Men's Basketball

Abbott Picked as GNAC Player of the Week

Posted: Feb 06, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly awards have been announced and Saint Joseph's College senior forward Ashtyn Abbott (Farmingdale, Maine) has been tabbed as the GNAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week.

Abbott collects the first GNAC weekly honor of his basketball career after averaging 16.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.7 blocks while shooting 66.7% (20-30) from the floor, 50% (5-10) from beyond the arc, and 83.3% (5-6) from the charity stripe in a huge 3-0 conference week for the Monks. In a 76-65 victory over Norwich on Saturday, Abbott was perfect from the floor (7-7), downtown (3-3), and the FT line (3-3) with 19 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, and three blocked shots. He also contributed 11 points and 12 boards at Rivier and went for 20 points and eight rebounds against Dean.

Through 20 games, Abbott is averaging 12.8 points and 7.4 rebounds while shooting 54.4% (106-195) from the field, 36.2% (21-58) from three-point distance, and 71.9% (23-32) from the FT line. He currently leads the team in rebounding and ranks second on the squad in scoring average and field goals made (106).

Abbott is the first SJC men's basketball player to claim GNAC Player of the Week honors since Jack Casale '21 earned the award on February 18th, 2020.

Saint Joseph's will play at Colby-Sawyer College tonight in a conference contest set to begin at 7:30 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.