MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Two members of the Babson College men's basketball program garnered all-conference honors and first-year
Timmy Mulvey (Reading, Mass.) was selected as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Rookie of the Year when the league announced its postseason award winners on Tuesday morning.
In addition to Mulvey's honor, senior
Nate Amado (Hanson, Mass.) was named to the All-NEWMAC first team and graduate student
Felix Kloman (Ipswich, Mass.) earned an All-NEWMAC second-team nod.
The program's first NEWMAC Rookie of the Year selection since associate head coach
Joey Flannery '17 in 2014 and just the third since 2002, Mulvey averaged 9.5 points, 2.4 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 24 games this winter. A starter in 21 contests, he scored in double figures 11 times and ranked first among rookies in scoring, assists and three-point field goals (52) while shooting 37.1 percent from beyond the arc.
Mulvey, who finished four three-pointers shy of Babson's first-year record, also ranked second in the NEWMAC among all players with a 1.91 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Amado earned All-NEWMAC honors for the second year in a row after averaging 18.6 points and career highs of 8.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals to go along with 1.1 blocks in 26 starts. He ranked first in the conference in scoring, second in rebounds, fourth in field goal percentage (51.4), fifth in blocked shots, seventh in steals and ninth in assists while also leading the league with 182 made field goals.
Amado scored in double figures 24 times in 26 games, which includes scoring at least 20 points in 12 outings, and set a new career high with eight double-doubles, which ranked second in the NEWMAC.
One of just five players in program history to surpass 1,500 points and 650 rebounds, Amado ranks second in program history in blocked shots (92), seventh in scoring (1,521 points) and made field goals (580) and ninth with 664 rebounds.
A transfer from Brown University, Kloman was named to the All-NEWMAC second team after averaging 17.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 blocks while starting 20 of 21 games. He shot 45.6 percent from the floor and 40.1 percent from three-point range, and led the Beavers with 55 three-point field goals.
Kloman ranked second in the conference in scoring, fifth in three-pointers and seventh in three-point field goal percentage. He made at least one triple in every outing and scored in double figures 18 times, which includes putting up at least 20 points on 10 occasions.
Babson concluded its season at 16-10 after falling to Coast Guard in the NEWMAC Tournament quarterfinals back on February 25.