Fairfield's Tyler Nelson Unanimous Selection to MAAC All-Rookie Team, Heads to MAAC Championship

Fairfield freshman guard Tyler Nelson was a unanimous selection to the MAAC All-Rookie team, which was chosen by the conferences 11 head coaches. The Stags second leading scorer is joined by Kassius Robertson from Canisius College, Schadrac Casimir of Iona, Niagara University-s Dominique Reid, and Ayron Hutton of Quinnipiac University. One of these five players will be named the 2014-15 MAAC Rookie of the Year, also selected by the head coaches of the league. The winner will be announced on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the Postseason Awards Show located at the Swyer Theater at the Egg. The show will be broadcast live on ESPN3. Nelson, a 6-foot-3, freshman guard from Bradford, Mass., was a unanimous selection to the All-Rookie Team. He averaged 10.3 points per game and 1.4 assists per game this season. Nelson shot a team best 84.9 percent from the charity stripe while being named MAAC Rookie of the Week twice during the season. Fairfield-s leading scorer, forward Marcus Gilbert, was selected to the All-MAAC Third Team. The junior averaged 16.5 ppg, and led the Stags in scoring in 22 of Fairfield-s 30 regular-season contests. Fairfield enters MAAC tournament play Thursday night (March 5th) as the 10th seed, on the heels of a disappointing 7-23 season. The Stags will face seventh-seed St. Peter's in Albany, New York, at the Times Union Center. Tip-off is at 7:00 pm. Nelson injured his ankle in the season finale on Sunday and will be a game-time decision in the opening round of the MAAC.