NEW YORK - Columbia men's basketball's Mike Smith claimed All-Metropolitan Third Team honors to cap a strong sophomore campaign, announced Monday by the Met Basketball Writers Association

Tim Cluess of Iona was selected the All-Met Division I men's college basketball Coach of the Year, while Geo Baker of Rutgers was named Rookie of the Year. The winner of the 85th Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award as All-Met Men's Player of the Year will be announced by the MBWA on Wednesday.

Smith, a second-team All-Ivy League pick, finished the regular season second in the conference in scoring at 17.6 points per game. He also dished out 4.6 assists per game, becoming the first Columbia player to lead the conference in the category since Brett Loscalzo '08CC did so in the 2004-05 campaign. Smith's 124 assists were also the ninth highest single-season total in program history.

The Burr Ridge, Illinois, native shot 84.2 percent from the foul line – good for fourth in the Ancient Eight and registered 1.1 steals per contest, putting him sixth in the league. Smith scored 20-plus points on 10 occasions, including a career-high 28 points against Navy on December 10.

This marks the fifth consecutive year the Lions have a landed an All-Metropolitan squad. Smith joins Maodo Lo '16CC and Brian Barbour '13, the last two Lions starting point guards, to achieve the honor.

2017-18 All-Metropolitan Teams
First Team
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall                
Joel Hernandez, LIU Brooklyn
Tyler Nelson, Fairfield         
Shamorie Ponds, St. John's 
Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall     
Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra         

Second Team
Khadeen Carrington, Seton Hall         
Myles Powell, Seton Hall             
Corey Sanders, Rutgers         
Rickey McGill, Iona                           
JoJo Cooper, Wagner                     
Dimencio Vaughn, Rider                   
Justin Simon, St. John's                    

Third Team
Rokas Gustys, Hofstra                   
Anthony Tarke, NJIT                            
Mike Smith, Columbia                         
Joseph Chartouny, Fordham             
Rich Williams, Manhattan                   
Blake Francis, Wagner                       

Rookie of the Year: Geo Baker, Rutgers
Peter A. Carlesimo Coach of the Year: Tim Cluess, Iona