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ST. LOUIS – SIU men’s basketball freshman Marcus Domask was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and also the league’s Newcomer of the Year on Tuesday. Domask is one of only two players in SIU history to earn both Freshman and Newcomer of the Year (Kent Williams, 2000).
Earlier in the day, Domask also earned spots on the All-MVC Second Team, the MVC All-Newcomer Team, and the MVC All-Freshman Team. Domask is only the fourth MVC freshman since 1996 to earn a spot on the All-MVC First or Second Teams.
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The league’s Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year is Marcus Domask of Southern Illinois. It marks the eighth time in MVC history that one player has swept both awards. A native of Waupun, Wis., Domask helped lead SIU, which was picked last in the league’s preseason poll in October, to a fifth-place finish and 10 conference wins. He leads MVC freshmen this season with 428 points. Notably, in league history 23 freshmen have scored 400+ points, including 11 since 2000. Nine of the MVC freshmen since 2000 to hit 400 points also earned the league’s Freshman of the Year award, including Domask.
His 428 points are 15th-best all-time in MVC history for a freshman, and the only previous Saluki to achieve 400 points since SIU joined the Conference was MVC Hall of Famer Kent Williams (440 in 1999-00). The MVC began selecting a Freshman of the Year award in 1986, and he’s the seventh Saluki to win the honor (joining his head coach Bryan Mullins, who won it in 2006). The MVC began its Newcomer of the Year program in 1969, and four former Salukis have earned that distinction (Rolan Roberts in 2002 was the last to do it.)
MVC Newcomer of the Year (SIU Players)
Kenny Perry, C (1984)
Chris Thunnell, F (1998)
Kent Williams, G (2000)
Rolan Roberts, C (2002)
Marcus Domask, F (2020)
MVC Freshman of the Year (SIU Players)
Tony Harvey, C (1989)
Ashraf Amaya, F (1990)
Marcus Timmons, F (1992)
Kent Williams, G (2000)
Bryan Mullins, G (2006)
Kevin Dillard, G (2009)
Marcus Domask, F (2020)
MVC Freshman to earn All-MVC First or Second Team (All Players since 1996)
Rodney Buford, Creighton (1996, 2nd)
Doug McDermott, Creighton (2011, 1st)
Landry Shamet, Wichita State (2017, 1st)
Marcus Domask, SIU (2020, 2nd)
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