George Mason Basketball: Ryan Pearson is the 2012 CAA Player of the Year

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Ryan Pearson is the 2012 CAA Player of the Year

Ryan Pearson was named the 2011-2012 CAA player of the year tonight at the annual awards banquet. Pearson is the first George Mason player to win the award since George Evans won his third consecutive one back in 2001. Pearson received 28 of the 48 first-place votes from the panel, Drexel's Frantz Massenat came in second. Pearson was easily the most talented player in the league this season and it's tough to think George Mason would be a third place team in the CAA this season without him. Also considering the adversity he overcame as a child, this is a huge accomplishment. Congrats to Ryan as he is having an amazing season that hopefully will continue deep into March.

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GoMason.com already had a nice highlight video of him up:

Watch his acceptance speech here:

18 Comments:

Jd2913 said...: Congrats to Ryan, what an honor and well deserved!; 9:53 PM
Coolhead said...: Ryan Pearson is named the 2012 CAA Player of the Year! Could this be a sign of a Mason CAA tourney championship? Congrats Ryan now stay cool and focus!; 10:04 PM
worldbeater said...: Congrats Ryan!; 11:12 PM
gmubball said...: Hope to see "Fear the Beard" t-shirts at pregame at Penny Lane - I think we all should wear them!; 11:49 PM
Charlie T said...: Things like this really sink in when you see the names of the past winners. Quite an honor and he was both POY and MVP. Hard to think were we would be without him but we all know where we are now and we will need everybody. At least they have a leader.; 6:27 AM
GMURULES said...: Well done Ryan! Earned and deserved!; 10:12 AM
Bdgg said...: Very well deserved, he won about a dozen game by himself for this team this season. Congrats Ryan!; 10:42 AM
Mooky_l3d said...: looked like a trim has taken place; 10:49 AM
Rmjank said...: Without a doubt the award is well-deserved! Ryan adjusted to a new coach, new system, practically played a new position, and still emerged the leader of the team and answered the call when opposing teams made it their number one priority to stop him.; 11:24 AM
Patriot74 said...: What can I say. Ryan deserved it. Hats off to him and his teamates for making him a better player over the years. May this be the beginning of something special in March not only for Ryan but the whole mason family.; 11:24 AM
Christopher Hirsch said...: Great job by Ryan.

Evans won 3 straight CAA POY's? That's amazing.; 11:31 AM
Moses said...: Work works. Congrats to RP.; 5:47 PM
BP said...: where can we get these shirts???; 8:56 PM
Gio said...: What a beast he must've been to watch.; 9:12 PM
Gio said...: Congrats to Ryan Pearson, he thoroughly deserved to win it. Although I must admit that it's pretty sad that he's the only Patriot who represented at the awards. The other schools have multiple players in multiple categories. Hopefully that changes next year.; 9:13 PM
Mooky_l3d said...: Only David Robinson had done that before Evans.; 9:45 PM
Good said...: Georgia Tech beat Hosftra by 30s. Will Mason survive tomorrow night? GT played very much like VCU on the press. It is again a test for Mason's back court.; 10:25 PM
gmuhoops said...: Here is video of George Evans highlights at Mason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTzRQjdJMZI; 8:50 AM

Ryan Pearson is the 2012 CAA Player of the Year

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