SOMERSET, N.J. – Saint Francis senior forward Ronnie Drinnon (Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview) was named All-NEC First Team, announced Tuesday morning by the conference. Drinnon leads the league rebounding with 10.6 rebounds per game and is also first in the league in double-doubles with 17. He is the second consecutive SFU player to be named All-NEC First Team, following Earl Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter)'s selection last season.
 
Drinnon leads the NEC and is 14th in the country in rebounds per game, averaging 10.6 per game. He also leads the league and is 11th in the country in double-doubles with 17. Drinnon is also tops in the Northeast Conference in total rebounds (307) and defensive rebounds per game (6.97). He's second in the league in offensive rebounds per game (3.62).
 
For his career, Drinnon has 782 rebounds after passing Norm Van Lier in Saturday's game at Sacred Heart. He now sits in 12th place, just 10 rebounds behind Brown for 11th place. Should he reach 800 rebounds, Drinnon would be just the 10th player in school history to hit that mark. Drinnon is also averaging 13.0 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. Should he maintain that, he would be the first SFU player to average a double-double since Eric Taylor in 1997-1998.
 
On the scoring front, Drinnon has a chance to surpass 1,000 career points with an extended postseason run for the Red Flash. After scoring 17 points at Sacred Heart, Drinnon sits at 950 points. Saint Francis has back-to-back selections to the All-NEC First Team for the first time since Taylor was selected in 1997 and 1998.
 
Drinnon and the Red Flash will face Fairleigh Dickinson in the NEC Tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.