Monday, October 13, 2003
MORAVIAN’S BRANDON ZALESKI NAMED PRESEASON HONORABLE MENTION
ALL-AMERICAN BY STREET & SMITH’S 2003 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Moravian College junior forward Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown,
NJ/Hackettstown HS) has been named an NCAA Division III Honorable Mention Preseason
All-American by Street & Smith’s 2003 College Basketball Preview.
Zaleski, who was the Commonwealth’s Player of the Year last winter,
leads the Greyhound returners this season. Zaleski has already become one of the most prolific
scorers in school history, needing just 31 points to reach 1,000 in his career. In his
first two years, Zaleski have averaged 18.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per
game while shooting 54 percent from the floor and 84 percent at the foul line.
Last winter, Zaleski who was named to the Commonwealth All-Conference
First Team, Lehigh Valley Small College Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, DIII
News Honorable Mention All-American, National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District
Middle Atlantic Region First Team, and the D3hoops.com All Region Second Team, helped the
Greyhounds to a 16-11 overall record and berths in the Commonwealth Conference Playoffs
and Eastern College Athletic Conference South Quarterfinals. He led the team in scoring
and rebounding with 18.2 and 7.5, respectively and in blocked shots with 11. Zaleski also
added 34 steals and 22 assists.
As a freshman, Zaleski led Moravian in scoring with an average of 19.1
points per game. Zaleski was named to the Commonwealth Conference All-Star
Second Team and he was also the Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year. He averaged
6.6 rebounds per game and led Moravian with 17 blocked shots and a 59.9 field goal shooting
percentage, which ranked in the top 25 nationally. Zaleski also contributed
32 steals and 24 assists and was the leader among the starters in free throw shooting at
83.1 percent on 111 attempts.
Moravian will begin its 2003-04 season on Friday, November 21st against Elms College
in the first round of the Scotty Wood Tournament at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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