PISCATAWAY - Rutgers freshman guard Geo Baker was selected as the All-Met Division I Rookie of the Year and junior guard Corey Sanders was named Second Team All-Met. Baker is the Scarlet Knights' first Met Rookie of the Year since Mike Rosario (2009), while Sanders becomes a two-time selection after also earning second team accolades last year.

Baker averaged 10.8 points and 2.2 rebounds-per-game with 57 assists and 35 steals, while averaging 13.1 points against ranked opponents. He started 29 of 33 games, missing one due to illness, and shot 78.5% from the free throw line. Baker had 19 double-digit scoring games and ranked 1st in minutes (31.6), 3rd in assists (2.6), 4th in 3-point percentage (35.5), 5th in scoring (10.8) and 5th in steals (1.1) among Big Ten freshmen. He scored a team-high 25 points versus No. 8 Purdue in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals and posted 29 points via seven 3-pointers vs. Bryant, the most for RU frosh in regulation since 2000.

Sanders averaged 15.2 points and 4.3 rebounds-per-game with 106 assists and 44 steals. Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after averaging a tournament-best 24.7 points in three games, he averaged 17.9 points in postseason games and versus ranked opponents. Sanders scored in double figure 26 times, including at least 20 points nine times and was featured on the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 three separate weeks in 2017-18. The Lakeland (Fla.) product concluded his RU career ranked eighth all-time in assists (328), 10th in steals (136) and 17th in points (1,370). 

The All-Met First and Second Team players, coach and rookie of the year will be honored Wednesday at the 85th NIT/MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner at the Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown, NY.

Under second-year head coach Steve Pikiell this past season, the Scarlet Knights advanced to the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden via victories over Minnesota and five-time national champion Indiana. It marked the first time RU won two conference tournament games since 1998. Rutgers ranked among the top three in the Big Ten in eight statistical categories, including leading the league in offensive rebounding and 3-point FG% defense. While playing the second-toughest conference schedule in the Big Ten per Ken Pom analysis, RU also played 10 games against programs that advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament.

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