Sports News: Spring 2003

Monday, March 24, 2003

ZALESKI NAMED TO NABC ALL-DISTRICT MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION FIRST TEAM

RESTON, VA --- Sophomore forward Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown HS) of the Moravian College men’s basketball team has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District Middle Atlantic Region First Team announced Friday.

Zaleski helped the Greyhounds post a 16-11 overall record and a return to the postseason for the first time since the 1996-97 season. Moravian lost to eventual Commonwealth champion Elizabethtown College, 71-62, in the Commonwealth Semifinals, and the Greyhounds fell to Franklin & Marshall College, 79-59, in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Southern Quarterfinals. Moravian was making its first appearance in the ECAC since winning the tournament in 1984.

Zaleski led the Greyhounds in scoring at 18.2 points per game and in rebounding at 7.5 boards a contest. Both numbers ranked Zaleski second in the Commonwealth Conference. Zaleski also had a team high 11 blocked shots and he contributed 34 steals, 22 assists and ten three-pointers. Zaleski shot 48.9 percent (182 of 372) from the floor, 38.5 percent (10 of 26) behind the three-point line and 84.3 percent (118 of 140) at the foul line. He was ninth in the Commonwealth in field goal percentage and fourth in free throw percentage.

In 52 career games, Zaleski has moved within 31 points of becoming the 17th player in Moravian history to score 1,000 points. 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 a year ago. This season, Zaleski has been named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-Commonwealth Conference, the D3hoops.com All-Region Second Team, 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.

The complete listing of all the NABC All-District teams is available at www.nabc.com.