Rowan University senior guard Thomas Baker has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference “Pony Wilson” Men’s Basketball Player of the Year for the 2006-07 season.

A three-time NJAC Player of the Week selection, Baker currently leads the NJAC in scoring and ranks ninth in NCAA Division III with an average of 23.2 points per game. He also currently ranks 10^th in the conference in field goal percentage (.501), and 15^th in the league in free throw percentage (.710). Against NJAC competition, he is averaging 27.2 points per game – eight points per game more than any other player in the conference. Baker and the Profs, who captured the NJAC South Division championship and currently stand at 20-5 overall, will host Ramapo in the NJAC Tournament semifinals on February 21.

Montclair State University freshman forward Charles Miller was selected as the conference Rookie of the Year. A five-time league Rookie of the Week selection, Miller currently ranks fifth in the league in field goal percentage (.561), sixth in the conference in rebounding (7.2 boards per game), and 26^th in the NJAC in scoring (10.2 points per game).

A two-time NJAC all-conference selection, Ramapo senior guard Antoine Pryor was selected as the league Defensive Player of the Year. He currently ranks in the Top 15 of seven NJAC statistical categories including assists (2^nd, 3.88 per game); three-point field goals made per game (4^th, 2.15); minutes played per game (4^th, 32.23); assist-to-turnover ratio (6^th, 1.41); three-point field goal percentage (8^th, .352); free throw percentage (11^th, .746); and steals (13^th, 1.65).  Pryor and the Roadrunners, who placed second in the NJAC North Division and currently stand at 19-7 overall, will travel to face Rowan in the NJAC Tournament semifinals on February 21.

New Jersey City University head coach Charles Brown was named the “John K. Adams” Coach of the Year by his peers. Selected to finish fourth in the NJAC North Division in the preseason poll of league coaches, Brown guided the Gothic Knights to a league-best 11-2 conference record and the championship of the North Division. With an overall record of 17-8, NJCU will have home-court advantage throughout the NJAC Tournament and will host Rutgers-Newark in a semifinal contest on February 21. In his 25^th season at the helm of the NJCU program, Brown has guided the Gothic Knights to an overall record of 481-216. 

2006-07 NJAC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS