>> Honoring SFC’s Garcia
St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, Athletic Director Irma Garcia, ’80, is set to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association at this year’s All- Met Haggerty Awards dinner, to be held Thursday, April 27, at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, N.Y.
>> NBA Homecoming
Moses Brown, a former high school All-American from Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, recently signed a 10- day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.
The 7-foot 2-inch center grew up a Nets fan playing Catholic Youth Organization basketball at Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village.
He was a two-time Tablet All-Star for the Stanners and was the CHSAA ‘AA’ MVP in 2018. After playing college ball at UCLA, Brown has had stints
in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Clippers.
>> RIP Danny Treacy
Danny Treacy, a former state basketball champion at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, died March 14.
He attended St. Vincent Ferrer Elementary School before playing all four years of basketball in high school for the Clippers.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated March 21 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Melville, L.I.
>> A10 Honor
Khalid Moore, a graduate student forward at Fordham University,
the Bronx, who played basketball at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, was named to the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball All- Championship team.
Moore was Fordham’s first selection to the team since 2006. In two games, he averaged 22.0 points and 9.0 rebounds.