UTICA, NY – SUNYIT senior David Golembiowski (Barneveld, NY/Holland Patent) has been selected as the North Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the third straight season, while also joining fellow classmate Calvin Logins (Lyons, NY/Keuka College) on the All-Conference Team.
The award caps off an incredible four-year run as a Wildcat for Golembiowski, who began his career by winning three Rookie of the Year awards and went on to become the program's all-time leader in career points, rebounds, blocks and 3-pointers made. He will also be making his third straight appearance on the NEAC All-Conference First Team after leading the conference in both points and rebounds, while leading the Wildcats in points, rebounds, blocks and 3-pointers made. Additionally, the 6-foot-7 forward is currently seventh in the nation in points per game (24.5), while being 13th in double-doubles (14), 14th in rebounds per game (11.4) and 28th in blocks per game (2.4).
Golembiowski's remarkable season was noticed throughout the year, as he won six Player of the Week awards this season, including three NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week awards, one ECAC Player of the Week award and two selections to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week.
Logins was selected to the All-Conference Second Team after also putting together a tremendous season. The 5-foot-11 forward finished third in the NEAC in scoring while being fifth in steals and seventh in rebounding. His per-game averages of 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals were all second-best on the team, and he was one of three Wildcats to shoot at least 50 percent from the field on the year. Logins also earned one NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week award this season, finishing that particular week with four-game averages of 24 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists while shooting 61 percent from the field.
The SUNYIT men's basketball team finished 14-10 overall and 13-5 in conference play and will now head into this weekend's NEAC Championship Tournament as the second seed. The Wildcats, who have won the last two NEAC championships, earned a first-round bye in the six-team tournament and will advance to Saturday's semifinal round. They will take on the winner of Friday's quarterfinal round match between No. 3 seed Wells College and No. 6 SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday at 2:00 pm.
Penn State Harrisburg earned the top seed and the right to host the tournament after finishing 14-4 in NEAC play. They will square off against the winner of Friday's quarterfinal round match between No. 4 seed Gallaudet University and No. 5 seed SUNY Morrisville on Saturday at 4:00 pm.
The championship contest is scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 pm.