North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Basketball Awards Presented at Banquet
4/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 14, 2002
The NC State basketball squad held its 2002 awards banquet on Sunday evening at the Entertainment and Sports Arena. In addition to the presentation of individual awards, the 2002 NCAA banner, which will be hung in the ESA rafters, was unfurled.
Redshirt freshman Will Roach and true freshman Jordan Collins were co-winners of the Jon Speaks Best Teammate Award, named for the captain of the 1963 Wolfpack squad who was killed in an automobile accident. Roach, who saw action in 10 games, was one of NC State's top defenders in practice in his first year of competition. Collins played in 30 games during his rookie campaign at center.
The Sixth Man Award went to Cliff Crawford and Scooter Sherrill, who both made valuable contributions off the bench this season. Crawford played 16 minutes per game and was one of the Pack's top defenders, while Sherrill averaged eight points per game versus ACC competition while playing a reserve role.
First-team All-ACC performer Anthony Grundy took home several awards, including the Nate McMillan Best Defender Trophy, the Sidney Lowe Most Deflections Award, the Monte Towe Most Charges Drawn Award and the Best Screener/Cutter Award. Grundy tallied 279 deflections and drew 17 charges for the season. The Louisville, Ky., native also won the Ronnie Shavlik Award for rebounding, making him the first guard to lead the team in caroms in at least 50 years. Grundy's 186 rebounds (5.5 per game) was the 15th-best mark in the ACC.
Marcus Melvin and Ilian Evtimov were co-winners of the Tom Gugliotta Award for the Most Improved Player. Melvin, who also won the Rodney Monroe Award for the Best Three-Point shooter, averaged 12 points per game over the last 12 games of the season and was named a second-team All-ACC Tournament performer. Evtimov averaged 10 points in the last 12 games, after averaging just 5.5 points in the first 22 outings of his rookie campaign.
Senior Archie Miller won the Chris Corchiani Award for the best assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) and the Terry Gannon honor for the top free throw percentage (.859). Rookie Josh Powell was given the Kevin Thompson Best Field Goal Percentage Award after he shot 52.8% from the field, while another freshman, Julius Hodge, won the Lorenzo Charles Offensive Rebounding Trophy with 63 offensive boards for the year.
2002 Men's Basketball Awards
Jon Speaks Best Teammate: Will Roach/Jordan Collins
Sixth Man Award: Cliff Crawford/Scooter Sherrill
Scholar-Athlete Award: Levi Watkins/Josh Powell
Nate McMillan Best Defender: Anthony Grundy
Tom Gugliotta Most Improved: Marcus Melvin/Ilian Evtimov
Chris Corchiani Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: Archie Miller
Sidney Lowe Most Deflections: Anthony Grundy
Monte Towe Most Charges Drawn: Anthony Grundy
Kevin Thompson Best FG Percentage: Josh Powell
Terry Gannon Best Free Throw Shooter: Archie Miller
Rodney Monroe Best Three-Point Shooter: Marcus Melvin
Ronnie Shavlik Rebounding: Anthony Grundy
Lorenzo Charles Offensive Rebounding: Julius Hodge
Best Screener/Cutter: Anthony Grundy
