Freeman Accolades

Yesterday Zach Freeman was named one of 10 men's finalists for the prestigious Jostens Trophy which honors the top Division III basketball men's and women's student-athlete of the year. The award is based on three criteria: basketball ability, academic ability and community service. A huge honor for Zach.

Also congrats to Zach on winning both the scoring (22.4 ppg) and rebounding (8.1 rpg) titles in the CCIW. It is just the 6th time in the 61-year history of the conference that a player has won both...

2007 - Zach Freeman, IWU (22.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg)
2005 - Chris Martin, Elmhurst (18.4 ppg, 8.7 rpg)
2003 - Joel Kolmodin, Wheaton (21.6 ppg, 10.4 rpg)
1996 - Erik Smith, Millikin (21.3 ppg, 11.1 rpg)
1966 - Jesse Price, Millikin (14.8 ppg, 15.2 rpg)
1959 - Tom Lewis, Lake Forest (23.7 ppg, 18.3 rpg)


How tough is it to pull this off? Consider that Jack Sikma, a 7-time NBA all-star and IWU's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, never did it.

And of course, last week Zach was named to the 1st Team of the District V All-Academic team. He now goes on the ballot for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American team.