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The All-Skyline Conference Men's Basketball teams were announced on Monday, February 26th and junior Peter Lipka (Shelton, Conn./Shelton) and sophomore guard Damien Santana (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grady) were among this years top conference players.
Lipka was named Second Team All-Skyline after finishing second on the team in scoring this year with 12.0 points per game, while leading the team from long range with a 46.8-percent average. He also led the team at the free throw line with a .731 average. Among the conference, Pete stands in 3rd in three-point percentage and 8th in three-pt field goals per game. He shot 50% or better in 13 games this year, posting season-highs of 29 points with 6 three's made and 27 points on 7-of-8 threes made against Stevens. Peter was also one of just two players to start all 27 games this season and had played a team-high 711 minutes to date.
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Santana was named Honorable Mention All-Skyline. He led the team in scoring (14.4 ppg), points scored (389), field goals made (132) and steals (35), while also averaging a second highest .385 from behind the arc. Damien has come off the bench to score in double figures 19 times this season with a single game season-high of 27 points. He also dropped 7 three's in a game twice this season. In the conference, he ranked 14th in scoring and 9th in 3-pt field goals made.
2007 All-Skyline Men's Basketball
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Mike Hoyt, Mount Saint Mary
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Ryan Samuel, USMMA
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Donte Chisolm, Manhattanville
COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR
Manhattanville
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Maritime
FIRST TEAM
Mike Hoyt, Mount Saint Mary
Virgil Gray, Stevens
Waleed Farid, Stevens
Kenny Eusey, Old Westbury
David Acree, St. Joseph's
SECOND TEAM
Shuki Merlis, Yeshiva
Donte Chisolm, Manhattanville
Cody Moffett, Manhattanville
Jorge Martinez, St. Joseph's
Peter Lipka, Farmingdale State
HONORABLE MENTION
Ian Ribald, Yeshiva
Damien Santana, Farmingdale State
Brian Kelly, USMMA
Alex Kuchar, Centenary
John DiBetta, Manhattanville