DOMINICAN'S CORY QUIMBY AND LEON PORTER SELECTED TO ECAC DIVISION II MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-STAR TEAMS

March 23, 2012

DOMINICAN'S CORY QUIMBY AND LEON PORTER SELECTED TO ECAC DIVISION II MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-STAR TEAMS

New Haven, CT (3/23/12) Dominican College men’s basketball players Cory Quimby (Otisville, N.Y.) and Leon Porter (Laurel, Md.) were each honored as members of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II Men’s Basketball All-Star Teams, which were announced Thursday.

Courtesy of Randy Press, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC

New Haven, CT (3/23/12) Dominican College men's basketball players Cory Quimby (Otisville, N.Y.) and Leon Porter II (Laurel, Md.) were each honored as members of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II Men's Basketball All-Star Teams, which were announced Thursday.

Quimby was a first-team ECAC All-Star choice after previously being recognized as the Central Atlantic Athletic Conference (CACC) Co-Player of the Year. He guided the Chargers to a 19-9 overall record and a second-place finish in the CACC North Division. The 6-6 post player ranked third among CACC scoring leaders at 18.1 points per game while adding 11.4 rebounds per contest, which also ranked second among NCAA national leaders.

Porter was a second-team ECAC All-Star selection after a season which saw him average 17.3 points per game (2nd in CACC), dish out 143 assists (4th in CACC) and a .389 (60-of-148) which ranked seventh among conference leaders.

2011-12 ECAC Division II Men's Basketball All-Star Team

Player of the Year
Stefan Bonneau, Sr., G - Long Island University -- C.W. Post

Rookie of the Year
Roy Mabrey, Fr., G - Saint Anselm College

First Team
Stefan Bonneau, Sr., G - Long Island University -- C.W. Post
Darian David, Jr., G - University of Bridgeport
Eric Jean-Guillaume, Jr., G - Franklin Pierce University
Cory Quimby, Jr., C - Dominican College
Tobin Carberry, Sr., G - Long Island University -- C.W. Post

Second Team
Vaughn Allen, So., F - Long Island University -- C.W. Post
Ellis Cooper, So., F - Franklin Pierce University
Michael Holton Jr., So., G - Saint Michael's College
Leon Porter, Jr., G - Dominican College
Jon Breeden, Jr., G - West Chester University

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.