DIX HILLS, N.Y. — The King's College junior guard Mali Binen (Adana, Turkey) was named the 2021-22 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball Player of the Year as the league announced the members of the All-HVIAC Men's Basketball Team at the 2022 HVIAC Tournament at Five Towns College.
Collecting a league-leading four Player of the Week honors, Binen averaged a league-best 25.4 points on 46.5 percent shooting in conference games and helped the Lions to their first tournament appearance. He also dished out a 4.0 assists a game, 5th in the conference, and pulled down 7.4 boards a night, 7th in the league.
Five Towns College freshman forward Jan Filip Jagielski (Kielce, Poland) was selected as the Rookie of the Year. The three-time Rookie of the Week honoree averaged 12.5 points and 9.2 boards in conference play which was highlighted by a 20-point, 12-rebound double-double against Vaughn and a 16-point, 23-rebound effort against King's.
In total, 13 men received All-Conference recognition for outstanding play throughout the season and three are repeat honorees.
Guiding the Word of Life to a second-place finish and their first HVIAC tournament appearance, Head Coach Justin Cousins and Assistant Coach Ryan Haneman were named Coaching Staff of the Year.
The HVIAC All-Conference Team, Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coaching Staff of the Year are selected by the conference's men's basketball coaches based on regular-season conference play.
Player of the Year - Mali Binen (King's)
Rookie of the Year - Jan Filip Jagielski (Five Towns)
Coaching Staff of the Year - Word of Life/Davis (Head Coach Justin Cousins, Assistant Coach Ryan Haneman)
| Noah Amet | Word of Life | So. | Sevierville, Tenn. |
| Mali Binen | King's | Jr. | Adana, Turkey |
| Turray Bynum * | Berkeley | Jr. | Bronx, N.Y. |
| Ethan Crawford | Word of Life | Jr. | Delaware, Ohio |
| Eric Eastman | Culinary | Sr. | Lansing, N.Y. |
| Daquan Jackson * | Berkeley | So. | Bronx, N.Y. |
| Jan Filip Jagielski | Five Towns | Fr. | Kielce, Poland |
| Dontel Henry | Berkeley | So. | Bronx, N.Y. |
| Damani Merritt * | Five Towns | Jr. | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Jimmy Nguyen | King's | Jr. | Arlington, Texas |
| Reid Patchett | SUNY ESF | So. | Geneva, N.Y. |
| Louis Roche | Vaughn | Jr. | Carteret, N.J. |
| Cyrus Sprague | Word of Life | So. | Hampton, Conn. |
Denotes 2019-20 All-Conference Team Selection
