Ryan Named NABC Third-Team All-America; D3Hoops Honorable Mention
2015 NABC Coaches' Division III All-America Teams
2015 D3Hoops.com All-America Teams
St. John Fisher College sophomore forward Keegan Ryan was named Third-Team All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Also named a second-team honoree by D3hoops.com
The sophomore forward is the first All-American for the men's basketball program since Sean O'Brien in 2005-06.
Ryan led the nationally-ranked Cardinals in points (15.1) and rebounds per game (9.1). Ryan made his mark in the post throughout the season making 56.2 percent of his shots from the floor, ranking him 46th in the country and first in the Empire 8 Conference. The Empire 8 Player of the Year was also efficient from the free throw line going 122-for-181 (67.4%) on the season.
During the Cardinals' 30 games this season, Ryan was held under double-digits in just five contests including notching 10 double-doubles on the season. Ryan helped Fisher's scoring offense put up 77.4 points per game, second-best in the Empire 8, while leading the Cardinals in scoring in 14 of 30 games.
The Plattsburgh native has amassed 749 points and 330 rebounds in just two seasons for the Cardinals.
Ryan and the Cardinals recorded one of the most successful seasons in the program's history, finishing with a 25-5 overall record, which included an appearance in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Championship. Fisher defeated nationally-ranked Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the first round before knocking of perennial power Amherst College, 87-70, to advance to a Sweet 16 matchup with No. 1 ranked Randolph-Macon College. It was Fisher's fourth trip to the Sweet 16 in program history.
The Cardinals won the regular season title in the Empire 8 with a 14-2 mark in conference play. During Fisher's impressive season they rattled off 18 consecutive wins, spanning from Dec. 6, 2014 all the way to Feb. 17, 2015. The Cardinals' win streak this season was the third-best in the history of the 52-year-old program.