NEW YORK – Seton Hall center Ike Obiagu has been named BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The selection was made by the Conference’s Academic Affairs Committee.
Obiagu will receive a $2,000 scholarship, which may be applied to graduate or professional studies.
Obiagu, a redshirt junior who was born in Abuja, Nigeria, has been a standout for the Pirates on and off the court. He has compiled a 3.715 grade point average in Accounting and is in Seton Hall’s honors program. He was a Dean’s List student in the fall 2020 semester. He has already been accepted in the school’s Master of Science Professional Accounting Program. Obiagu has been a member of the All-BIG EAST Academic Team for each of the past two seasons.
As a force on the court, the 7-2 Obiagu has been a dominant force around the basket. He leads the BIG EAST in blocked shots with a 2.7 average. The 270-pound center is averaging 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds. He has made 68.9 percent of his shots from the field.
The BIG EAST Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is one of a number of scholarships presented by the BIG EAST Conference during the 2020-21 academic year. In addition, 20 student-athletes (one male and one female from each of the BIG EAST’s 11 member institutions) will receive postgraduate scholarships as the winners of their respective institutions’ Scholar-Athlete Award. The winners of the institutional and basketball awards are then eligible for the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, which provides an additional postgraduate scholarship to one male and one female student-athlete.
Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athletes of the Year
1985 |
Mike Moses |
St. John’s |
1986 |
Ron Rowan |
St. John’s |
1987 |
Harold Jensen |
Villanova |
1988 |
Mark Plansky |
Villanova |
1989 |
Ramon Ramos |
Seton Hall |
1990 |
Stephen Thompson |
Syracuse |
1991 |
Greg Woodard |
Villanova |
1992 |
Darren Morningstar |
Pittsburgh |
1993 |
Arturas Karnisovas |
Seton Hall |
1994 |
Arturas Karnisovas |
Seton Hall |
1995 |
Marc Molinsky |
Boston College |
1996 |
Adrian Griffin |
Seton Hall |
1997 |
Ya Ya Dia |
Georgetown |
1998 |
Pat Garrity |
Notre Dame |
1999 |
Rob Hodgson |
Rutgers |
2000 |
Lavor Postell |
St. John’s |
2001 |
Ruben Boumtje Boumtje |
Georgetown |
2002 |
Carlton Carter |
Virginia Tech |
2003 |
Emeka Okafor |
Connecticut |
2004 |
Emeka Okafor |
Connecticut |
2005 |
Craig Forth |
Syracuse |
2006 |
Joe Herber |
West Virginia |
2007 |
Aaron Gray |
Pittsburgh |
2008 |
Ted Talkington |
West Virginia |
2009 |
Alex Ruoff |
West Virginia |
2010 |
Tim Abromaitis |
Notre Dame |
2011 |
Tim Abromaitis |
Notre Dame |
2012 |
Tim Abromaitis |
Notre Dame |
2013 |
Peyton Siva |
Louisville |
2014 |
Alex Barlow |
Butler |
2015 |
Alex Barlow |
Butler |
2016 |
Kellen Dunham |
Butler |
2017 |
Billy Garrett Jr. |
DePaul |
2018 |
Jalen Brunson |
Villanova |
2019 |
Michael Nzei |
Seton Hall |
2020 |
Kamar Baldwin |
Butler |
2021 |
Ike Obiagu |
Seton Hall |