Felician Athletics - 1/21/08 MEN'S BASKETBALL - Young Is Latest Golden Falcon On MBWA Honor Roll

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Felician College freshman Devon Young of Monmouth Junction has been named to the Presto Sports/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Weekly Men’s Honor Roll, the MBWA announced today.

Young, a 6-foot-3 forward, averaged 19.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week for Felician. He had 16 points and 10 rebounds – his second career “double-double” – in his team’s 78-77 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory at Post University on Jan. 15, and followed with 22 points and nine boards in Saturday’s 91-89 overtime loss at Goldey-Beacom College. A 2007 graduate of South Brunswick High, Young leads the Golden Falcons and is second in the CACC with 17.5 points per game.

The MBWA selects from among nearly 75 senior colleges in the New York tri-state area, representing all three NCAA divisions, for its weekly awards. More information is available at www.prestosports.com/news/mbwa/2007-08/PrestoSports-MBWA_Player_of_the_Week_-_Men-s_Week_Six. Also today, Felician men’s basketball student-athlete Jason Romer of New York, N.Y., and Dee Dee Smith, of Monticello, N.Y., and the women’s basketball team, were selected to the CACC Weekly Honor Roll.

The Felician men are 7-9 overall and 2-5 in conference play, and the women 3-13 and 1-7, as both teams prepare for a league game Wednesday night at Dominican (N.Y.) College.