THROGGS NECK, NY – After leading the Maritime College men's basketball team to its first postseason appearance in 15 years, senior guard Jake Murphy (Rockville Centre, NY) has been named Third Team All-Metropolitan by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA).  Murphy was a First Team All-Skyline Conference selection this season, as the Privateers went 14-13 overall and received the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament.

Murphy ranked seventh in the Skyline Conference with 16.4 points per game and was third in the league with a three-point percentage of .388.  He also shot .753 from the free throw line and tied for the team lead with 34 steals while sinking 54 three-pointers, second-most on the squad.

In 25 games, Murphy scored 20 or more points nine times, including four straight outings from Jan. 20-30.  On Jan. 27 against Mount St. Vincent, he poured in a career-high 28 points and added 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.  Murphy had a career-best seven assists against SUNY Canton on Dec. 30 and tallied five steals in a win over St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Feb. 10.

This marks the second straight year in which a Maritime player earned a place on the All-Met Third Team.  Prior to Ryan Donovan's selection last season, no Privateer had received All-Met honors since the 2017-18 campaign.

Only players at the 36 Division III schools in the MBWA coverage area are eligible for All-Met recognition.  This is the 91^st consecutive year in which media members have honored the best players in the New York area across all three divisions for both men and women.  It's the longest-running media-managed college basketball awards program in the country.