[MoonlightGraham]

April 7, 2021

Lots of good news comes out of the Patriot League awards ceremony.

2020 PATRIOT LEAGUE AWARDS

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Player of the Year:

SR PF Tim Hutchinson  Lafayette  12.1 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 3.1 APG 0.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG

Freshman of the Year:
FR SF Thomas Lucy  Lafayette  13.1 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.5 APG 1.0 SPG, 0.0 BPG

Coach of the Year:
Graham Sims  Lafayette  28 - 7 (13 - 1) 

All-league 1st Team:
C  SO Matt Robles  Lafayette  12.9 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.7 BPG
PF SR Tim Hutchinson  Lafayette  12.1 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 3.1 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SF SR Tanner Dewey  Holy Cross  14.6 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG JR Matthew Ackerman  Lafayette  13.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG
PG SR Jamie Kelso  Lafayette  9.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 4.2 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-league 2nd Team:
C  SR Darwin Alessi  Bucknell  5.3 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.5 BPG
PF SR Andrew Bugg  Navy  8.5 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.7 BPG
SF FR Thomas Lucy  Lafayette  13.1 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.0 BPG
SG FR Rico Peterson  Holy Cross  13.5 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG
PG JR Robert Viera  Colgate  14.6 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.1 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG

All-freshman Team:
C  FR Jerry Cofield  Holy Cross  7.6 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG
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SF FR Thomas Lucy  Lafayette  13.1 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.0 BPG
SG FR Rico Peterson  Holy Cross  13.5 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG
PG FR Alton Courson  American  5.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG

It's Tim Hutchinson's turn to win the Player of the Year prize. A Lafayette player has been the POY for four consecutive seasons, and for six of the last seven. Hutch joins Todd DeHaven, Daniel Warnock, and James Sanders in this selective fraternity; Warnock and Sanders both won twice.

This year's How Did He Not Win Something? award goes to Lehigh freshman Marlon Smith. You may remember how actively we recruited Marlon. I had a feeling he was going to be good, and he is. Marlon led the Patriot League in scoring (17.1 PPG) and led his team to its best record ever, including a 10-4 mark in conference play. However, because Marlon is a SF and a freshman, he goes home emptyhanded, while the prizes go to Tanner Dewey and Thomas Lucy. Personally, I would have chosen Marlon for at least one of those awards.

Graham Sims takes home his fifth Patriot League COY award.