Troy, NY - The Liberty League announced its All-League selections on Tuesday afternoon as sophomore
Shea Fitzgerald was named the Player of the Year and an All-Liberty League First Team selection along with classmate
Avery Lee earning All-Liberty League First Team honors. In addition, Head Coach
Ryan Mee and assistant coach Leo Clibanoff were honored as the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year.
Fitzgerald was named the Liberty League Player of the Year, the first since Zach Johnson in 2022, and an All-First Team Liberty League selection after leading the league in points per game with 19.7 and in free throw percentage at 88.0. Fitzgerald was an integral part of the team earning the #3 seed in the Liberty League Championship and winning 12 regular season conference games for the first time in school history. He also was named the Liberty League Performer of the Week three times this season.
Fitzgerald ranks in the top-75 in the country in points per game and is 25th nationally in free throw percentage. Fitzgerald now holds the third highest points per game average in a single season at Vassar and holds the second highest free throw percentage mark in a single season in program history.
Lee was named an All-Liberty League First Team selection after finishing second on the team behind the Player of the Year and teammate Fitzgerald with 15.5 points per game. Lee poured in a career-high 33 points in a victory over Union and was named the Liberty League Performer of the Week twice this season. Lee helped lead Vassar to its most regular season conference victories in a season with 12 and helped the Brewers get the #3 seed in the Liberty League Championship after being picked eighth in the preseason poll.
Mee and Clibanoff were selected as the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year after earning the third seed in the Liberty League Championship and winning 12 conference regular season games for the first time in school history. Vassar was selected to finish eighth in the preseason poll and the staff mentored Liberty League Player of the Year and All-Liberty League First Team selection in Fitzgerald along with All-Liberty League First Team honoree in Lee. Mee earned the first Liberty League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in men's basketball program history in 2021-22.
Vassar closed the season at 16-10 overall and earned the third seed in the Liberty League Championship with a conference record of 12-4.
