MAAC Announces 2020-21 Men’s Basketball All-Rookie Team
EDISON, N.J. (Mar. 8, 2021) - The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced its 2020-21 Men’s Basketball All-Rookie Team. The All-Rookie Team is voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches.
The All-Rookie Team is made up of Marist College’s Hakim Byrd and Ricardo Wright, Quinnipiac University’s Tymu Chenery and Luis Kortright, and Iona College’s Nelly Junior Joseph. Chenery, Junior Joseph, Kortright, and Wright were all unanimous selections.
Junior Joseph led the way in MAAC Rookie of the Week selections, getting the nod four times during the 2020-21 season, including three selections in December 2020. Kortright and Wright each collected three Rookie of the Week awards.
For a full list of the 2020-21 All-Rookie Team, see below:
| MAAC All-Rookie Team |
| Player |
Institution |
| Hakim Byrd |
Marist |
| Tymu Chenery* |
Quinnipiac |
| Nelly Junior Joseph* |
Iona |
| Luis Kortright* |
Quinnipiac |
| Ricardo Wright* |
Marist |
*Denotes Unanimous Selection
The 2020-21 campaign concludes with the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships from Mar. 8-13 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. Stay up to date with all MAAC basketball by visiting
MAACSports.com/basketball and by following
@MAACHoops and
#MAACHoops on Twitter.
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 8-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit
http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow
@MAACHoops on Twitter.
About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC’s
United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer. For more information, visit
timeoutforblacklives.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.