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BRIAN LILLIS NAMED AMERICA EAST BASKETBALL
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
May 14, 2008
 Cambridge,
Mass. – University at Albany’s Brian Lillis
has been selected America East Conference
Scholar-Athlete of the Year in men’s
basketball for the 2007-08 academic year, as
announced on Wednesday afternoon by the
conference office. He has a 3.23 cumulative
grade point average in business
administration.
Lillis, a 6-foot-5 guard/forward from
Urbandale, Iowa, recently received an ECAC
Merit Medal as UAlbany’s top senior male
student-athlete who combined excellence in
athletics and in the classroom. He was voted
first-team all-conference and made his second
consecutive appearance on the America East
all-defensive unit. Lillis was chosen the 2008
America East Fans’ Choice Player of the Year.
One of 10 players at the NCAA Division I level
to lead his team in points, rebounds and
assists, Lillis ranked among the conference
leaders in several statistical categories. He
averaged 15.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5
assists and 1.6 steals. His reverse dunk
against Vermont on Feb. 11 made ESPN
SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays of the Day.
Lillis, who led the Great Danes to pair of
conference titles and two NCAA berths during
his career, was selected to this year’s ESPN
The Magazine District I All-Academic Team and
was twice a member of the conference’s
all-academic squad. He received UAlbany’s 2008
President’s Award for Leadership.
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