2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Gallery: (11/26/2016) TONEY, Sam (Photo Gallery)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2020 United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Most Courageous Award; first NCAA Division III male to ever be selected
- The first two-time NABC or D3hoops.com All-America selection in NJCU history.
- Fourth leading scorer in NJCU history with 1,779 points.
- Led NJCU to four postseason appearances, including three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths from 2017-2019.
- 4-time All-NJAC selection; NJCU's first four-time selection in 33 years
- 3-time All-ECAC selection
- 3-time All-MBWA selection
- 6-time NJAC Player of the Week in career
- 2-time D3hoops.com National Team of the Week selection in career; only two-time Team of the Week selection in NJCU history, earning the award in week two (December 4, 2017) of the 2017-18 season and week 10 (January 28, 2019) of the 2018-19 season.
- 2019-20 DIII News Preseason Division III National Player of the Year
- 2019-20 D3hoops.com Preseason Second Team All-American
- 2019-20 Second Team All-Met MBWA
- 2019-20 Second-Team All-ECAC
- 2019-20 Second-Team All-NJAC
- 2019-20 2-time NJAC Player of the Week
- 2019 NJAC Male Athlete of the Year; the most prestigious accolade possible for an athlete who participates in the NJAC and the first male athlete in the history of NJCU to win the award.
- 2018-19 NABC First-Team All-American
- 2018-19 NABC National Player of the Year finalist
- 2018-19 NABC Atlantic District Player of the Year
- 2018-19 D3hoops.com Atlantic Region of the Year
- 2018-19 D3hoops.com Honorable Mention All-American
- 2018-19 NABC First-Team All-Atlantic District
- 2018-19 D3hoops.com First-Team All-Atlantic Region
- 2018-19 New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Year
- Became the first player to repeat as the NJAC Player of the Year since former William Paterson National Player of the Year Horace Jenkins won the award in three consecutive seasons from 1999-2001. Toney is just the fifth two-time winner—and repeat winner—since 1980 and the first in NJCU history.
- 2018-19 First-Team All-NJAC
- 2018-19 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division III Player of the Year
- Named NJCU's first-ever Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year at 2019 NJCU Awards Show
- 2018-19 D3hoops.com Preseason First-Team All-American
- 2018-19 Street and Smith Magazine Preseason First-Team All-American
- 2018-19 Basketball Times Preseason First-Team All-American
- 2017-18 New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Year
- Only the third sophomore named NJAC Player of the Year in NJAC history (1999, 2013)
- First player to be Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in consecutive seasons in NJAC history.
- NABC Third-Team All-America (First at NJCU since 2004); one of just two sophomores on the All-America team
- 2017-18 Fourth Team All-America; one of just two sophomores on the All-America team
- 2017-18 NABC First-Team All-Atlantic District
- 2017-18 First-Team All-ECAC Division III (all regions)
- 2017-18 First-Team D3hoops.com All Atlantic Region
- 2017-18 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division III co-Player of the Year
- 2017-18 Small College Basketball Bevo Francis Top 50 Watchlist; one of just four sophomores on list anywhere nationally and one of just two from Division III; one of just 10 total Division III players on the list
- 2016-17 DIII News National All-Rookie Team
- 2016-17 D3hoops.com Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year
- 2016-17 New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year
- 2016-17 Honorable Mention All-NJAC
- 2016-17 3-time NJAC Player of the Week
- 2016-17 3-time Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division II-III Player of the Week
- 2016-17 2-time Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Player of the Week.
- Most Valuable Player of the Rose City Classic in November.
- In 2017-18, Toney produced five efforts of 30+ points, including a career-high 42 points in a last-second loss at Ramapo on January 13. The 42 points are a school record for a road game, the fourth most ever scored in any game in the 85-year history of the program and the highest tally in any game since February 1981.
- Fifth NJCU player named NJAC Player of the Year and the first since 2003-04.
- 2017-18 Statistical Highlights: Scored 25 or more 7 times...Scored 20 or more 14 times in 27 games...Produced 12 double-doubles...Scored 555 points with 261 rebounds...Averaged 20.6 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.9 blocks...Shot .475 from the field, .373 from three-point range, .821 from the free throw line.
- After being out of school since graduating high school in 2010, Toney earned a 3.222 GPA for the 2017-18 year.
- 2-year team captain (2017-18, 2018-19); first sophomore to serve as NJCU captain since 1977-78 season.
- Resident Assistant, NJCU Residential Life
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2016-17Freshman
Power Forward
6'4"
225 lbs
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C
2017-18Sophomore
Power Forward
6'4"
223 lbs
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C
2018-19Junior
Small Forward
6'4"
220 lbs
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2019-20Senior
Power Forward
6'4"
225 lbs
