Scheierman Leads Men's Basketball's All-BIG EAST Trio

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OMAHA, Neb. -- Baylor Scheierman was named a unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection and teammates Trey Alexander and Ryan Kalkbrenner were named Second Team All-BIG EAST after a vote of league coaches. The Bluejays are the only team with three men honored on one of the top two teams.

Baylor Scheierman
Scheierman has starred for Creighton this winter, averaging 18.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. He leads the BIG EAST with 14 double-doubles and is in contention to become the first men's player in the last 20 years to lead a Power 6 Conference in both defensive rebounds (currently 249) and three-pointers made (currently 97, one behind the league leader).

He became the first Division I men's player in NCAA history to surpass 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 three-pointers, and became the 11th men's player in NCAA history to score at least 1,000 points at multiple Division I schools. As if that's not enough, Scheierman authored Creighton's first point/rebound/assist triple-double in program history on Feb. 13 vs. Georgetown, his 14 double-doubles are the most by a Bluejay in the last 40 seasons, and his 1,100 career defensive rebounds are the most by any player in the country in the last 25 seasons.

He's been named one of five finalists for the Julius Erving Award given to the nation's best small forward, and is also one of 20 players on the Wooden Award Late Season Watch List. A two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week this season, and a USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week once, Scheierman has made at least one three-pointer in 67-of-68 games in a Creighton uniform, including a program record 48 in a row to begin his Bluejay career.

This is the third time Scheierman has been named First Team All-Conference, having earning First Team All-Summit League accolades in 2020-21 and 2021-22 while enrolled at South Dakota State. He was an Honorable Mention All-BIG EAST choice last year in his initial campaign at Creighton.

Trey Alexander
Trey Alexander was an Honorable Mention pick last year who moved up to Second Team accolades this season. In league play, Alexander led the BIG EAST with 38.2 minutes per game, was third with both 18.6 points and 5.2 assists per game, and ranked 10th in free-throw percentage (.843).

The Oklahoma City, Okla., product owns four double-doubles this season and leads the country's Power 6 players in minutes per game. He played all 40 minutes in Saturday's 69-67 win at Villanova, sinking the game-winner with 0.2 seconds left.

Alexander is on pace to become the BIG EAST's first player since at least 1992-93 to average at least 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game over the course of a season.

Ryan Kalkbrenner
A First Team pick a year ago, senior Ryan Kalkbrenner moves to the Second Team this season after averaging 17.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He leads the BIG EAST and ranks in the top six nationally in both blocked shots (3.0) and field goal percentage (.650).

The Florissant, Mo., product ranks seventh in the BIG EAST with 17.6 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in league contests. His 92 blocks are CU's most since 1984-85 and his 291 career rejections rank second in Bluejay history.

Kalkbrenner was named a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, given to the nation's best center, and is the two-time reigning BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year.

The BIG EAST Player of the Year will come from the All-BIG EAST First Team and the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year will come from the All-Freshman Team. The conference will announce Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Wednesday, March 13, at Madison Square Garden at 12:30 p.m. Central.  Other league individual awards, including BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Sixth Man Award and Sportsmanship Award will be announced Monday, March 11, at 10 a.m. Central.

After earning the No. 2 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep, Creighton (23-8, 14-6 BIG EAST) will face either Providence or Georgetown on Thursday at 6 p.m. Central on FS1.