STANDISH, Maine – The Maine Men's Basketball Coaches & Writers Association (MMBCWA) postseason accolades have been released and a pair of Saint Joseph's College players have been honored.
Graduate guard Griffin Foley (Portland, Maine) has garnered Second Team All-State honors and freshman guard John Paul Frazier (York, Maine) has been listed on the MMBCWA All-Rookie Team.
Foley earns the first All-State award of his career after averaging 14.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per contest while shooting 46.7% (143-306) from the floor, 30.1% (28-93) from three-point range, and 69.1% (76-110) from the FT line in 27 contests this year. He ranked third in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in assists (112) and assists per game, seventh in field goals made (143), eighth in points (390), and ninth in free throws made (76).
In 92 career contests, Foley scored 1,242 points with 302 rebounds, 233 assists, 76 steals, and 35 blocked shots. He leaves the program ranked 10th in team history in three-pointers made (140), 16th in scoring average (13.5 PPG), and 24th in points.
Frazier, the 2023 GNAC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year, collects All-Rookie Team accolades after averaging 11.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.1 assists while shooting 51.5% (88-171) from the field, 48.3% (56-116) from three-point distance, and 61.1% (11-18) from the free throw line in 21 games this season.
The first-year standout led the GNAC – and ranked third in NCAA DIII Men's Basketball – in three-point shooting percentage and netted the second-most three-pointers by a freshman in program history, ranking behind Brian Wilson, who connected on 59 trifectas during the 1987-88 campaign.
Saint Joseph's showed significant improvement under the watch of second-year Head Coach Tyler Ackley this winter, as the Monks posted a 15-12 overall record with a 10-7 mark in conference play en route to earning the #2 seed in the GNAC North Division. St. Joe's defeated #3S Regis College in quarterfinal action on February 21st, 79-63, to notch the program's first GNAC tourney triumph at home since 2015 before falling at University of Saint Joseph, the #1 team in the nation, in a semifinal three days later.
In 2022, St. Joe's went 9-18 overall with a 7-10 record versus GNAC foes and earned the #9 seed in an expanded tournament field (due to the pandemic).
