2021-2022 N.J.I.T. Highlanders

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2021-2022 N.J.I.T. Highlanders Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
23 Booty Butler Sr PG 6-0 200 - Philadelphia (PA) United States Cardinal O'Hara High School
5 Miles Coleman Sr F 6-5 210 - Royal Palm Beach (FL) United States William T. Dwyer High School
33 Kjell De Graff Jr F 6-10 230 Sep 8, 1999 Rotterdam Netherlands Canarias Basketball Academy
21 Souleymane Diakite Sr F 6-9 230 May 4, 1999 Bamako Mali Saint Benedict's Preparatory School
35 Da'Mir Faison So SF 6-7 200 - Hazleton (PA) United States Hazleton Area High School
15 Matt Faw Sr F 6-9 225 Sep 15, 1999 King of Prussia (PA) United States Upper Merion Area High School
24 Mekhi Gray So G 6-4 190 - Montrose (NY) United States Putnam Science Academy
1 James Lee Jr G 6-3 180 - Frederick (MD) United States Montverde Academy
3 Jacob Mansson Fr F 6-7 175 Jun 5, 2002 Malmo Sweden N/A
25 Keeshawn Mason Fr SF 6-9 235 - Shawnee (KS) United States Bella Vista College Prep
13 Jason Murphy So F 6-9 245 - Baltimore (MD) United States St. Frances Academy
10 Eyal Nankin Fr PF 6-7 210 Mar 4, 2000 Ra'anana Israel N/A
2 Dylan O'Hearn Sr F 6-4 195 - Romulus (MI) United States Romulus High School
0 Chauncey Sterling Jr G 6-0 180 - Willingboro (NJ) United States The Winchendon School

Recent N.J.I.T. Highlanders History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 7-21 (3-13) 9th (AM East) N/A N/A
2022-2023 7-23 (4-12) 8th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 11-18 (6-12) 9th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 7-12 (7-10) 7th (AM East) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 9-21 (6-10) 8th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 22-13 (8-8) 5th (A-Sun) 2nd Rnd CIT 3rd Rnd
2017-2018 14-16 (7-7) 4th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 11-20 (3-11) 7th (A-Sun) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 20-15 (8-6) 2nd (A-Sun) 1st Rnd CIT 4th Rnd
2014-2015 21-12 N/A (INDEP) N/A CIT 4th Rnd
2013-2014 13-16 1st (INDEP) N/A N/A
2012-2013 16-13 (6-2) 1st (GWC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 15-17 (5-5) 3rd (GWC) Runner Up N/A
2010-2011 15-15 (9-3) 2nd (GWC) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 10-21 (4-8) 5th (GWC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 1-30 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2007-2008 0-29 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2006-2007 5-24 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2005-2006 N/A N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2004-2005 N/A N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2003-2004 N/A N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2002-2003 N/A N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A

2021-2022 N.J.I.T. Highlanders Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Keeshawn Mason America East All-Rookie Team
Miles Coleman America East Player of the Week (Jan 3, 2022)
Miles Coleman America East Player of the Week (Jan 10, 2022)
Dylan O'Hearn America East Player of the Week (Dec 6, 2021)
Keeshawn Mason America East Rookie of the Week (Feb 7, 2022)

2021-2022 N.J.I.T. Highlanders Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Gray M. Coleman D. Faison M. Faw S. Diakite
Rotation   D. O'Hearn K. Mason E. Nankin  
Rotation       K. De Graff  
Lim PT C. Sterling J. Lee J. Mansson J. Murphy  
Lim PT B. Butler        

2021-2022 N.J.I.T. Highlanders Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Miles Coleman 29 32.9 15.6 5.7 1.7 1.2 0.1 2.9
Dylan O'Hearn 26 35.8 11.8 3.2 1.6 0.3 0.2 2.2
Matt Faw 25 21.5 7.9 5.1 0.7 0.5 1.4 1.0
James Lee 19 29.5 7.9 5.7 2.2 1.9 0.7 2.3
Booty Butler 23 32.4 7.8 4.0 2.7 1.3 0.0 1.4
Mekhi Gray 29 25.2 7.3 3.0 1.0 0.9 0.4 1.4
Souleymane Diakite 29 21.9 5.2 4.8 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.2
Da'Mir Faison 15 11.4 2.9 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4
Keeshawn Mason 25 6.8 2.5 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4
Kjell De Graff 20 10.6 1.9 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4
Jason Murphy 10 3.8 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Eyal Nankin 19 9.0 0.9 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6
Chauncey Sterling 5 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0
Jacob Mansson 2 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2021-2022 N.J.I.T. Highlanders Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Brian Kennedy Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (N.J.I.T., 2012 to 2016)
Jeff Rafferty Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Associate Head Coach (Delaware, 2013 to 2016)
Joe Gutowski Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (N.J.I.T., 2018 to 2019)
Ricardo Rush Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Salt Lake CC, 2019 to 2021)
Lenny Kaplan Athletic Director 2000-2001 N/A
Tim Camp Director of Sports Information 2014-2015 N/A
Danny Manuel Director of Basketball Operations 2020-2021 Head Coach (2017 to 2019)
Matt Koscs Head Athletic Trainer 2009-2010 N/A