Lancaster, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the league's Man of the Year on Wednesday morning, naming Marymount University’s Roey Stern the recipient of the award. 

The Man of the Year award is presented to one male student-athlete who combined superior academic and athletic achievement during their career thus far. The successful candidate(s) must have competed in an Atlantic East-sponsored championship sport from a full-member institution. For full award criteria, see here.

Stern, a 4 year student-athlete on the Marymount men's basketball team, was a member of the 2022 Atlantic East Conference men's basketball regular season champs squad, was a 2x conference runner-up in the men's basketball tournament, earned the conference men's basketball Elite 20 Award, and is currently a finalist for the 2021-22 Marymount University Male Student-Athlete of the Year award. 

The senior was also named to the VaSID Academic All-State Team (2021), was a 3x member of the Atlantic East Conference All-Academic Team (2019, 2021, 2022), an 8x Dean's List honoree, graduated Summa Cum Laud with a 3.993 GPA and was awarded best oral presentation of Marymount's Business, Technology, Innovation and Leadership School in the Marymount Student Research Conference.

Stern, who recently graduated with a major in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in data science, served 3x as a Marymount University Resident Assistant (RA), 2x as Team Captain for Marymount men's basketball, earned the Marymount University 2022 Senior Leadership Award and was a 2x Volunteer for the Marymount University Special Olympics Basketball event (2019, 2022).

Roey's Reflection On Time At Marymount: 
 
"Being a student-athlete and a student leader was the best decision I made throughout my college career. Serving as a Residential Assistant for 3.5 years allowed me to grow as a leader and also made my experience at Marymount a lot more fun. Once I got involved as a student leader, I had the privilege to meet amazing new people, have a positive effect on my community, and serve as a role model and mentor for younger students. I took my leadership experiences off the court and applied them to my leadership roles on the court when I served as Marymount's Men's Basketball Team Captain during my junior and senior seasons. I continued to grow as a leader and player while serving as captain. I learned how difficult it is to be a good leader and the sacrifices that success entails. I'm grateful for all of the leadership experiences and lessons that I had during my 4 years at Marymount. I will take them with me wherever I go in my professional career."

Roey is an international student from Israel with a career lined up to work for Facebook in Dublin, Ireland.