Senior forward named AP All-America honorable mention and Defensive All-America.
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.) of the Stony Brook men's basketball team has added to his long list of postseason honors. On Monday, he was named an Associated Press All-America honorable mention and named to the Collegeinsider.com Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America team.
Brenton is the second player in school history to be honored by theAssociated Press, joining Muhammad El-Amin, who was also an honorable mention pick in 2010. In addition, Brenton is the first Stony Brook player ever to be named to the Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America team.
Brenton continues to rack up the accolades after a fantastic senior season in which he led the Seawolves in rebounds (279), assists (158), steals (54), free throws made (100). Last week, he was named a Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American by Collegeinsider.com. Last month, he was named America East Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All-America East and America East All-Defensive.
In his career, Brenton is a two-time first-team All-America East selection and a two-time America East Defensive Player of the Year. He was just the second player in America East history to be named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. He graduates Stony Brook as the program's all-time leader in rebounds (1,115) and steals (220) and the program's all-time Div. I leader in assists (405). He is tied for third all-time in conference in history in career rebounds, one of just eight players ever in the league to grab over 1,000 rebounds.
Brenton co-captained a Stony Brook squad that posted its best season ever as a Div. I program, winning 25 games, capturing the America East regular season championship for the third time in the last four seasons and earning the program's first-ever national postseason victory, a 71-58 win over Massachusetts in the first round of the NIT.
In his four seasons as a member of the Seawolves, Brenton played in 127 games, and Stony Brook had an 85-42 record (.669) in those games.
2012-13 Associated Press All-America Teams
First Team
Trey Burke, Michigan
Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Second Team
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Cody Zeller, Indiana
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Shane Larkin, Miami
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Third Team
DeShaun Thomas, Ohio State
Jeff Withey, Kansas
Russ Smith, Louisville
Erick Green, Virginia Tech
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
Honorable Mention
Kyle Barone, Idaho; Jerrelle Benimon, Towson; Anthony Bennett, UNLV; Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook; Sherwood Brown, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaiah Canaan, Murray State; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia; Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse; Ian Clark, Belmont; Jake Cohen, Davidson.
Jack Cooley, Notre Dame; D.J. Cooper, Ohio; Allen Crabbe, California; Aaron Craft, Ohio State; Seth Curry, Duke; Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's; Gorgui Dieng, Louisville; James Ennis, Long Beach State; Chris Flores, NJIT; Jamal Franklin, San Diego State.
Ian Hummer, Princeton; Colton Iverson, Colorado State; Joe Jackson, Memphis; Kareem Jamar, Montana; Lamont Jones, Iona; Ray McCallum, Detroit; Rodney McGruder, Kansas State; Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA; Erik Murphy, Florida; Mike Muscala, Bucknell.
Stan Okoye, VMI; Jamal Olasewere, LIU Brooklyn; Phil Pressey, Missouri; Augustine Rubit, South Alabama; Peyton Siva, Louisville; Taylor Smith, Stephen F. Austin; Omar Strong, Texas Southern; Kendall Williams, New Mexico; Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State; Khalif Wyatt, Temple.
2013 LEFTY DRIESELL DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Brenton is the second player in school history to be honored by theAssociated Press, joining Muhammad El-Amin, who was also an honorable mention pick in 2010. In addition, Brenton is the first Stony Brook player ever to be named to the Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America team.
Brenton continues to rack up the accolades after a fantastic senior season in which he led the Seawolves in rebounds (279), assists (158), steals (54), free throws made (100). Last week, he was named a Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American by Collegeinsider.com. Last month, he was named America East Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All-America East and America East All-Defensive.
In his career, Brenton is a two-time first-team All-America East selection and a two-time America East Defensive Player of the Year. He was just the second player in America East history to be named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. He graduates Stony Brook as the program's all-time leader in rebounds (1,115) and steals (220) and the program's all-time Div. I leader in assists (405). He is tied for third all-time in conference in history in career rebounds, one of just eight players ever in the league to grab over 1,000 rebounds.
Brenton co-captained a Stony Brook squad that posted its best season ever as a Div. I program, winning 25 games, capturing the America East regular season championship for the third time in the last four seasons and earning the program's first-ever national postseason victory, a 71-58 win over Massachusetts in the first round of the NIT.
In his four seasons as a member of the Seawolves, Brenton played in 127 games, and Stony Brook had an 85-42 record (.669) in those games.
2012-13 Associated Press All-America Teams
First Team
Trey Burke, Michigan
Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Second Team
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Cody Zeller, Indiana
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Shane Larkin, Miami
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Third Team
DeShaun Thomas, Ohio State
Jeff Withey, Kansas
Russ Smith, Louisville
Erick Green, Virginia Tech
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
Honorable Mention
Kyle Barone, Idaho; Jerrelle Benimon, Towson; Anthony Bennett, UNLV; Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook; Sherwood Brown, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaiah Canaan, Murray State; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia; Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse; Ian Clark, Belmont; Jake Cohen, Davidson.
Jack Cooley, Notre Dame; D.J. Cooper, Ohio; Allen Crabbe, California; Aaron Craft, Ohio State; Seth Curry, Duke; Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's; Gorgui Dieng, Louisville; James Ennis, Long Beach State; Chris Flores, NJIT; Jamal Franklin, San Diego State.
Ian Hummer, Princeton; Colton Iverson, Colorado State; Joe Jackson, Memphis; Kareem Jamar, Montana; Lamont Jones, Iona; Ray McCallum, Detroit; Rodney McGruder, Kansas State; Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA; Erik Murphy, Florida; Mike Muscala, Bucknell.
Stan Okoye, VMI; Jamal Olasewere, LIU Brooklyn; Phil Pressey, Missouri; Augustine Rubit, South Alabama; Peyton Siva, Louisville; Taylor Smith, Stephen F. Austin; Omar Strong, Texas Southern; Kendall Williams, New Mexico; Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State; Khalif Wyatt, Temple.
2013 LEFTY DRIESELL DEFENSIVE ALL-AMERICA TEAM
| Khem Birch | 6-9 | Fr. | UNLV |
| Tommy Brenton | 6-5 | Sr. | Stony Brook |
| Will Cherry | 6-1 | Sr. | Montana |
| Ian Clark | 6-3 | Sr. | Belmont |
| Aaron Craft | 6-2 | Jr. | Ohio State |
| Gorgui Dieng | 6-11 | Jr. | Louisville |
| Jontel Evans | 5-11 | So. | Virginia |
| Shane Larkin | 5-11 | So. | Miami |
| Zeke Marshall | 7-0 | Sr. | Akron |
| Nerlens Noel | 6-10 | Fr. | Kentucky |
| Chris Obekpa | 6-9 | Fr. | St. John's |
| Victor Oladipo | 6-5 | Jr. | Indiana |
| Trevor Releford | 6-0 | Jr. | Alabama |
| Andre Roberson | 6-7 | Jr. | Colorado |
| Durand Scott | 6-5 | Sr. | Miami |
| Marcus Smart | 6-4 | Fr. | Oklahoma State |
| Michael Snaer | 6-5 | Sr. | Florida State |
| D.J. Stephens | 6-5 | Sr. | Memphis |
| Darius Theus | 6-3 | Sr. | VCU |
| Julian Washburn | 6-7 | So. | UTEP |
| Jeff Withey | 7-0 | Sr. | Kansas |
