NEW YORK – Brent Bland of the Saint Peter's men's basketball team was selected to the 2025-26 All-Met Division I Third Team, as announced by the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) on Wednesday. He becomes the 44th Peacocks men's basketball player to earn All-Met honors.
"It means everything to me", said Bland when he found out he earned All-Met honors. "To be in a position to represent not just the school, but the people before me is honestly amazing. The most recent player to win this award from our program was Corey Washington, and I saw the hard work and dedication that was put in every day. I'm just blessed and thankful for this opportunity. I wouldn't be able to be here without our coaches and teammates believing in me, so thank you."
Being named All-Met is a unique honor in that there are 21 colleges and universities and more than 300 men's players under the MBWA Division I umbrella.
The 2025-26 All-Met teams will be honored at the 93rd MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner on Thursday, April 23, at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY. The Haggerty dinner, which also will be livestreamed, is the longest-running, media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.
Bland put together an outstanding 2025–26 season for the Peacocks, starting in all 29 games. He led Saint Peter's in points (391), steals (58), 3-pointers (76), defensive rebounds (101) and minutes played (927).
Bland finished 13th in the MAAC in scoring at 14 points per game and ranked third in the conference with 2.1 steals per game, helping the Peacocks earn the No. 2 seed. His 2.1 steals per game also placed him 27th nationally. Bland remained consistent throughout the season, reaching double figures in scoring in all but three games.
Saint Peter's All-Met Players:
2026:
Brent Bland, Third Team
2024: Corey Washington, Second Team
2022: KC Ndefo, Second Team
Daryl Banks III, Third Team
2021: KC Ndefo, Second Team
2020: KC Ndefo, Third Team
2017: Quadir Welton, Second Team
2011: Wesley Jenkins, Third Team
2010: Wesley Jenkins, Third Team
2009: Wesley Jenkins, Second Team
2006:
Keydren Clark, First Team
2005:
Keydren Clark, First Team
2004:
Keydren Clark, First Team
2003:
Keydren Clark, First Team
2000: Kamaal McQueen, Fourth Team
1999: Ricky Bellinger, Fourth Team
1997: Ricky Bellinger, Third Team
Moe Segar, Fourth Team
1996: Luis Arrosa, Third Team;
Mike Frensley, Fourth Team
1995: Luis Arrosa, Second Team
Randy Holmes, Third Team
1994: Antoine Allen, Fourth Team
1993: Scott Weeden, Third Team
1991: Tony Walker, Second Team
Marvin Andrews, Third Team
Jasper Walker, Third Team
1990: Tony Walker, Third Team
1989: Willie Haynes, First Team
Chuck Veterano, Fourth Team
1988: Alex Roberts, First Team
Willie Haynes, Third Team
1987: Daren Rowe, Second Team
Willie Haynes, Fourth Team
1986: Kevin Boyle, Fourth Team
Willie Haynes, Fourth Team
1985: Leonard Hayes, Second Team
Shelton Gibbs, Fourth Team
1984: Tommy Best, First Team
Shelton Gibbs, Second Team
1983: Shelton Gibbs, Second Team
Tommy Best, Third Team
1982: William Brown, First Team
1981: Kevin Rogers, Third Team
