Greenberg Receives Top Honor, Trailblazers Announce Team Awards
MCLA senior basketball player Jon Greenberg earned the top male honor of the night, the Louis Parisien Award, as the Athletics department held their annual banquet last evening in the James T. Amsler Campus Center Gym.
North Adams, MA- MCLA senior basketball player Jon Greenberg earned the top male honor of the night, the Louis Parisien Award, as the Athletics department held their annual banquet last evening in the James T. Amsler Campus Center Gym.
Greenberg was a repeat winner from a year ago. The award is given annually to the top Male who demonstrates excellence in the classroom and on the playing fields. Greenberg finished his career by leading the Trailblazers Men's Basketball team to their first ever ECAC tournament bid and victory as they reached the semi-final round. Greenberg joined Dick Syriac (68') and Bernard Alexander (90') as the only players in school history to score over 1,000 points and have 1,000 rebounds in their career.
Here is a list of other career accomplishments:
1st Team All-MASCAC 2009-10, 2010-11
2nd Team All-MASCAC 2008-09
MASCAC All-Academic Team 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-2011
Jewish Sports Review All-American 2009-10, 2010-2011
NCAA National Rebounding Rankings 2008-09 (8th), 2009-10 (5th), 2010-11, (10th)
The Trailblazers Kris McLaughlin was also honored when he was awarded the 1st annual Director's Award. The Director's award is given by the Athletic Director to one male and one female for their overall contributions.
Kris was a three-year member of the Men's Basketball Program and appeared in twenty-two games this season. McLaughlin was a key component of a strong second-unit for the 2010-11 Trailblazers.
This past year Kris was a student-coach for the MCLA Baseball team, an Intramurals Supervisor and the Co-President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In 2010 Kris was selected to represent the college at the NCAA National Leadership Conference.
The Team is also announcing its 2010-11 Team Award Winners:
Team MVP Jon Greenberg
Defensive POY Chris Harris
6th Star Rashard Taylor
Trailblazer Adam Tarsa
Newcomers of Year Jamal Brown , Ramon Viches
Scholar-Athlete Brendan Kordana , Marvin Thompson
Coaches Kris McLaughlin
Cassels-Thompson Chris Cassels, Marvin Thompson
6th Star Award is voted on by the players and awarded to the person who exceeded expectations this season.
Trailblazer Award is voted on by the players and is awarded to the person who is the toughest and most willing to sacrifice for his teammates.
Cassels-Thompson award is a new award given by the coaching staff to the player who shows unparalleled dedication and passion for his team and the game of basketball. The award is a special award that will not be awarded annually, but instead only when warranted. This award was named after two seniors Marvin Thompson and Chris Cassels for their dedication over the past four seasons.
The Trailblazers are also happy to announce that they placed six members on the All-Academic team awarded by the MASCAC. That is the most members of any men's basketball team in the MASCAC this season. Those members are:
Jon Greenberg
Brendan Kordana
Marvin Thompson
Adam Tarsa
Kris McLaughlin