NEW YORK (April 17, 2025) --- Tray Alexander of Pace University has been named the All-Met Division II men's college basketball Player of the Year for 2024-25, it was announced Thursday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
 
Dave Duke of Adelphi was named the MBWA Coach of the Year.
 
The All-Met First Team: Tray Alexander, Pace; Aliou Cisse, Bridgeport; Cam Edmonds, Georgian Court; Andres Fulgencio and Dayshaun Walton, Adelphi; Jaden Honis, Dominican; Rob Matos, Molloy.
 
The All-Met Second Team: Shaun Arnold and Hartnel Haye, St. Thomas Aquinas; Trey Boyd III, Pace; Starrell Hearns and Edward Ngene, Bloomfield; Messiah Mallory, Staten Island.
 
All-Met Honorable Mention: DeAngelo Horn, Caldwell; Derrick James and Luis Risquez, St. Thomas Aquinas; Jaden Kealey, Pace; Marcus Pierce, Felician.
 
The 2024-25 All-Met teams will be honored at the 92nd MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner on Thursday, April 24, at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY. The Haggerty dinner is the longest running, media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.
 
A 5-10 graduate guard from Freeport, NY, Alexander --- who also became the first Setter to be named a Northeast10 Conference player of the year --- led Pace (24-8, 14-6 NE10) in scoring, assists, steals and shooting percentage, along with placing high statistically in both his conference and in NCAA Division II.
 
Among his many accolades for this past season, Alexander was named a Third Team All-American by both the NABC and D2CCA; D2CCA East Region player of the year; NE10 First Team and All-Defensive Team member; and, in the classroom, All-Academic by both the CSC and NE10.
 
Alexander played just two seasons for the Setters. He spent his freshman and sophomore years at Saint Rose, which no longer is in operation, and his junior year at Florida Southern. He was selected by the MBWA to its Division II men's First Team last year.
 
This past season, he led Pace to an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament with 517 points (16.2 ppg), a single-season school record 277 assists (8.7 apg), 92 steals (2.9 per game) while shooting 45.1% from the floor and 85.4% at the free throw line. Alexander placed eighth in the conference in scoring, and first in both assists and steals. On a national level, he was second in Division II in assists, second in steals per game (2.88) and third in total thefts (92).
 
Among his superlatives, Alexander tallied a season-high of 35 points in a win over Saint Anselm, had 17 assists in a game against Saint Michael's, registered 13 double-doubles in points and assists, and was one rebound shy of a triple-double at New Haven.
 
Alexander is the fourth Pace player to be named an MBWA Player of the Year, preceded by Bert Brisbane, 1992; Todd Ziogas, 1999; and Peyton Wejnert, 2020. Despite only two seasons as a Setter, he finished No. 2 on the school's all-time career assists list with 479.
 
Duke, the first to earn Northeast10 Conference coach of the year honors in Adelphi men's basketball history, guided the Panthers to one of the best seasons in his 11 years at the helm.
 
Adelphi (26-8, 17-3 NE10) posted its highest victory total under his watch and the most for the program since 27 wins in 2005-06. The team produced a 12-game winning streak, fourth longest in program history, and was ranked as high as No. 15 nationally by the NABC, Adelphi's highest ranking since holding the No. 1 position in 2000-01. The Panthers closed 2024-25 by capturing their first regular season conference title since 2010-11 and, as an at-large invitee, made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2012.
 
Prior to joining Adelphi, Duke --- a 1997 SUNY Albany graduate --- was an associate head coach at Fordham for four seasons and earlier was an assistant coach at Hofstra. His head coaching record with the Panthers in 10 competitive seasons (the school sat out 2020-21 due to the coronavirus situation) is 165-26 (.587 W-L pct).
 
Duke is the fifth coach and represents the ninth time Adelphi has produced an MBWA Coach of the Year, preceded by Jim O'Connor, 1993 and 1995; Steve Clifford, 1997; Jim Ferry, 2000-01-02; and James Cosgrove, 2005-06.
 
For a list of previous MBWA Division II men's Players of the Year: https://metbasketballwriters.org/sports/2014/2/5/DII_0205143251.aspx
 
For a list of previous MBWA Division II men's Coaches of the Year: https://metbasketballwriters.org/sports/2014/2/5/DII_0205144132.aspx
 
 
SUMMARY
 
NEW YORK (April 17, 2025) – The 2024-25 All-Met Division II men's college basketball team announced Thursday by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
 
FIRST TEAM
Tray Alexander, Pace                      5-10, Gr., G          Freeport, NY
Aliou Cisse, Bridgeport                   6-7, Jr., G/F          Yonkers, NY
Cam Edmonds, Georgian Ct.         6-2, Jr., G             Chesapeake, VA
Andres Fulgencio, Adelphi             6-4, Sr., G             Teaneck, NJ
Jaden Honis, Dominican                 6-3, Gr., G            Bridgewater, NJ
Rob Matos, Molloy                           5-10, Jr., G           Columbus, OH
Dayshaun Walton, Adelphi             6-4, Jr., G             Albany, NY
 
SECOND TEAM
Shaun Arnold, STAC                       6-5, So., G/F        Indianapolis, IN
Trey Boyd, Pace                               6-4, So., G            Durham, NC
Hartnel Haye, STAC                         6-7, Gr., G/F         Camden, NJ
Starrell Hearns, Bloomfield            6-2, So., G            Carteret, NJ
Messiah Mallory, CSI                       6-7, Sr., F             Westervliet, NY
Edward Ngene, Bloomfield             6-8, Sr., F             Lindenwold, NJ
 
HONORABLE MENTION
DeAngelo Horn, Caldwell; Derrick James, St. Thomas Aquinas, Jaden Kealey, Pace; Marcus Pierce, Felician; Luis Risquez, St. Thomas Aquinas
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tray Alexander, Pace
COACH OF THE YEAR: Dave Duke, Adelphi