More Post-season Awards For McCormick
PHILADELPHIA -- Swarthmore College center Ian McCormick (Seattle, Wash. / University Prep) was named to the John Adams Philadelphia-Area Small College Coaches Associate All-Star team.
McCormick, a senior, was honored along with seven other student-athletes that earned Philadelphia All-Area All-Star honors at the annual Herb Good Dinner on Monday, April 21. The 63rd edition of the dinner was held at Colleen’s by Les in the Philadelphia Holiday Inn, located at 900 Packer Avenue in south Philadelphia.
McCormick received a handful of honors for his play in 2007-08. He became just the third Garnet male named First-Team All-Centennial after receiving Second-Team honors in 2006-07. He was twice named Conference Player of the Week and to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, and received the Sam Cozen Award from the Philadelphia-area Small College Coaches Association at the bi-weekly luncheon on February 5. The economics major also excels in the classroom, having been named the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District second team.
McCormick started all 25 games for the Garnet this season and became the first Centennial player to average 20 points per game (20.6 per game) and also grab 10 rebounds per game (10.2 per game) in the same season. He ranked second in the Conference in points per game and rebounds, while finishing third in blocks per game (2.8) and fourth in three-point field-goal percentage (42.4%). McCormick posted career-highs in seven categories: points (516), rebounds (254) blocks (71), assists (55), field-goal percentage (48.1%), three-pointers (25) and made free throws (113).
McCormick put together the best career by a Swarthmore post player, setting the school record for blocks in a season (71) while breaking the record for career rebounds (797) and blocks (193). He is the first male player in Swarthmore history, and just the third in the Conference, to accumulate 1,500 points and 700 rebounds in a career. His single-season totals for points and rebounds both rank second all-time for Garnet men’s basketball.
Swarthmore completed 2007-08 with a 6-19 overall record and 2-16 in the Centennial.