BeeJay Anya played his last few minutes at PNC Arena on Saturday afternoon. Before the game started, he was escorted out by the entire team during the senior day festivities, and the tears were flowing.
The moment is actually hitting Lennard Freeman harder than it’s hitting Anya, which tells you the kind of relationship they have. Those guys came in to State together and have been good friends for a long time. It is definitely going to be strange not seeing both of them together in the red and white next year.
The ceremony itself was a bit strange, since Anya and Mark Gottfried obviously have been at odds for a lot of the year—you could see it all in the cold handshake between the two as Gottfried handed Anya his framed jersey.