2005 Men's Basketball Awards
The 2005 Liberty League End-of-Season Awards, announced February 24.

2005 Liberty League Player of the Year
Dana Martin   Skidmore
Senior Guard (Stowe, Vermont)
A five-time selection as the Liberty League Guard of the Week, Martin led the league in scoring averaging 21.9 points per game overall and 23.6 points per game in league play. Martin is currently fourth on Skidmore's all-time scoring list (1,441 points) after scoring 10 points or more in 22 of 23 appearances this season, including eight 25+ point outings. Also a two-time ECAC Upstate Player of the Week, Martin set Skidmore school records this season for three-point field goals made in a game (eight) and free throws made in a game (14).

2005 Liberty League Rookie of the Year
Lawrence Avitabile   Vassar
Forward (Southington, Connecticut)
Lawrence Avitabile, a starter in all 24 games, was named Liberty League Rookie of the Week seven times, Forward of the Week once and the ECAC Upstate co-Player of the Week once. In a sensational debut season, he led the Brewers in scoring, rebounding, blocks, steals and field goal percentage. He ranked among the top seven in all Liberty League statistical categories, including leading the league in blocked shots. He was fourth in rebounding, seventh in scoring, fifth in field goal percentage and fifth in steals.

2005 Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year
Rich Roche   Hobart
Coach Roche led the Statesmen to their first outright regular season conference crown with the third highest single season win total in the 95-season history of Hobart basketball. The Statesmen made a dramatic turnaround from last season, improving six games in the overall win column and reversing their conference record from 4-10 a year ago to 10-4 this season. Roche was assisted this season by Joe Wojtylko, Dennis Pysnack, Carl Wenzel, Woody Kampmann.

2005 Liberty League First Team
G	Colby Feane		Hobart	JR	Weedsport, NY
F	Nick Jones		Hamilton	SO	Washington, DC
F	Aaron Marshall		St. Lawrence	SR	Buffalo, NY
G	Dana Martin		Skidmore	SR	Stowe, VT
G	Paris Moore		Rensselaer	SR	Hempstead, NY
2005 Liberty League Second Team
F	Devon Bruce		Union	SR	Altamont, NY
G	John Cagianello		Union	JR	Wethersfield, CT
F	Joe Flacke		Hobart	SR	Schenectady, NY
F	Tsakani Ngobeni		Hamilton	SO	Soweto, South Africa
F	Russ Vitallo		Clarkson	JR	Dracut, MA
G	Judson Winton		Vassar	SR	San Francisco, CA

Honorable Mention: Lawrence Avitabile F (Vassar), Giorgi Chavleishvili F (Hamilton), J.P. Corry G (Skidmore), Fran Murray F (Skidmore), Michael Murray G (Skidmore), Tom Schneider F (Rensselaer), Keith Sullivan G (St. Lawrence), John Van Schaick F (Rensselaer)