McCormick Named Centennial Player of the Week
LANCASTER, Pa. - Swarthmore forward Ian McCormick (Seattle, WA / University Prep) has been named Player of the Week by the Centennial Conference for the week of Jan. 22-28, as announced by Executive Director Steve Ulrich on Monday afternoon.
McCormick, a junior, averaged 22.5 points and 14.5 rebounds per game in leading the Garnet to a pair of victories this past week. He set career-highs with 29 points and 19 rebounds in the 83-78 win at Washington on Jan. 24 and followed that effort with a 16-point, 10-rebound afternoon in a 66-60 win over Dickinson on Jan. 27.
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| McCormick could become the sixth Swarthmore man in the 1,000 point-500 rebound club. |
McCormick, an economics major, has scored double figures in nine straight games and has eight double-doubles to his credit this season. He leads the team in points per game (14.3), rebounds per game (9.3), blocks per game (2.2), and field goal percentage (48.3%). McCormick ranks second in the conference in blocks per game and is also third in rebounds per game.
McCormick has appeared in 60 games in just over two and-a-half seasons at Swarthmore, tallying 922 points and 504 rebounds. He is the 12th Swarthmore man to enter the 500-rebound club, and with his 1,000th point, will become just the sixth Garnet player to collect both 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. His 111 career blocks place him second all-time at Swarthmore and are tied for ninth-best in Conference history.
The last Swarthmore male to earn CC Player of the Week honors was current assistant coach Matt Gustafson '05, who garnered the honor on Nov. 11, 2004.
Swarthmore (9-10 overall, 6-6 Centennial) has won five out of its last seven games to pull into a three-way tie for fourth place in the Conference and will host 22nd-ranked Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m.