SUNYAC ANNOUNCES MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

FREDONIA, N.Y. - The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announced its 2004 Men's Basketball All-Conference teams, Player of the Year, and First Year Players of the Year tonight at the annual SUNYAC Basketball Championship dinner at the Holiday Inn in Utica, NY. Brockport's Charlie Croff (Lockport/Lockport) has been selected as the 2004 SUNYAC Player of the Year and Oswego freshman guard Nicholas Perioli (Liverpool/Liverpool) and Plattsburgh junior transfer Curtis Smith (Brooklyn/Jefferson CC) share First Year Player of the Year honors.

Croff had a tremendous season for the Golden Eagles, who finished the regular season 15-1 in the conference and enter the SUNYAC Tournament as the top seed. The 6-5 forwards among the league leaders in virtually every statistical category, including scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage, free-throw percentage, and three-point percentage. He averaged 18.3 points per game and 10 rebounds per contest during the regular season and was twice named SUNYAC Player of the Week and once named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate Player of the Week.

Perioli averaged 38 minutes per game as a freshman for an Oswego State squad that finished the year 11-5 in SUNYAC play and 18-8 overall. Perioli is second in the league in assists to turnover ratio and is in the top-10 in the conference in steals, three-point field goals made, and free-throw percentage. Smith shot 55 percent from the field as a guard for the 14-12 Cardinals this season and is among the conference leaders in both steals and assists. For two straight weeksearlier season, the Jefferson Community College transfer led the entire nation in steals, averaging over four per game.

2003-04 SUNYAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
		*First Team*
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown/Previous School
Evril Clayton	Potsdam	G	Jr.	6-1	Albany/Manhattan College
Charlie Croff	Brockport	F	Sr.	6-5	Lockport/Lockport
Nick Grimmer	SUNYIT	G/F	Jr.	6-5	New Hartford/New Hartford
Brandon Mills	Brockport	C	Sr.	6-7	Rochester/Spencerport
Dave Ponza	Oswego	F	Jr.	6-4	Solvay/Solvay

		*Second Team*
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown/Previous School
Randy Bills	Brockport	F	Sr	6-3	Fairport/Fairport
Perry Davis	Buffalo State	F	Sr.	6-3	Buffalo/Seneca
Ben Schwenebraten	Geneseo	G	Sr.	6-5	LeRoy/LeRoy
Curtis Smith	Plattsburgh	G	Jr.	6-1	Brooklyn/Jefferson CC
Joe Zera	Geneseo	G	Jr.	6-4	Buffalo/Canisius

		*Honorable Mention*
Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown/Previous School
Cameron Arterberry	Plattsburgh	F	Jr.	6-5	Rochester/Monroe CC
Edane Barton	Potsdam	G	Jr.	6-1	Spring Valley/Colgate University
Joshua Becker	Buffalo State	F	Sr.	6-3	Hamburg/Frontier
Johnnie Carter	Plattsburgh	F	Jr.	6-4	Brooklyn/Rockland CC
Frank Ranieri	Cortland	G/F	So.	6-4	Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse
Jon Rother	Cortland	F	So.	6-6	Sodus Point/Sodus Central
Christian Turner	Potsdam	F	Jr.	6-7	Central Square/Central Square

2003-04 Player of the Year: Charlie Croff (Brockport)

2003-04 Co-First Year Players of the Year: Nicholas Perioli (Oswego), Curtis Smith (Plattsburgh)