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BURGESS NAMED CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER AND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR; WILCOX JOINS HIM ON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
March 2, 2021

BURGESS NAMED CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER AND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR; WILCOX JOINS HIM ON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

New Haven, Conn. (3/3/21) Dominican College standout Jalen Burgess on Wednesday swept the major year-end player awards for the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball season, as he claimed player of the year and defensive player of the year. The announcement was made by Commissioner Dan Mara, as the voting for the all conference and major awards in the sport was conducted by the league's seven head coaches who had teams competing in the sport this winter.

New Haven, Conn. (3/3/21) Dominican College standout Jalen Burgess on Wednesday swept the major year-end player awards for the 2020-21 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball season, as he claimed player of the year and defensive player of the year. The announcement was made by Commissioner Dan Mara, as the voting for the all conference and major awards in the sport was conducted by the league's seven head coaches who had teams competing in the sport this winter.

Burgess ranks second in the CACC in scoring (16.6 ppg), while currently topping the charts in rebounding at 11.7 boards an outing. He also ranks second in the CACC in steals with 17. Burgess has helped lead Dominican to a 4-3 record this season, as the Chargers are in the thick of the race for earning a bid to next week's NCAA Division II East Region Tournament in Albany, N.Y. Burgess also garnered a spot on the All-CACC Men's Basketball Team.

Bloomfield College's Gerald Holmes was named the CACC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year for guiding the Bears to a 6-3 record and the conference regular season championship. Bloomfield is one of the leading contenders for earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The other major award handed out on Wednesday was Concordia College winning the CACC Men's Basketball Team Sportsmanship Award for demonstrating outstanding character throughout the winter campaign.

Joining Burgess in earning all-conference accolades from Dominican College is sophomore Tedrick Wilcox (Pawtucket, R.I.).  The forward ranks third in the conference in three-point field goal percentage, fourth in scoring, fifth in field goal percentage and ninth infield goals.  Wilcox is second on the Chargers in scoring and rebounding

The entire list of 2020-21 CACC Men's Basketball Awards is located below.

 

2020-21 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jalen Burgess (Dominican College)

 

2020-21 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jalen Burgess (Dominican College)

 

2020-21 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR

Gerald Holmes (Bloomfield College)

 

2020-21 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

Concordia College

 

2020-21 CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL CONFERENCE

Joel Bailey (Nyack College)

Jalen Burgess (Dominican College)

Rich Chapman (Bloomfield College)

Anthony Cooper (Caldwell University)

Xavier Joyner (Concordia College)

B.J. Saliba (Felician University)

Isaiah Sparks (Bloomfield College)

Tedrick Wilcox (Dominican College)

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.