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Holland Named AE Rookie of the Year, Lowe Earns AE Second Team Honors
March 7, 2008
VESTAL, N.Y. - Freshman John Holland (Bronx, N.Y.) is the 2008 America East Rookie of the Year award, earning spots on the All-Conference Third Team and the All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams as well, the America East announced on Friday morning at the conference awards banquet at Binghamton University. Sophomore guard Corey Lowe (Newton, Mass.) received All-America East Second Team honors. This year marks the second time in program history Terriers have won back-to-back league Rookie of the Year honors. In 1994 and 1995 Tunji Awojobi and Raja Bell won, and last year red-shirt sophomore Tyler Morris received the award. A six-time America East Rookie of the Week, Holland has started 16-of-28 games played while averaging 11.5 ppg and totaling a team-best 44 steals. He scored a career- and America East season-high 38 points in a Terrier win over Hartford on Feb. 28. Holland's emergence as a player matched the team's resurgence during the second half of the season. The rookie is averaging 19.4 points and 7.0 rebounds over his last eight games. Lowe, a 2007 All-Rookie selection, leads the Terriers with 18.5 ppg and 82 assists. He was a two-time America East Player of the Week this season and currently ranks 10th in the nation with a league-leading 3.8 3-pointers made per game. Lowe shattered the program record for most threes made in a season this year, standing at the top of that list with 91 so far. His three streaks of three games with 20 or more points lead the America East. Player of the Year Marqus Blakely, Vermont Defensive Player of the Year Marqus Blakely, Vermont Rookie of the Year
John Holland, Boston U
Coach of the Year Randy Monroe, UMBC
First Team Brian Lillis, Albany Joe Zeglinski, Hartford Jay Greene, UMBC Darryl Proctor, UMBC Marqus Blakely, Vermont
Second Team Mike Gordon, Binghamton Corey Lowe, Boston U Ray Barbosa, UMBC Brian Hodges, UMBC Mike Trimboli, Vermont
Third Team Lazar Trifunovic, Binghamton John Holland, Boston U Mark Socoby, Maine Cavell Johnson, UMBC Tyrece Gibbs, UNH
All-Rookie Tim Ambrose, Albany John Holland, Boston U Morgan Sabia, Hartford Alvin Abreu, UNH Tyrone Conely, UNH
All-Defensive Brian Lillis, Albany Mike Gordon, Binghamton John Holland, Boston U Michael Turner, Hartford Marqus Blakely, Vermont
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