EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Rutgers junior guard Quincy Douby (Brooklyn, NY) was the recipient of the 73rd Haggerty Award as the 2005-06 All-Met Division I men's college basketball Player of the Year, presented by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association tonight at the annual awards dinner at the Giants Stadium Club.

Douby's teammate JR Inman (Pomona, NY), a freshman forward for the Scarlet Knights, was named the Met 'Rookie of the Year.'

Named in memory of the co-captain of St. John's University's 1939-40 basketball team, the Frank J. Haggerty Award is one of the oldest awards in college basketball and is presented annually to the most outstanding player among 19 Division I, 18 Division II and 32 Division III schools in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan region. Douby is the second Scarlet Knight to win the Haggerty Award. All-America forward Phil Sellers won it in 1975 and 1976, after leading Rutgers to consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including the 1976 Final Four.

Douby led the BIG EAST Conference, and was sixth nationally, in scoring with 25.4 ppg. He ranked third in the BIG EAST with 116 three-point field goals, a 3.5 per game average that was ninth in the NCAA. He set Scarlet Knight single-season records for scoring (839 points) and three-point field goals made (116) along with the single game mark of nine three-pointers.

A First-Team All-BIG EAST selection, Douby led the BIG EAST in scoring with 27.0 ppg. in league play, the fourth-highest scoring average in conference history. He was named Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press, was named to the CollegeInsider.com All-American team and was named District II Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).

Douby set the Rutgers single-season scoring leader with 839 points in 2005-06, surpassing All-America guard Bob Lloyd for the most points ever scored in a single season by a Scarlet Knight (Lloyd held the single season scoring mark of 809 for 39 years). Douby's 25.4 points per game average was the third-best single season average in Rutgers history. A highlight of Douby's season came on Feb. 1 when he poured in a career-high 41 points vs. Syracuse, hitting 15-of-32 from the floor, including 9-of-17 from beyond the arc. The 41 points is a Carrier Dome record.

Inman is the third Rutgers player to receive the Met Rookie of the Year Award, joining Geoff Billet (1996) and Douby (2004). Inman was a member of the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team and CollegeInsider.com tabbed him as a member of its Freshman All-America team. Inman had a tremendous freshman campaign despite missing seven games after sustaining a fractured right fibula vs. Seton Hall on Feb. 5. He returned and played six minutes against Penn State in the opening round of the NIT on March 14, scoring three points and grabbing five rebounds, and followed up with a 12-point, 8-rebound effort vs. Saint Joseph's on March 16.

He started 22 games for the Scarlet Knights and finished third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding, averaging 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. He averaged 11.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in BIG EAST play. At the time of his injury, Inman led all freshmen and ranked ninth overall in the BIG EAST with 42 blocks. He posted a career-high five blocks in RU's BIG EAST opener against Seton Hall (1/7), matching that total in RU's victory over Louisville (1/28). He scored in double figures in 12 games, including nine of his last 13 contests.

Tom Pecora, who led Hofstra to a 26-7 record, was selected the Met Coach of the Year. Joining Douby on the All-Met first team were: Keydren Clark, St. Peter's; Steve Burtt, Iona; Kelly Whitney, Seton Hall; Loren Stokes, Hofstra; Jared Jordan, Marist. Named to the second team were: Donald Copeland, Seton Hall; Chad Timberlake, FDU; Ricky Soliver, Iona; Bryant Dunston, Fordham; Lamont Hamilton, St. John's; Arturo Dubois, Manhattan. Named to the third team were: Antoine Agudio, Hofstra; James Williams, LIU; Jason Wingate, Manhattan; Gordon Klaiber, FDU; Jeff Xavier, Manhattan; Terrence Todd, Fairfield.