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2022–23 MANHATTAN MEN’S & WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

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QUICK FACTS LOCATION RIVERDALE, NY NICKNAME JASPERS COLORS GREEN & WHITE YEAR FOUNDED 1853

No.

Name

Cl.

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Hometown/High School/Previous School

No.

Name

Cl. 5 th Sr.

Pos.

Ht.

Hometown/High School/Previous School

0 1 2 3 4

James Jewell

Fr.

F

6-6 180 Louisville, Ky./Marion County/Southern California Acad.

0 1 2 3 4 5

Narrie Dodson Dee Dee Davis

F

6-0 Baton Rouge, La./Towson

Matthew Glassman Gr.

G 6-0 175 Bedford, N.H./Lawrence Academy (Mass.)/New Hampton

G 5-8 Bronx, N.Y./Truman

Tony Johnson Jr.

R-Jr.

G 6-3 185 Eufaula, Ala./Eufaula/UCF

Anne Bair

Fr.

G 5-8 Gettysburg, Pa.

PRESIDENT BROTHER DANIEL GARDNER, FSC ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MARIANNE REILLY (1982) HOME COURT DRADDY GYMNASIUM (2,520)

G 6-4 180 New York, N.Y./South Kent School (Conn.)/Seton Hall

Ant Nelson

5 th 5 th Sr. Sr.

Brazil Harvey-Carr

Sr. 5 th So.

F F

6-1 Camden, N.J./Leap Academy (Rhode Island)

G 6-0 180 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./American Heritage

Samir Stewart

6-3 Barcelona, Spain/University of Northwestern Ohio

Gemma Ruiz Garcia

10 11 12 14 21 22 23 24 30 34 55

Adam Cisse

F F

6-10 220 Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes

Bella Nascimento

G 5-8 Grafton, Mass./Shepherd Hill Regional

Daniel Schreier

6-9 220 Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica/Vermont Academy (Vt.)

10 11 12 13 20 21 24 25

Alyssa Costigan

Fr.

G 6-0 Herndon, Va./Paul VI High School

Aryan Arora

So.

G 6-1 175 Tuxedo Park, N.Y./IMG (Fla.) G 6-4 187 Eilat, Israel/Maccabi Haifa

Emily LaPointe

Sr.

G 5’10 Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Academy

Raziel Hayun

Fr. Fr.

Leyla Ozturk

Jr.

F F F

6-1 Berlin, Germany/Schiller-Gymnasium

PLAYER TO WATCH Dee Dee Davis is a two-time captain for the Jaspers. This year, Davis has continued to cement her legacy at Manhattan. Earlier in the year, against LIU Davis recorded the first triple-double in program history since 1994, when she posted a final stat line of 13 pts 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Davis moved into the top-10 all-time scoring list this season. In the team’s home contest against Siena earlier in the year, putting up 37 points, including 28 in the first half. Her previous career-high was set at the MAAC Championships last year, posting 35 points in the championship game against Fairfield. NOTABLE ALUMNI Courtney Warley is one of the best interior players to ever put on a Manhattan uniform. She is currently playing overseas in Portugal, but her mark on the Jasper program has been left and will never go away. A four-time All-MAAC performer, the 2018-2019 MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Second Team All Metropolitan, Warley finished her Jasper career with 1,295 points and 1,206 rebounds.

Adam Walden

F

6-10 255 Baltimore, Md./Our Savior Lutheran

Helena Galunic

So.

6-1 Zagreb, Croatia/Ill. Gymnasium

Daniel Hackett

So.

G 6-1 175 Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony's

Jade Blagrove

Jr.

6-2 Barendrecht, Netherlands/Calandlyecum (USF)

F

6-9 220 Troy, Ala./Charles Henderson/St John's

Josh Roberts

5 th 5 th

Christina Katsamouri

Sr. Sr. So.

G/F 6-0 Thessaloniki, Greece/Hellenic College of Thessaloniki

G 6-5 190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin/Miami Dade Col.

Marques Watson

Becca Wilson

C 6-4 Mount Vernon, N.Y./Coppin State

PLAYER TO WATCH Ant Nelson – Ant Nelson was a Preseason All-MAAC selection this season and was a Third Team All-MAAC selection after the 2020-21 campaign. Nelson ranks inside the top 10 in the MAAC in points, assists, steals, and minutes this season. Nelson set a new career-high with 11 assists at Rider on Jan. 22, 2022. Nelson surpassed 1,000 career points as a collegiate between his time at Seton Hall and Manhattan. He could surpass 1,000 career points at Manhattan during the MAAC Tournament. The New York native is one of three Jaspers who has logged at least 2,000 career minutes. NOTABLE ALUMNI Tim Cain ’85 graduated as the program’s all-time leading scorer and remains the lone Jasper to earn All MAAC honors in each of his four seasons in Riverdale. Cain began his illustrious career by being named the MAAC Rookie of the Year while also collecting first-team honors after averaging 15.3 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game as a freshman in 1981–82. He followed that up by notching 17.7 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore before checking in with a career-high 20.9 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game as a junior in 1983–84, and was named to the All-Metropolitan First Team. Thanks to a senior campaign in which he averaged 15.5 points per game, he finished his career with a then school record of 1,872 points (currently third) on the strength of a still-standing record of 776 field goals.

G 6-5 190 Bronx, N.Y./Mount St. Michael/Woodstock Academy

Elijah Buchanan

5 th

Petra Juric

F

6-2 Zagreb, Croatia/Ill Gymnasium

Logan Padgett

Jr.

G/F 6-6 210 Homewood, Ala./Homewood

Head Coach: Heather Vulin- 7 th Season (Minn.-Morris – 1999) Assistant Coaches: Callan Stores- 7 th Season (Sacred Heart-2012), Rena Wakama- 6 th Season (Western Carolina-2014), Samera Marsh- 1 st Season (Saint Peter’s-2008) Director of Basketball Operations: Raven James- 1 st Season (Villanova-2021)

G 6-5 180 Irvington, N.Y./Iona Prep/Harcum College

Nick Brennen

5 th

Interim Head Coach: RaShawn Stores, 1 st Season (Manhattan) Assistant Coaches: Anthony Doran, Tyler Wilson Director of Operations: Josh Pittman Director of Player Personnel: Jeremiah Aska

INTERIM HEAD COACH RASHAWN STORES

HEAD COACH HEATHER VULIN

RaShawn Stores in the interim head coach of the Jaspers in 2022-23. Stores has been on staff at Manhattan since the 2016-17 season. Stores is the second youngest head coach in Division I and is the first African American head coach in program history. During his time as an assistant coach, Stores has mentored eight All-MAAC players and one major award winner—Pauly Paulicap, 2018 Defensive Player of the Year. Stores played four years at Manhattan prior to moving onto the coaching staff. Stores and current assistant coach Tyler Wilson were members of the 2014 and 2015 MAAC Championship teams for the Jaspers. Stores was a 2016 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American as a senior and was a 2013 MAAC All-Rookie Selection.

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Heather Vulin is in her seventh year at the controls of the Jasper program. Under her guidance, the Jaspers advanced to the MAAC Championship game last season and, in the year prior, qualified for the WBI. Manhattan has consistently been one of the best rebounding teams, with her at the helm, being one of the top rebounding teams in the MAAC in that category. Vulin developed both Courtney Warley and current Manhattan standout guard Dee Dee Davis to multiple MAAC, Metropolitan awards.

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