St. John’s Ejiofor A Unanimous Selection For Big East Player Of The Year

 

Zuby Ejiofor goes full extension for this layup against Seton Hall on January 20th. Photo by Jason Schott.

St. John’s star Zuby Ejiofor was a unanimous selection for Big East Player of the Year, the conference announced on Wednesday at the start of its tournament.

Ejiofor also was honored as the Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Earlier in the week, he was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year.

In the 45-year history of the Big East, Zuby is the second player to win all three major awards since Emeka Okafor, of the UConn Huskies, in 2004.

Ejiofor is the first unanimous selection for Big East Player of the Year since Doug McDermott, of Creighton, in 2013-14, that school’s first year in the Big East.

On what it took to win the award, Ejiofor said at the ceremony, “I mean, it took everything. It took battling through adversity, and it was never easy. It was never the easiest road to success. I just want to thank God because I feel like he put me in so many situations where I had to challenge myself and it was never easy. I was able to do anything possible that I put my mind to.”

Zuby is the fourth St. John’s player to be honored as Big East Player of the Year, along with RJ Luis Jr. last year, Walter Berry in 1986, and Chris Mullin three times, 1983, ‘84, and ‘85.

This is St. John’s second straight winner, and as you can guess from Mullin and Berry, they won a combined four straight.

Additionally, Zuby was named the Associated Press Big East Player of the Year on Tuesday.