NJCU’s Sam Toney Selected as DIII News Preseason National Player of the Year

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University senior power forward Sam Toney has been named the D-III News Preseason National Player of the Year, The Monthly Newsletter of Division III Men's Basketball announced in its most recent edition. 
 
Toney, a 2018-19 NABC First-Team All-American and two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Year, was the 2019 NJAC Male Athlete of the Year. A two-time All-American by both the NABC and D3hoops.com, Toney enters his senior campaign with 1,362 points.
 
Toney's career honors:

  • 2019-20 DIII News Preseason Division III National Player of the Year
  • 2019-20 D3hoops.com Preseason Second Team All-American
  • Toney earned the most prestigious accolade possible for an athlete who participates in the New Jersey Athletic Conference by being named the 2019 NJAC Male Athlete of the Year. He is the first male athlete in the history of NJCU to win the award.
  • 2018-19 NABC First-Team All-American
  • 2018-19 NABC National Player of the Year finalist
  • 2018-19 NABC Atlantic District Player of the Year
  • 2018-19 D3hoops.com Atlantic Region of the Year
  • 2018-19 D3hoops.com Honorable Mention All-American
  • 2018-19 NABC First-Team All-Atlantic District
  • 2018-19 D3hoops.com First-Team All-Atlantic Region
  • 2018-19 New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Year
    • Became the first player to repeat as the NJAC Player of the Year since former William Paterson National Player of the Year Horace Jenkins won the award in three consecutive seasons from 1999-2001. Toney is just the fifth two-time winner—and repeat winner—since 1980 and the first in NJCU history.
  • 2018-19 First-Team All-NJAC
  • 2018-19 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division III Player of the Year 
  • Named NJCU's first-ever Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year at 2019 NJCU Awards Show
  • 2018-19 D3hoops.com Preseason First-Team All-American
  • 2018-19 Street and Smith's Preseason First-Team All-American
  • 2017-18 NABC Third-Team All-American
  • 2017-18 D3hoops.com Fourth-Team All-American
  • 2017-18 NABC First-Team All-Atlantic District
  • 2017-18 D3hoops.com First-Team All-Atlantic Region
  • 2017-18 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division III co-Player of the Year 
  • 2017-18 New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Year
  • 2017-18 First-Team All-NJAC
  • 2016-17 DIII News National All-Rookie Team
  • 2016-17 D3hoops.com Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year
  • 2016-17 New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year
  • 2016-17 Honorable Mention All-NJAC 

 
The full DIII News Preseason All-American List:
 
DIIIN Top 24 Selections

  • Sam Toney, New Jersey City, Senior
  • Booker Coplin, Augsburg, Senior
  • Kena Gilmour, Hamilton, Senior
  • Dimitrius Underwood, UT-Dallas, Senior
  • Gabriel Leifer, Yeshiva, Senior
  • Buzz Anthony, Randolph-Macon, Junior
  • Will Crumly, Covenant, Junior
  • Sean Bryant, Salem State, Senior
  • Will Carius, Monmouth, Senior
  • Tim Wendel, Crown, Senior
  • Da'Kquan Davis, Arcadia, Junior
  • Brandon Alexander, Southwestern, Senior
  • Brian Cameron, Wesley, Senior
  • Julian Collazo, Cairn, Senior
  • Matthew Kirmse, MSOE, Senior
  • Riley Collins, Drew, Senior
  • Brian Hogan-Gary, Johnson & Wales, Senior
  • Sean Smith, Manhattanville, Junior
  • Jake Ross, Springfield, Senior
  • Nate Schimonitz, Neb. Wesleyan, Junior
  • Zac O'Dell, Swarthmore, Junior
  • Christian Taylor, Staten Island, Junior
  • Connor Rairdon, North Central, Senior
  • Romin Williams, Emory, Junior

 
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