2014-15 Men's Basketball All-SUNYAC Teams

CORTLAND, N.Y. – Senior guard/forward R.J. Rosa (North Branch, N.Y./Sullivan West) and senior guard/forward Taylor Sowah (Bronx, N.Y./Miller Place) from the State University of New York at New Paltz each were named as 2014-15 Men's Basketball All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) selections, as announced Tuesday by the conference office.
 
Rosa was chosen to the All-SUNYAC Second Team, while Sowah made the All-SUNYAC Third Team. It marks the first-ever All-Conference honor for both student-athletes.
 
Rosa finished the season as one of the top backcourt defenders in all of NCAA Division III, ranking second in the country in steals per game (3.5) while leading the SUNYAC in the statistical category. His 81 steals are the fourth-most in a single season in the history of the program, ranking behind Eric Bell's freshman, sophomore and junior seasons. To boot, Rosa tied the program's single-game record in steals (8) on Feb. 7 against SUNY Plattsburgh. He also finished the season ranked eighth in the SUNYAC in points per game (14.5) and averaged 4.2 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per game and 0.3 blocks per game. Rosa was a two-time SUNYAC Player of the Week (Dec. 1, Jan. 12) and a one-time ECAC NCAA Division III Upstate Player of the Week (Jan. 13) in addition to making the D3hoops.com Men's National Team of the Week once (Jan. 13). A 2010 graduate of Sullivan West High School, he is the son of Robert and Ana Rosa.
 
Sowah became the 19th New Paltz men's basketball student-athlete to reach the 1,000-point plateau, as he achieved the milestone in the final game of his career and finished with 1,018 points. Sowah, who had 11 double-doubles throughout the course of the season, ranked second in the SUNYAC in rebounds per game (9.5) and seventh in the conference in points per game (15.0). He also led the team in assists per game (2.8) while also averaging 1.7 steals per game and 0.4 blocks per game. Sowah finished his career ranked seventh all-time in program history in rebounds (569 total), and his 114 free throws made in 2014-15 were the sixth-most tallied in a single season in program history. A 2010 graduate of Miller Place High School, he is the son of Mary Ann Sowah.
 
The Hawks finished their season at 11-14 overall and 9-9 in the SUNYAC, marking just the second time in 16 years that the program has achieved at least a .500 record in conference play.