Fairfield freshman guard Tyler Nelson was a unanimous selection to the MAAC All-Rookie team, which was chosen by the conferences 11 head coaches. The Stags second leading scorer is joined by Kassius Robertson from Canisius College, Schadrac Casimir of Iona, Niagara University’s Dominique Reid, and Ayron Hutton of Quinnipiac University.

One of these five players will be named the 2014-15 MAAC Rookie of the Year, also selected by the head coaches of the league. The winner will be announced on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Postseason Awards Show located at the Swyer Theater at the Egg. The show will be broadcast live on ESPN3.

Nelson, a 6-foot-3, freshman guard from Bradford, Mass., was a unanimous selection to the All-Rookie Team. He averaged 10.3 points per game and 1.4 assists per game this season. Nelson shot a team best 84.9 percent from the charity stripe while being named MAAC Rookie of the Week twice during the season.

Fairfield’s leading scorer, forward Marcus Gilbert, was selected to the All-MAAC Third Team. The junior averaged 16.5 ppg, and led the Stags in scoring in 22 of Fairfield’s 30 regular-season contests.

Fairfield enters MAAC tournament play Thursday night (March 5th) as the 10th seed, on the heels of a disappointing 7-23 season. The Stags will face seventh-seed St. Peter's in Albany, New York, at the Times Union Center. Tip-off is at 7:00 pm. Nelson injured his ankle in the season finale on Sunday and will be a game-time decision in the opening round of the MAAC.
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