BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – After completing its best season in program history, the Sarah Lawrence men's basketball team received well-earned recognition from the Skyline Conference on Monday.
Sophomore
Enike Anyia was named to the Skyline All-Conference First Team, becoming the first Gryphon in program history to earn all-conference accolades. In addition, head coach
Chris Ehmer was named Skyline Men's Basketball Coach of the Year.
Sarah Lawrence just wrapped its best campaign in team history, setting records for wins (14), conference wins (12) and road victories (7). The Gryphons finished 14-12 overall, its first winning season in school history. Picked to finish ninth in the Skyline Preseason Poll, the Gryphons exceeded expectations, finishing as the No. 5 seed and earning a postseason berth for the first time in school history.
Anyia was the Gryphons' most consistent player, starting every contest with an average of 33.4 minutes per outing, seventh-best in the conference. The forward averaged 16.8 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, both among the top-10 in the Skyline, while his .598 field goal percentage was easily the best mark in the league. Anyia posted 10 double-doubles and seven games of 20 or more points, including three games of 30 or more, a team record.
The sophomore's terrific year did not go unnoticed throughout the season, as Anyia is a two-time Skyline Player of Week recipient and two-time MBWA Division II-III Player of the week honoree.
In just two seasons at Sarah Lawrence, Anyia has never missed a game, and has posted 764 points (15.0 ppg) and 430 rebounds (8.4 rpg) with a .568 field goal percentage, which all rank among the top-5 in the Gryphons record book.
Ehmer, joined on the sidelines this season by
Jay Modi,
Tian Tang,
Graham Gilleran and
Marek Fuchs, becomes the first coach in team history to earn Skyline Coach of the Year honors and the third Sarah Lawrence head coach this season, joining
Maurizio Grillo of women's soccer and
John King of men's and women's swimming.
Ehmer, in his sixth season as head coach, orchestrated a 10-game turn around, guiding Sarah Lawrence to its first-ever tournament appearance.
