NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Wilmington University junior Amiri Stewart was voted a First Team All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference performer on Tuesday ahead of the CACC Tournament, as announced by the conference office.
The CACC announced its three All-Conference Teams and major award winners and it is the first time in his career that Amiri Stewart (Boothwyn, Pa.) has been named an All-CACC performer. He is the first First Team performer for the Wildcats since Jermaine Head in the 2019-20 season.
The junior has led the Wildcats to a 16-12 overall record and a 9-7 mark in the CACC. They earned the CACC South Division's No. 3 seed and are heading to play the North Division's No. 2 seed Post in the CACC Tournament First Round on Tuesday night.
Amiri Stewart has come on strong down the stretch of the season to finish third in the CACC with a 17.4 points per game mark. In the final 12 games of the season, there were only two games in which he didn't reach the 20-point mark, averaging 22.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 2.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game, while shooting 54.7 percent from the floor.
For the season, Stewart is averaging 17.4 points per game (19.9 points per CACC game), while grabbing 4.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.9 steals per game as well. For being a guard, he ranks eighth in the CACC in shooting 54 percent from the floor and fifth overall in shooting 44.2 percent from beyond the three-point arc on the year. He ranks fourth in the CACC with 51 steals, sixth with 98 assists, and 10th overall with 24 blocks.
He set a new career-high with 31 points against Dominican, a game after putting 30 in against Jefferson. He collected his lone double-double of the season on February 6 at Caldwell, scoring 21 points to go with a career-high 10 rebounds, four assists, and four steals.
He is joined on the All-CACC First Team by Post's Deng Deang, Caldwell's Darnell Evans, Goldey-Beacom's Zayon Marsh, and Jefferson's Erik Timko.
Jefferson's Erik Timko was named the CACC Player of the Year for the second year in a row while Bloomfield took home three Major Awards. Bloomfield's Starrell Hearns was voted the CACC Rookie of the Year while their center Edward Ngene was named the CACC Defensive Player of the Year. Their coach Gerald Holmes was voted the CACC Coach of the Year by the league's sports information directors.
The CACC Tournament begins on Tuesday night with the First Round matchups. The Wildcats head to Post to play the Eagles starting at 5:30 p.m.
2023-24 CACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team:
Deng Deang (Post University)
Darnell Evans (Caldwell University)
Zayon Marsh (Goldey-Beacom College)
Amiri Stewart (Wilmington University)
Erik Timko (Thomas Jefferson University)
Second Team:
Bol Akot (Post University)
Jaylen Colon (Felician University)
Nazim Derry (Goldey-Beacom College)
Antonin Kemkeng (Thomas Jefferson University)
Seth Sharif-Brown (Dominican University)
Third Team:
Ahmed Barba-Bey (Thomas Jefferson University)
Derrick Bueno (Caldwell University)
Al Fatir Conner (Bloomfield College)
Starrell Hearns (Bloomfield College)
Edward Ngene (Bloomfield College)
2023-24 CACC Player of the Year: Erik Timko (Thomas Jefferson University)
2023-24 CACC Rookie of the Year: Starrell Hearns (Bloomfield College)
2023-24 CACC Defensive Player of the Year: Edward Ngene (Bloomfield College)
2023-24 CACC Coach of the Year: Gerald Holmes (Bloomfield College)
2023-24 CACC Team Sportsmanship Award: Georgian Court University