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
2022 Collin Gillespie Villanova
2023 Jack Nunge Xavier
2024 Oso Ighodaro Marquette
Marquette University’s Ighodaro Named Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Marquette forward Oso Ighodaro was named BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Conference’s Academic Affairs Committee made the pick.
Ighodaro will receive a $2,000 grant, which can be used for graduate or professional study.
Ighodaro earned a 3.54 undergraduate grade point average as a Finance major. As a graduate student, his GPA is 3.80. He completed his undergraduate degree in three years in 2023 and began working on his MBA in the summer of that year. He will finish his MBA this summer, completing the program in just one year.
On the court, Ighodaro has been a key contributor to the Golden Eagles’ success, which includes a 23-8 overall record, a 14-6 BIG EAST mark, and a third-place berth in the BIG EAST Tournament. He is a 6-11 forward from Chandler, Arizona, who was chosen to the All-BIG EAST Second Team earlier this week. He averages 14.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, shooting 60.8 percent from the field.
The BIG EAST Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is one of several scholarships offered by the BIG EAST Conference for the 2023-24 academic year. In addition, 22 student-athletes (one male and one female from each of the BIG EAST’s 11 member institutions) will receive postgraduate scholarships as recipients of their respective institutions’ Scholar-Athlete Award. The winners of the institutional and basketball categories are then eligible for the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, which includes a postgraduate scholarship for one male and one female student-athlete.