Nicholson A-10 ROY ... well deserved

[homersbu]

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Saint Joseph's senior forward Ahmad Nivins has been named the 2008-09 Atlantic 10 men's basketball Player of the Year in voting conducted among the Conference's 14 head coaches.

The A-10 coaches also selected Andrew Nicholson of St. Bonaventure as the Rookie of the Year, Duquesne's Aaron Jackson as the Chris Daniels Award recipient as the league's most improved player, Delroy James of Rhode Island as Sixth Man of the Year, Massachusetts' Tony Gaffney as Defensive Player of the Year and Rhode Island's Jim Baron as Coach of the Year. In addition, Kevin Lisch of Saint Louis was tabbed Student-Athlete of the Year in voting among the league's sports information directors.

[AOXOMOXOA]

Very well deserved. There was no one close.

[b4life]

Awesome...the future is bright!

[tomangelone]

Congrats to Andrew. Hopefully this on-paper award might help attract some talent in the spring.

[triple302]

A well deserved award. Congratulations Andrew! Keep up the work in AC and put in the work in the off season. You have a very bright future.

[OceanStateBonnie]

Congratulations to Andrew......and to his teammates and the staff. Awards such as these don't happen in a vacuum and I am sure he is grateful to all in the program.

This is a great development for St. Bonaventure men's basketball.

[mikebossy22]

Congrats to Andy, go Bonas.

[njbona02]

We need Andy to step up because Grease wont be there. I know he will. The Spiders are going down.