The GNAC Announces the 2007-2008 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference announced their 2007-2008 men’s basketball all-conference team.  Regular season champion Emerson placed three players on the 15 man
team and claimed three of the individual awards.  Sophomore guard Jeremy Shannon was selected first team, and voted as both the Player and Defensive Player of the year. Joining Shannon were second team selection senior forward Ben Chase and third team pick senior guard Will Dawkins.  Emerson coach Hank Smith was named Coach of the Year. Forward Chris Hanson of Daniel Webster, who led the league in three point shooting was selected Rookie of the Year. 
 
Joining Shannon on the first team were guards Rob Williams-Hinton of Emmanuel and Japhet Kerr of Johnson & Wales, along with center Jose Guitian of Lasell, the conference’s leading rebounder with 11.8 per game and senior forward Jeff Carpenter of Rivier who finished his career as the GNAC’s only mens player to score 1,000 points and pull down 1,000 rebounds. 
 
Second team selections, in addition to Chase, were Mack Spellman of Emmanuel, Greg Samuels of
Johnson & Wales,  Jaime Crawford of Lasell, who led the conference in scoring at 21.6ppg and field goal percentage with .599, and Elbie Murphy of Saint Joseph’s (ME). 
 
Along with Dawkins, the third team consisted of Tirone McCray of Johnson & Wales, Dwayne Powell of Lasell, Jerrold Williams of Norwich and Raymond Eatmon of Saint Joseph’s (ME). 
 
FIRST TEAM 

   
SECOND TEAM 

 
THIRD TEAM 

 
 
Player of the Year     Jeremy Shannon    Emerson 
 
Rookie of the Year     Chris Hanson     Daniel Webster 
 
Defensive Player of the Year   Jeremy Shannon    Emerson 
 
Coach of the Year     Hank Smith     Emerson