Joe Corbett '03

March 6, 2002

GENEVA, N.Y. –Hobart College junior basketball player Joe Corbett (Haverford School/Philadelphia, Pa.) was named a Rochester Area College Athletics Honorable Mention All-Star.

The 2001 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year and 2000 Rookie of the Year, Corbett led the team in scoring (18.5 ppg), rebounding (12.2 rpg), and shooting percentage (55.7) this season. His rebounding average led the UCAA and ranks fourth in Division III as of Feb. 25. A five-time UCAA Forward of the Week this year, he posted 17 double-doubles to raise his career total to 49.

On Jan. 12, Corbett became just the 17th Statesman to record his 1,000th career point and he currently ranks ninth on Hobart’s all-time list with 1,239 points. The center is within striking distance of both the career scoring and rebounding records. With 425 points—he’s averaged 486.5 per season over the past two years—he will eclipse career scoring leader Mike Masino ’88, and with 50 rebounds he will pass the benchmark established by Carmen Genovese ’70 (967). Corbett is also one of 10 finalists for the 2002 Jostens Trophy, presented to the Division III Basketball Player of the Year.

Hobart finished the season with a 12-13 record, including a 7-7 mark in UCAA play despite winning three of the last five games. Three Statesmen scored their 1,000th career point during a season for the first time in the program’s history. Corbett, junior forward Davidek Herron (Schenectady/Schenectady, N.Y.) and senior guard Michael Gambino (Our Lady of Lourdes/Hyde Park, N.Y.) each reached the milestone.