Lehigh held its annual Convocation Program on Monday, April 28 at Baker Hall inside the Zoellner Arts Center to look back on the accomplishments of the past year for both team and individual performances.  Senior Bryan White earned the Sportsmanship Award and the John A. Cable award, as the top graduating male leader.  As the lone senior on this year’s team, White was asked to take on an even greater amount of responsibility than usual and he exceeded everyone’s expectations with the job he did.  Freshman Rob Keefer was named the J. Daniel Nolan award winner as the top freshman male athlete.  The 2008 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, Keefer earned six Patriot League Rookie of the Week accolades this season, the second most in league history.

Lehigh held the Charles F. ’38 and Helen Marie Zell men’s basketball banquet on Saturday, April 12 at University Center on the Asa Packer Campus.  Three Lehigh players captured awards on the evening, in a program that included dinner, presentation of three awards, reflections from the program’s two departing seniors (student manager Amanda Bergman and captain Bryan White), and the viewing of a highlight film that looked back at the Mountain Hawks’ 2007-2008 season.

For the second straight year a Patriot League quarterfinal game between Lehigh and Army came down to the wire. Wednesday night the teams needed overtime, and the fifth seeded Black Knights came away with a 64-61 win at Stabler Arena, ending the Mountain Hawks season. Senior Bryan White posted a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds in his final game in the Brown and White, but Lehigh’s season comes to an end at 14-15.

Lehigh begins play in the 2008 Patriot League Tournament on Wednesday evening as the fourth seeded Mountain Hawks welcome the fifth seeded Army Black Knights to Stabler Arena for a quarterfinal matchup.  Following two straight wins to close out the regular season, Lehigh tied Colgate for third place in the league standings and by virtue of numerous tiebreakers was awarded the No. 4 seed in the tournament.  The Mountain Hawks downed Holy Cross on Friday at home in the regular season finale behind 23 points from All-Patriot League selection Marquis Hall, including 11 in the final five minutes.  Army meanwhile, defeated Bucknell in its last game on Saturday 54-51 in West Point, New York.

Freshman Rob Keefer collected his sixth Patriot League Rookie of the Week award on Monday afternoon just hours after being named the 2008 Patriot League Rookie of the Year.  In two crucial wins for the Mountain Hawks last week, Keefer averaged 14.0 points and 4.5 rebounds, including a career-high 17 points in a win over Bucknell on February 27.  Keefer’s six Rookie of the Week honors are tied for the second most in league history, behind only his teammate, Lehigh sophomore Marquis Hall.