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MID-MAJOR
PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
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April 3, 2008 |
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 BOSTON
(MA) -- Recently
named as one of the top mid-major players in America,
Siena’s Kenny Hasbrouck has now been selected as the
best.
The 6-foot-3 junior has named the 2008
CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Player of the Year,
following another outstanding season.
“He can not score a single point, but he will still be
the most influential player on the floor,” says
CollegeInsider.com’s Joe Dwyer. “Kenny Hasbrouck
affects the game in so many ways. He may not get the
steal, but he’ll force a hurried pass. He may not get
the assist, but he’ll make the pass that leads to the
assist. He does all the little things that don’t show
up in a box score.”
Hasbrouck started all 34 games and was a first team
All-MAAC selection, as he helped the Saints to a share
of the regular season championship. He was the team’s
second-leading scorer (16.1 ppg) and he led the team
in steals (2.27 spg).
He scored in double figures 26 times this season, with
a season-best 35 against Marist (Feb. 8). He became
the third fastest to reach 1,000 points in Siena’s
Division I history (Dec. 9) and he finished his junior
season with 1,405 career points, which 8th all-time in
school history. 30 of those points came in Siena’s
first round NCAA tournament win over Vanderbilt.
“Kenny being the first player to say yes to me, that's
very special because he believed in me as someone that
could be a part of his career, which is very important
to him,” says Siena head coach Fran McCaffery. “He's a
special player, he's a special person. And I think you
can see his character probably more so than you see
his talent. Because when it got a little sticky, he
was the guy, and he's been like that for three years.”
Hasbrouck was named the MVP of the 2008 MAAC
tournament, after helping the Saints to their first
conference tournament championship and trip to the
NCAA tournament since 2002. He scored 17 points in the
second half after going scoreless in the first half of
the come-from-behind win over Loyola in the MAAC
Tournament semi-finals. |
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