WESTWOOD, Mass. - The NEWMAC  has released the 2022-23 Men's Basketball postseason major and All-Conference awards after a competitive season between the league's eight teams. 

After another impressive season on both ends of the floor, Emerson's Jarred Houston was selected as both the Athlete of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. The graduate student led the Lions to the No. 2 seed in the NEWMAC Tournament. In his dominant 2022-23 campaign  the center averaged a double double and ranked second in the conference in points (19.4) and in shooting percentage from the field (60.7%), first in rebounds (13.0) and blocks (3.7) per game, and eleventh in assists (3.2) per game. 

MIT's Rome Delgado-Gonzalez, earned Rookie of the Year accolades for a fantastic showing throughout his first season. In conference play, the first-year finished first in minutes per game (37.9) and free throw percentage (87.1), second in steals per game (1.9), third in points per game (18.5), seventh in assists per game (3.4), eighth in rebounds per game (6.8), and  ninth in blocks per game (0.8).

The coaching staff at WPI were named the Coaching Staff of the Year. The staff is led by head coach Chris Bartley and assistant coaches Riley Naclerio, David Brown, Jacob Ashworth and Kahleb Downing. The leaders brought the Engineers to the top seed in the NEWMAC Tournament and to a near perfect conference record of 13-1.  

The NEWMAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team consists of a first and second team of five selections which are voted on by the eight head men's basketball coaches. The 2022-23  selections are listed below.

Jarred Houston, Emerson Athlete of the Year Defensive Player of the Year

Rome Delgado-Gonzalez, MIT Rookie of the Year

WPI  Coaching Staff of the Year

2022-23 NEWMAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team

Team	Name	Institution
First Team All-Conference	Jarred Houston	Emerson College
First Team All-Conference	John Lowther	WPI
First Team All-Conference	Aaron Williams	Wheaton College
First Team All-Conference	Alex Carlisle	Wheaton College
First Team All-Conference	John Adams	WPI
Second Team All-Conference	Andrew Kirkpatrick	Babson College
Second Team All-Conference	Max Davis	Emerson College
Second Team All-Conference	Aidan Callahan	WPI
Second Team All-Conference	Nate Martin	Emerson College
Second Team All-Conference	Isaiah Taylor	Clark University