Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

The Division II Bulletin named UMass Lowell freshman point guard Kyle Caiola to its All-Freshman Team on Thursday.

Caiola, the Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Year, averaged 14.1 points, 3.0 assists, 2.2 steals and 3.6 rebounds. He ranked among the top 10 in the NE-10 in steals (tied for first), free throw accuracy (ninth) and scoring (10th). Caiola started 28 of UML's 29 games, missing just one game with a hamstring injury.

The River Hawks' point guard was the lone NE-10 freshman to earn honors from the Division II Bulletin. Other selections were Kyle Baxter of Humboldt State, Raymont McElroy of Northern Michigan, Braydon Hobbs of Bellarmine, Jason Adams of Missouri Southern, Cody Schilling of Augustana College, Tony Fannick of Mansfield, Dale Minschwaner of Colorado Mines, Desmond Johnson of Lincoln Memorial and Derek Hellemann of Florida Tech.