Northwestern University Athletics
Jitim Young Earns All-Big Ten Honors
3/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 11, 2003
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EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern junior guard Jitim Young (Chicago, Ill./Gordon Tech) has earned consensus All-Big Ten honors for the first time. The All-Big Ten teams were released this morning by the conference office.
Young, who has moved into a forward spot this season despite his 6-foot-2 stature, was a third-team selection by the conference coaches and earned honorable mention honors from a selected panel of media.
Young has been spectacular this season for the Wildcats, leading them in scoring (13.5 ppg) and rebounding (5.1 rpg) as well as with 45 steals. In Big Ten play, he averaged 15.4 ppg which places him ninth in the conference rankings, and he is also sixth among all Big Ten players with a .549 field-goal percentage; tied for eighth with 1.44 steals per game; and fourth with 2.50 offensive rebounds per game.
Young has led NU in scoring in a team-high 11 games this season and in rebounding nine times. He has hit double figures in scoring 18 times this season, including 14 of the last 18 contests, and had Big Ten double-doubles against Indiana (Feb. 5) and Wisconsin (Feb. 8). Among his 18 double-figure games are seven with 20 or more points.
Only a junior, Young is just 23 points shy of reaching 1,000 for his career; he would be the 25th player in NU history to achieve the milestone and the second this season (Winston Blake reached it on Feb. 5). Young would also be just the 13th NU player to reach 1,000 points in three seasons.
Illinois' Brian Cook was a unanimous selection as Big Ten Player of the Year, while Daniel Horton from Michigan was the unanimous Big Ten Rookie of the Year. The coaches voted Purdue's Kenneth Lowe as the Defensive Player of the Year, while the media voted Wisconsin's Bo Ryan as Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.
THE ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
As selected by Big Ten coaches
(players listed in ALL CAPS have 2003-04 eligibility)
FIRST TEAM
LaVell Blanchard, Michigan
Brian Cook, Illinois*
Willie Deane, Purdue
Kirk Penney, Wisconsin*
RICK RICKERT, Minnesota
SECOND TEAM
Brent Darby, Ohio State
DEVIN HARRIS, Wisconsin
CHRIS HILL, Michigan State
DANIEL HORTON, Michigan
Jeff Newton, Indiana
THIRD TEAM
DEE BROWN, Illinois
KENNETH LOWE, Purdue
BERNARD ROBINSON JR., Michigan
BRACEY WRIGHT, Indiana
JITIM YOUNG, Northwestern
HONORABLE MENTION
CHRIS BOOKER, Purdue
MICHAEL BAUER, Minnesota
Tom Coverdale, Indiana
MAURICE HARGROW, Minnesota
Jerry Holman, Minnesota
Chauncey Leslie, Iowa
JARED REINER, Iowa
GLEN WORLEY, Iowa
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
JAMES AUGUSTINE, Illinois
DEE BROWN, Illinois
DANIEL HORTON, Michigan
ALANDO TUCKER, Wisconsin
BRACEY WRIGHT, Indiana
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brian Cook, Illinois
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
DANIEL HORTON, Michigan
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
KENNETH LOWE, Purdue
As selected by Big Ten media
(players listed in ALL CAPS have 2003-04 eligibility)
FIRST TEAM
LaVell Blanchard, Michigan
Brian Cook, Illinois*
Willie Deane, Purdue
Jeff Newton, Indiana
Kirk Penney, Wisconsin*
SECOND TEAM
DEE BROWN, Illinois
Brent Darby, Ohio State
CHRIS HILL, Michigan State
DANIEL HORTON, Michigan
RICK RICKERT, Minnesota
THIRD TEAM
DEVIN HARRIS, Wisconsin
Chauncey Leslie, Iowa
KENNETH LOWE, Purdue
BERNARD ROBINSON JR., Michigan
BRACEY WRIGHT, Indiana
HONORABLE MENTION
ALAN ANDERSON, Michigan State
MICHAEL BAUER, Minnesota
SHARIF CHAMBLISS, Penn State
Tom Coverdale, Indiana
JEFF HORNER, Iowa
JARED REINER, Iowa
ALANDO TUCKER, Wisconsin
Brandon Watkins, Penn State
JITIM YOUNG, Northwestern
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brian Cook, Illinois
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
DANIEL HORTON, Michigan
COACH OF THE YEAR
Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
