COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION For Immediate Release 4/4/19 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 helped lead the Pirates to a fifth place finish in their first season in the Big South Conference as well as a quarterfinal 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 -www.boxtorow.com- DWCommunications – Communications Division Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina 27526 * PHONE (919) 604-4829 .