of sociology.

A pair of student-athletes on the team earned GPAs of 3.90 or higher, including Holy Family University's Joseph Pestkowski (3.92, criminal justice) and Jefferson's Antonin Kemkeng (3.90, finance).

Bloomfield's Ben Basten and Post University's Jonathan Duvivier were each named to the CACC All-Academic Team for the second time in their respective careers.

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.