Monday, February 23, 2004
ZALESKI NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
ANNVILLE, PA --- Junior forward Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown
HS) of the Moravian College men’s basketball team has earned a spot on
the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team for the second consecutive season announced
Monday.
Joining Zaleski on the All-Conference First Team were Trevor Deeter
and Terron Buchanon of Albright College, Kyle Conrad from Elizabethtown College and J.D.
Byers of Lebanon Valley College, who garnered Commonwealth Player of the Year accolades.
Rick Ferry of Albright was named the Commonwealth Coach of the Year.
Zaleski helped the Greyhounds post a 10-15 overall record and led the
Greyhounds in scoring at 19.7 points per game and in rebounding at 7.2 boards a contest. Zaleski ranks
first in the Commonwealth Conference in scoring and fourth in rebounding. Zaleski also
has a team high 20 blocked shots, and he has contributed 37 steals, 37 assists and six
three-pointers. Zaleski is shooting 52.8 percent (186 of 352) from the
floor, 25.0 percent (6 of 24) behind the three-point line and 78.1 percent (114 of 146)
at the foul line. He is fifth in the Commonwealth in field goal percentage and eighth in
free throw percentage.
Zaleski has become the 17th player in school history to reach 1,000
points during the Scotty Wood Tournament in November. He currently has 1,461 points, which
is fifth all-time, and he has 546 career rebounds. Zaleski has also won
numerous awards in his career including being named the Commonwealth Conference Rookie
of the Year and a Second Team All-Conference selection in his freshman year. A year ago, Zaleski has
been named the Lehigh Valley Small College Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, the
Most Valuable Player of the Emmanuel (MA) Tap-Off Tournament and to the All-Tournament
Team at the Greyhound Rock Classic, Commonwealth All-Conference First Team and Commonwealth
Conference Player of the Year. This season, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the
Scotty Wood Tournament and the 26th Annual Greyhound Rock Classic.
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