Sandro Mamukelashvili Named AP All-America Honorable Mention
3/16/2021 2:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NEW YORK - Seton Hall men's basketball senior Sandro Mamukelashvili (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) has been named Associated Press All-America honorable mention, the organization announced Tuesday. Seton Hall has now had at least honorable mention All-America recognition in each of the last six seasons.
Mamukelashvili, who is the 2021 BIG EAST Player of the Year, a NABC and USBWA All-District selection, a finalist for the 2021 Karl Malone National Power Forward of the Year Award and a leading contender for the Haggerty Metropolitan Player of the Year Award, is one of only two players in the BIG EAST Conference to rank in the league's top-5 in both scoring and rebounding and one of only two to rank in the top-15 in scoring, rebounding and assists, both overall and in conference games only. He is second in the conference in scoring at 17.5 points per game, fifth in rebounding at 7.6 per game and 13th in assists at 3.2 per game.
The versatile power forward has helped the Pirates win games both with his scoring and with his passing abilities. He eclipsed 20 points in a game 13 times and had a pair of 30-point efforts, scoring 30 in an overtime win at Penn State and 32 in a home win vs. St. John's. He became the first power forward at Seton Hall to record multiple 30-point games since Arturas Karnisovas in 1993-94. He also had 10 games of four assists or more, including seven big ones in a win at Marquette.
In February, Mamukelashvili became just the 45th Pirate in program history to reach the 1,000 career points milestone. Reaching 1,000 is a strong accomplishment for someone who only scored 87 points his freshman season, missed 10 games of his junior season due to injury and lost more games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He finished his career with an even 1,100 points, which ranks 38th all-time at Seton Hall. He also ranks 20th in program history with 651 career rebounds.
Mamukelashvili, who is the 2021 BIG EAST Player of the Year, a NABC and USBWA All-District selection, a finalist for the 2021 Karl Malone National Power Forward of the Year Award and a leading contender for the Haggerty Metropolitan Player of the Year Award, is one of only two players in the BIG EAST Conference to rank in the league's top-5 in both scoring and rebounding and one of only two to rank in the top-15 in scoring, rebounding and assists, both overall and in conference games only. He is second in the conference in scoring at 17.5 points per game, fifth in rebounding at 7.6 per game and 13th in assists at 3.2 per game.
The versatile power forward has helped the Pirates win games both with his scoring and with his passing abilities. He eclipsed 20 points in a game 13 times and had a pair of 30-point efforts, scoring 30 in an overtime win at Penn State and 32 in a home win vs. St. John's. He became the first power forward at Seton Hall to record multiple 30-point games since Arturas Karnisovas in 1993-94. He also had 10 games of four assists or more, including seven big ones in a win at Marquette.
In February, Mamukelashvili became just the 45th Pirate in program history to reach the 1,000 career points milestone. Reaching 1,000 is a strong accomplishment for someone who only scored 87 points his freshman season, missed 10 games of his junior season due to injury and lost more games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He finished his career with an even 1,100 points, which ranks 38th all-time at Seton Hall. He also ranks 20th in program history with 651 career rebounds.
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