MyNeshia McKenzie & Mark Wilcox Named 2017 Rider University’s MAAC Basketball Honor Roll Inductees
EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced Rider University’s institutional honorees to be inducted in the MAAC Honor Roll, in which honorees will be enshrined in “The MAAC Experience” exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 16.
Each member institution of the MAAC honors one male and one female from its basketball “family” as part of the 2017 induction class. A dinner event will be on Saturday, September 16 at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Court of Dreams to recognize the Honor Roll inductees.
Each honoree will be profiled in the game program for the 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships, and will also be featured in a video display at “The MAAC Experience.”
MyNeshia McKenzie ‘14
McKenzie was a three-time All-MAAC selection, earning two First Team nods in her junior and senior years. She also took Third Team honors as a sophomore and was selected to the All-Rookie Team as a freshman. She narrowly missed becoming the first player in conference history to average 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in her senior season, finishing 16th nationally in rebounding at 11.1 rpg. to go along with 19.5 points per game. She finished her career with 45 double-doubles, including 19 as a senior.
McKenzie became just the second Rider player to compile more than 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, finishing third all-time on the program scoring list (1,619) and atop the rebounding list with 1,143. McKenzie led the Broncs to their first-ever trip to the MAAC Semifinals as a senior. Following her time at Rider, McKenzie went on to play professionally for three seasons in Portugal, Romania and Luxembourg.
Mark Wilcox ‘94
Wilcox graduated 13th at Rider in career scoring (1,136) and fourth in career assists (360), and led the Broncs to three Conference Title games, two Conference Championships, and to two NCAA Basketball Tournaments. He led the conference in three-point field goals (77) as a senior captain, earning Second Team All-Conference honors.
Wilcox has also been highly successful in his post-graduate ventures, currently serving as Vice President of Channels and Strategic Accounts for Varonis Systems, a software company that specializes in helping customers protect data from insider threats and cyberattacks.
The 2017 MAAC Basketball Honor Roll Class (to date):
| MAAC Honoree |
Bob Belber |
| Canisius College |
Craig Wise |
| Canisius College |
Jenel Stevens |
| Fairfield University |
Mark Young |
| Fairfield University |
Dana (Pellegrino) Farinella |
| Iona College |
Damika Martinez |
| Iona College |
Tim Welsh |
| Manhattan College |
Larry Lembo |
| Manhattan College |
Donna Seybold |
| Marist College |
Ron Petro |
| Marist College |
Erica (Allenspach) Woytek |
| Monmouth University |
Blake Hamilton |
| Monmouth University |
Amanda Rosato |
| Niagara University |
Daryl Greene |
| Niagara University |
Sheryl (Klick) Strobl |
| Quinnipiac University |
Monique Lee |
| Quinnipiac University |
Bill Schweizer |
| Rider University |
MyNeshia McKenzie |
| Rider University |
Mark Wilcox |