The Sporting
News Senior has named guard Muhammad El-Amin of the Stony Brook
University men’s basketball team the America East Player of the Year and head coach Steve Pikiell as America East Coach of the Year.
Senior guard Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) of the Stony Brook
University men’s basketball team was named the America East Player of the Year
on Friday by the Sporting News. The leading scorer on the America East’s
top team during the regular season, El-Amin was named the Kevin Roberson America
East Player of the Year at the conference’s awards banquet last Friday. After
leading the Seawolves to their best season in the program’s Division I history,
Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell was also honored by the Sporting
News as he was named America East Coach of the Year.
In his second season at Stony Brook, El-Amin is just 45 points
from 1,000 and has already set the program’s Division I record for points in a
season (501). El-Amin ranked second in the America East in scoring during
conference play (19.1 points per game) and scored 23 in the 82-78 victory over
Vermont on Feb. 24 that clinched the Seawolves’ first America East regular
season title.
In his fifth season at the
helm of the Seawolves, Pikiell has guided SBU to a record-breaking 2009-10
season. In addition to claiming the schools first ever regular season title,
Stony Brook set program records for overall wins (22) and conference wins (13)
and earned its first ever postseason berth. Pikiell was also selected the
America East Coach of the Year at the conference’s annual awards banquet last
Friday.
Stony Brook gained an automatic
bid to the 32-team National Invitation Tournament (NIT) after winning the
America East regular season title. The Seawolves first round NIT opponent will
be announced on Sunday, March 14.
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