Ray McCallum Jr. named Detroit Titans MVP; Bruinsma, Howard Jr. among other team honorees
University of Detroit Mercy 2012-2013 men's basketball post-season awards:
Ray McCallum Jr. won the Robert
Calihan Most Valuable Player Award after a standout junior campaign. The point
guard led the team in scoring, assists and steals for the third straight season
and became just the 11th Titan to surpass 1,600 points in a
career. McCallum was named the Horizon League Player of the Year along
with earning All-First Team recognition after averaging 18.7 points per game,
which ranked 35th nationally. McCallum also earned Lute Olson All-America Team
honors and a place on the NABC District 12 First Team. The junior was the first
Titan to earn All-American honors since Willie Green in 2003.
Junior Evans Bruinsma won the Dave DeBusschere Most Improved Award. The forward averaged 21.5 minutes per game off the
bench while averaging 5.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Bruinsma started
the last six games of the season for the Titans and averaged 7.5 points and 4.5
rebounds per game, including 15 points against Wright State in the Horizon
League semifinals.
Bruinsma was also tapped the William Ebben
Academic and Athletic Excellence Award winner for the second straight season,
while Ugochukwu Njoku earned the Frank R. Gerbig, Sr. Sportsmanship Award
honors. Njoku played in every game in his first season with the Titans and
finished tied for the team lead with 20 blocked shots.
Sophomore forward Juwan Howard Jr. collected
the Norm Swanson Top Newcomer Award. Howard started the first 27 games of
the season and averaged 10.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game,
before an injury sidelined him for the final two weeks. The Western Michigan
transfer finished fifth on the team in scoring and scored a season-high 18
points against then-No. 3 and eventual Final Four finalist Syracuse. Howard
also scored the Titans first 11 points against Toledo, before finishing with 16
points and six rebounds.
The Larry Doyle Most Dedicated Titan Award went
to senior Nick Minnerath for a second straight year. He returned from a
season-ending knee injury to have his best season. The senior forward was
named to the All-Horizon League First Team and finished fifth in the league in
scoring with 14.6 points while also leading the Titans on the boards with 5.9
rebounds per game.
The Most Courageous Award went to junior guard
Jason Calliste, who led the Titans in 3-point field goals made (73) and
free throw shooting percentage (83.4), while finishing second on the team with
44 steals and third in scoring with 14.4 points per game.
Year-end award winners:
Robert Calihan MVP: Ray McCallum
John R. Kirwan Leading Scorer: Ray McCallum
Dave DeBusschere Most Improved: Evan Bruinsma
Frank R. Gerbig, Sr. Sportsmanship: Ugochukwu Njoku
William Ebben Academic and Athletic Excellence: Evan Bruinsma
Norm Swanson Top Newcomer: Juwan Howard, Jr.
Larry Doyle Most Dedicated Titan: Nick Minnerath
John R. Kirwan Leading Scorer: Ray McCallum
Dave DeBusschere Most Improved: Evan Bruinsma
Frank R. Gerbig, Sr. Sportsmanship: Ugochukwu Njoku
William Ebben Academic and Athletic Excellence: Evan Bruinsma
Norm Swanson Top Newcomer: Juwan Howard, Jr.
Larry Doyle Most Dedicated Titan: Nick Minnerath
Most
Courageous Award: Jason Calliste
Most Assists: Ray McCallum
Most Deflections: Ray McCallum
Most Charges: Nick Minnerath
Top Defensive Player: Nick Minnerath
Highest FG percentage: Doug Anderson
Highest FT Percentage: Jason Calliste
1,000-Point Recognition: Ray McCallum
(1,618) and Jason Calliste (1,107)
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