MAAC Honor Roll Inductees - Marist
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J.- On November 1, the MAAC will recognize 23 significant men's and women's basketball players at the fourth annual Honor Roll Dinner at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Two former student-athletes from each institution will be enshrined in The MAAC Experience, the league's exhibit at the Hall of Fame. Bios for each honoree will be featured on MAACSports.com as we count down to the private event.
Jared Jordan ’07 – Marist College
Jared Jordan’s collegiate accomplishments helped himself and the Marist men’s basketball program earn recognition on the national stage. Jordan led the nation in assists in both his junior and senior seasons, becoming the first Division I player to accomplish this feat in consecutive years since Southern University’s Avery Johnson in 1986 and 1987. In his senior year, Jordan was named Most Outstanding Player of the inaugural Old Spice Classic, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America and the Haggerty Award winner as the Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association Player of the Year. That season, Marist won the MAAC regular-season championship outright, set a program record with 25 victories and won an NIT game at Oklahoma State for the program’s first postseason victory in its history. He finished his collegiate career with 1,538 points, a program-record 813 assists and 160 steals. Jordan is one just two players in program history to be selected in the NBA Draft. He was chosen 45th overall in the 2007 draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan has gone on to a successful professional career, primarily overseas. He has played for teams in Germany, Greece and Lithuania. Jordan also spent a season with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA Development League, and appeared in NBA training camps with the New York Knicks and New Orleans Hornets.
Corielle Yarde ’12 – Marist College
Corielle Yarde is one of the finest all-around players to ever wear the Marist uniform. Her contributions are evident individually in the program’s record book, and from a team perspective in terms of success. She currently ranks in the program’s career top 10 in 10 statistical categories. Yarde is fourth at Marist in career scoring with 1,470 points, and is the only player in program history to rank in the top 10 in points, rebounds and assists. Yarde won four Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships in her collegiate career, and helped the Red Foxes earn first-round victories in the NCAA Tournament in 2011 against Iowa State and 2012 against Georgia. Marist won a total of 112 games in Yarde’s four years, and had a record of 66-6 in MAAC regular-season play. Yarde was a three-year All-MAAC selection who earned MAAC Player of the Week honors six times. As a senior, she was named MAAC Player of the Year, MAAC Tournament Most Valuable Player, First Team All-ECAC, First Team All-Met Basketball Writers’ Association and MAAC Student-Athlete of the Year. She often had her best performances in the biggest games, including a 21-point, seven-rebound effort against Georgia in a 2012 NCAA Tournament victory, and a 25-point, 12-rebound game at Duke in the second round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.