Sports News: Spring 2002

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

ZALESKI NAMED ECAC SOUTH HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STAR

CENTERVILLE, MA --- Freshman forward Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown HS) of the Moravian College men's basketball team has been named an Eastern College Athletic Conference Honorable Mention South All-Star Second Team announced Tuesday.  The teams were voted on the by coaches in the ECAC South region. The complete team can be found at www.ecac.org.

Moravian finished the 2001-02 season with an overall record of 14-11 and a 6-8 slate in the Commonwealth Conference, which put the squad in fifth place.  The Greyhounds also completed the season as the best free throw shooting team in the nation at 79.5 percent (407 of 512).

Zaleski, who was also named to the Commonwealth Conference All-Star Second Team and he was the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the year, started all but one of the team's 25 games during his freshman season and he finished the year with a scoring average of 19.1 points per game, second in the Commonwealth Conference.  His 477 points was the seventh highest single season total in Moravian history.  Zaleski also averaged 6.6 rebounds per contest (sixth in the conference) with a total of 164 boards.

Zaleski, one of the top 25 shooters in the nation, finished the season with a 59.9 shooting percentage (191 of 319) to lead the Commonwealth Conference and he was fourth on the Moravian squad in free throw percentage at 82.9 percent (92 of 111).  His attempts and percentage ranked him third in the Commonwealth Conference.  Zaleski led the Greyhounds with 17 blocked shots and he added 24 assists and 32 steals in his debut season.