Marrow named BOXTOROW Division I Player of the Year, leads All-America Team

As the Final Four approaches, BOXTOROW releases its 11th annual Division I men’s college basketball All-America teams.

Hampton guard Jermaine Marrow has been named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. Marrow, a junior from Newport News, Va., is ranked eighth in
Division I in scoring, averaging 24.4 points per game. He also averaged
4.9 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game. Marrow also helped lead the Pirates
to a fifth place finish in their first season in the Big South Conference as well as a semifinal finish in the Collegeinsider.com Tournament.

Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Smith has been named BOXTOROW Coach of the Year. Smith led the Panthers to a 22-13 overall record and a 17-1 SWAC record. The Panthers also won the SWAC regular season and tournament
titles. The tournament championship was the first for the Panthers in 21
years and earned them a trip to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball
Tournament.

Twelve schools are represented on the 2019 BOXTOROW Division I men’s
college basketball All-America teams. BOXTOROW has administered the
All-America team since 2009.

First Team All-Americans
Gary Blackston, Prairie View A&M (G, 6-2, Sr., Baltimore, Md.)
R.J. Cole, Howard (G, 6-1, Soph., Union, N.J.)
Jerry Combs, Texas Southern (F, 6-7, Gr., Dallas, Texas)
Raashean Davis, North Carolina Central (C, 6-9, Sr., Chicago, Ill.)
Jermaine Marrow, Hampton (G, 6-2, Jr., Newport News, Va.)
Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas-Pine Bluff (G, 6-4, Sr., Walls, Miss.)
Charles Williams, Howard (G/F, 6-6, Soph., Richmond, Va.)
Cletrell Pope, Bethune-Cookman (F, 6-9, Jr., Northport, Ala.)

Second Team All-Americans
Ivy Smith, Grambling (G, 6-0, Jr., Tacoma, Wash.)
Justin Ravenel, Florida A&M (G, 6-1, Sr., Lithonia, Ga.)
Devonte Patterson, Prairie View A&M (F, Jr., Bridgeport, Texas)
Jayveous McKinnis, Jackson State (F, 6-7, Fr., Brandon, Miss.)
Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey, Tennessee State (G, 6-4, Memphis, Tenn.)
Nic Thomas, Norfolk State (G, 6-2, r-Jr., Arlington, Texas)

AWARDS
BOXTOROW Player of the Year: Jermaine Marrow, Hampton
BOXTOROW Coaches of the Year: Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M

BOXTOROW National Players of the Year
2018-19 Jermaine Marrow, Hampton
2017-18 R.J. Cole, Howard
2016-17 Patrick Cole, North Carolina Central
2015-16 James Daniel, III, Howard
2014-15 Kendall Gray, Delaware State
2013-14 Jeremy Ingram, North Carolina Central
2012-13 Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State
2011-12 Kyle O’Quinn, Norfolk State
2010-11 C.J. Reed, Bethune-Cookman
2009-10 Reggie Holmes, Morgan State
2008-09 Tywain McKee, Coppin State

BOXTOROW National Coaches of the Year
2018-19 Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M
2017-18 Jay Joyner, North Carolina A&T
2016-17 Mike Davis, Texas Southern and LeVelle Moton, North Carolina Central
2015-16 Dana Ford, Tennessee State
2014-15 Mike Davis, Texas Southern
2013-14 LeVelle Moton, North Carolina Central
2012-13 Roman Banks, Southern
2011-12 Anthony Evans, Norfolk State
2010-11 Edward Joyner, Jr., Hampton
2009-10 Todd Bozeman, Morgan State
2008-09 Todd Bozeman, Morgan State

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