ECAC Announces Division I Men's Basketball All-Stars

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CAPE COD, Mass. – Junior forward Wes Johnson of Syracuse University is the 2009-10 ECAC Division I Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.  Johnson led the Orangemen to a Big East regular season title with an overall record of 28-3.  Johnson averaged 15.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, both team-highs.  Ranking second on the team in blocks and steals, Johnson shot 48.7 percent from the floor, 38.1 percent from three-point range and 78.6 percent from the foul line.

Lehigh University freshman C.J. McCollum has been chosen as the 2009-10 ECAC Division I Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year, with per-game averages of 18.9 points and 4.9 rebounds.  The Mountain Hawks freshman was named both the Patriot League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year for his efforts this season.

Joining Johnson on the ECAC first team are Greivis Vasquez from the University of Maryland, Jon Scheyer of Duke University, Scottie Reynolds of Villanova University, and Kyle Singler of Duke University.  

Vasquez, the ACC Player of the Year, is the only player in ACC history to accumulate 2,000 points or more, 750 or more assists, and 600 or more rebounds in his career.  He is averaging 19.5 points and 6.3 assists per game.  Duke’s Jon Scheyer is currently averaging 18.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, and helped the Blue Devils to ACC regular season and tournament titles.  Scottie Reynolds of Villanova helped the Wildcats to another NCAA national tournament appearance by averaging 18.5 points per game during the regular season.  Kyle Singler averaged 17.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while helping the Duke Blue Devils earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Five players were also selected to the ECAC second team: Charles Jenkins of Hofstra University, Ryan Wittman of Cornell University, Alex Franklin of Siena College, Da’Sean Butler of West Virginia University, and Greg Monroe of Georgetown University.

Five players were also selected to the ECAC third team: Reggie Holmes of Morgan State University, C.J. McCollum of Lehigh University, Muhammad El-Amin of Stony Brook University, Justin Rutty of Quinnipiac University, and Lavoy Allen of Temple University.

About the ECAC
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is the nation’s largest athletic conference and only multi-divisional conference, with 319 member institutions and over 122,000 student-athletes ranging from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois.  The ECAC publicizes the achievements of over 750 student-athletes annually through the postseason all-stars.  In women’s basketball, the ECAC awards one Division II all-star team and four regional Division III all-star teams (New England, Upstate, Metro, and South).