Marchand Earns GNAC Second Team Honors

NEWTON, Mass. (3/2/15) – Junior forward Pat Marchand (Cranston, R.I.) has been named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Conference Second Team, as voted upon by the 10 men's basketball coaches.  

In 18 games played, Marchand completed the season with 281 overall points. Marchand averaged 15.6 points per game with a shooting percentage of 66.2. The junior forward ranks seventh in the GNAC for total rebounds, pulling down 179 total with an average of 9.9 per game.

Marchand contributed eight double-doubles to the Lasers' 10-16 record, scoring a season-high 25 points and 14 boards in the GNAC matchup with Johnson and Wales on January 6.

Freshman Scott Arsenault (Walpole, Mass.) was also tabbed as the Lasell representative on the All-Sportsmanship Team.

Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 12 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 17 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement.

First Team
Victor Ljuljdjuraj, Albertus Magnus (Sr., F, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)
Tavon Sledge, Albertus Magnus (Sr., G, Spring Valley, N.Y.)
Tom Garrick, Johnson & Wales (Jr., G, Seekonk, Mass.)
Quarry Greenaway, Johnson & Wales (Jr., G, Westchester, N.Y.)
Steve Simonds, Saint Joseph's Maine (Sr., G, Steep Falls, Maine)

Second Team
Eian Davis, Albertus Magnus (Sr., G, Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Lamar Larsen, Albertus Magnus (Sr., F, Waterbury, Conn.)
Pat Bradanese, Anna Maria (Jr., G, Billerica, Mass.)
Kyle Davis, Emmanuel (Jr., C, Groveland, Mass.)
Pat Marchand, Lasell (Jr., F, Cranston, R.I.)

Third Team
Quantez Franklin, Anna Maria (Sr., F, South Yarmouth, Mass.)
Robert Lewis, Johnson & Wales (Jr., G, Providence, R.I.)
Mike Hogervorst, Norwich (Fr., C, Leiden, Netherlands)
Zach Blodgett, Saint Joseph's Maine (Sr., F, Glenburn, Maine)
Sam Nwadike, Suffolk (Sr., G, Houston, Texas)

Player of the Year – Victor Ljuljdjuraj, Albertus Magnus
Defensive Player of the Year – Victor Ljuljdjuraj, Albertus Magnus
Rookie of the Year –  Mike Hogervorst, Norwich 
Coach of the Year – Shawn Conrad, Anna Maria
Institutional Sportsmanship Award – Mount Ida College

All-Sportsmanship Team
Med Fofana, Albertus Magnus
David Jean Louis, Anna Maria
Colin Cordero, Emmanuel
Julian Bolton, Johnson & Wales
Scott Arsenault, Lasell
Brendan Cunningham, Mount Ida
Evan Tullar, Norwich
David Lorden, Rivier
Zach Blodgett, Saint Joseph's Maine
Jake Meister, Suffolk