Bonneau Named ECC Player of the Year, Williams Named Rookie of the Year; Three Garner First Team All-Conference
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (March 2, 2012) – For the second consecutive year the conference's coaches have selected C.W. Post's senior guard
Stefan Bonneau (Middletown, N.Y.) the East Coast Conference Player of the Year. C.W. Post forward
Tyuan Williams (Newark, N.J.) has been named the 2012 ECC Rookie of the Year, and second-year head coach
Chris Casey was named the ECC Coach of the Year. In addition, junior guard
Tobin Carberry (Hamden, Conn.) and sophomore forward
Vaughn Allen (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) joined Bonneau in garnering spots on the 2012 ECC First Team.
One of Division II's most prolific scorers, Bonneau leads the ECC and ranks sixth nationally with a 22.1points per game average. Capable of high-flying dunks, as evidenced by advancing to the semifinals of the State Farm Dark Horse Dunker contest, to go along with a deadly outside shot, he has scored in double figures in every game this season. Bonneau, who is fourth in the ECC in three point shooting percentage at 38.2 percent, scored 20 plus points on 15 different occasions and eclipsed the 30 point mark three times. Bonneau was also a skilled passer, dishing off 86 assists on the season to come in at fourth in the conference.
Bonneau's teammate Williams posted impressive numbers in his freshman campaign. Williams, a five-time ECC Rookie of the Week, finished second in the conference in rebounding with 8.0 per game. In ECC action, Williams bumped that number up to 9.3 per game to lead the conference. He also contributed on the offensive end with an 8.1 point per game average and once again his numbers increased in conference action as he averaged 10.1 points per game in ECC play. In all, Williams posted five double doubles on the year.
In his second season at the helm of the Pioneers, Casey led the team to a 21-5 overall record. C.W. Post also posted a 15-1 mark in conference play, garnering a first-place finish in the ECC and the number one seed in the ECC playoffs.
Carberry is second on the Pioneers and fifth in the conference with 17.9 points per game. He is also averaging 5.8 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game, while shooting a solid 44% from the floor. The junior guard scored his 1,000th career point earlier this season, and is currently 18th on the Pioneers all-time scoring list.
Allen continued to progress in his sophomore season after earning a spot on the All-Rookie squad last year. He has played a bigger role in the offense, averaging 15.1 points per game, good for third on the team and 10th in the conference. His 9.4 rebounds per game lead the ECC, and also keys a potent tandem of forwards for the Pioneers with Allen and Williams in the frontcourt.
2011-2012 ECC Men's Basketball All-Conference
First Team
Vaughn Allen (So., F, C.W. Post)
Stefan Bonneau (Sr., G, C.W. Post)
Tobin Carberry (Sr., G, C.W. Post)
Darian David (Jr., G, Bridgeport)
Brandon Herbert (Sr., G, District of Columbia)
Nigel Munson (Sr., G, District of Columbia)
Second Team
William Harrison (Sr., F, Bridgeport)
Khalil McDonald (Sr., F, Queens)
John Merchant III (Sr., G, Dowling)
Jimmy Nolan (Jr., G, Molloy)
John Petrucelli (So., G, Molloy)
All-Rookie Team
Abe Akanmu (G, Queens)
Jahleel Felix (G, NYIT)
Nick Fessenden (F, NYIT)
Matt McLeod (G, Molloy)
Tyuan Williams (F, C.W. Post)
Player of the Year: Stefan Bonneau (Sr., G, C.W. Post)
Rookie of the Year: Tyuan Williams (Fr., F, C.W. Post)
Defensive Player of the Year: Dyrek Jones (Jr., F, District of Columbia)
Coach of the Year: Chris Casey (C.W. Post)