WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Sophomore guard Ray McCallum was named to the 2011-2012 National All-Jesuit Men's Basketball Team, as announced today by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight. McCallum is one of 10 honorees among 28 Jesuit schools nationwide across all levels (NCAA I, II, III and NAIA).
McCallum, the Horizon League Tournament Most Valuable Player, helped lead the Titans to the league crown and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. The Detroit Country Day product led the squad in scoring (15.4 ppg), assists (4.0 apg) and steals (1.6 spg) for the second straight season. He was an All-Horizon League First Team selection in addition to a National Basketball Coaches Association All-District First Team nod, Bob Cousy Award Top 20 selection and Lou Henson All-America Team member after a superb season that saw him become the 37th Titan to surpass 1,000 career points and the first to do it as a sophomore.
He's joined on the All-Jesuit Team by Consensus First-Team All-American Doug McDermott of Creighton who-- like McCallum-- also plays for his father. McDermott, a Wooden Award finalist and Missouri Valley Player of the Year, and Marquette's Johnson-Odom, a first-team All-Big East selection, earn All-Jesuit honors for the second straight year.
Fellow MU teammate Jae Crowder, the Big East Player of the Year made the squad while two other players-- Xavier's Tu Holloway and Gonzaga's Elias Harris, have previously earned All-Jesuit honors. They are joined on the All-Jesuit team by Steve Catich, who led Wheeling Jesuit to the NCAA Division II Tournament; Jason Clark, Georgetown's leader as it remained among the top teams in D1; Rakim Sanders who led Fairfield to the CIT Postseason Tourney semifinals and Corey Shontz, an NCAA Division III All-America honoree from John Carroll. All 10 players earned first-team all-conference honors.
The All-Jesuit Team represents student-athletes from the 28 Jesuit colleges spread across the United States that play basketball on all three levels of the NCAA and also in the NAIA. They share the mission of Jesuit education, founded nearly 500 years ago under the principles of St. Ignatius Loyola to educate young people to become men and women dedicated to service and compassionate leadership. Students at Jesuit colleges have long excelled in the classroom and in the community, but they also have played a major role in collegiate basketball in the last 100 years.
2011-12 National All-Jesuit Men's Team
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Steve Catich
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Wheeling Jesuit
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Sr.
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F
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Tyrone, PA
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Jason Clark
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Georgetown
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Sr.
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G
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Arlington, VA
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Jae Crowder
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Marquette
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Sr.
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F
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Villa Rica, GA
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Elias Harris
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Gonzaga
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Jr.
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F
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Speyer, Germany
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Tu Holloway
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Xavier
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Sr.
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G
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Hempstead, NY
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Darius Johnson-Odom
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Marquette
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Sr.
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G
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Raleigh, NC
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Ray McCallum
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Detroit
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So.
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G
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Beverly Hills, MI
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Doug McDermott
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Creighton
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So.
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F
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Ames, IA
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Rakim Sanders
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Fairfield
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R-Sr.
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F
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Pawtucket, RI
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Corey Shontz
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John Carroll
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Sr.
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G
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Andover, OH
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Honorable Mention: Aaron Broussard (Seattle, Sr., F, 6-5, Federal Way, WA); Angelo Caloiaro (San Francisco, Sr., F, 6-8, Saratoga, CA); Brian Conklin (Saint Louis, Sr., F, 6-6, Eugene, OR); Erik Etherly (Loyola Maryland, Jr., F, 6-7, Alexan-dria, VA); Corey Gray (Loyola New Orleans, Sr., G, 5-10, Greenwood, IN); Anthony Ireland (Loyola Marymount, So., G, 5-10, Waterbury, CT); Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga, Fr., G, 6-1, Newmarket, Ontario); and Robert Sacre (Gonzaga, Sr., C, 7-0, North Vancouver, BC).
