Five members of the 2010-11 Emory University men's basketball
squad have been selected to the All-University Athletic Association
Team. The all-league honorees were chosen by the conference
coaches.
Junior Austin
Claunch (Cypress, TX) headlines the group with his
second consecutive first-team selection while sophomore Alex Greven
(Winston-Salem, NC) and freshman Jake Davis
(Cincinnati, OH) were voted to the second team. Davis was
also named as the league's Rookie of the Year. Rounding out
the Emory representatives on this year's all-league squad were
senior Julien Williams (Potomac,
MD) and junior Alex Gulotta
(Briarcliff Manor, NY), both of whom garnered honorable mention
berths.
The 5-foot-9 Claunch directed the high-powered Emory offense that
scored a league-leading 83.6 points per game (15th
nationally) from his point-guard position, averaging a UAA-best 7.4
assists per contest that also ranked No. 3 nationally among
Division III players. One of the top all-around performers in
the nation, Claunch finished among the top 10 UAA players in six
different statistical categories and was first in four. In
addition to his assists average, he topped the loop in steals (1.9
apg), free throw percentage (.875, 105-of-120) and minutes
(36.4 mpg). He paced the team and ranked fourth in the
UAA in scoring with 16.5 per-game average and either led or shared
for team scoring honors on nine occasions. Named the UAA
Player of the Week on three occasions, he was selected to the
D3hoops.com Team of the Week twice. In league action, Claunch
upped his scoring average to 18.2 points, good for fourth place on
the UAA list, while doling out a conference –best 7.8 assists
per outing. Claunch established a school seasonal record in
assists for the second straight year with his 186 dimes in 2010-11
bettering his previous standard of 151 set during the 2009-10
campaign. Claunch becomes the first Emory player since Chase
Fawsett (2003-05) and the third overall to earn back-to-back
seasons of First Team All-UAA acclaim.
The 6-foot-5 Davis enjoyed a banner rookie year with his 13.3
per-game scoring average placing him third on the team,
10th on the UAA chart and tops among all league
freshmen. Coming primarily off the bench, he scored in double
figures in 18 games and produced three outings of 20-plus points
including a season-high 22-point night at Case Western (Feb.
18). In addition to leading all UAA frosh in scoring, he set
the standard for all rookies in both rebounding (6.5 rpg) and free
throw percentage (.830, 83-of-100). He was the Eagles' top
scorer and rebounder in nine contests and registered three
double-doubles including an 18-point, season-high 14-rebound effort
against Rochester (Jan. 8). His 47.8 percent mark
(119-of-249) from the floor was 11th in the UAA and
second among freshmen. Davis ended the year with 332 points,
the third-highest total by an Eagle freshman. His selection
as UAA Rookie of The Year marks the first time that an Emory player
has been tabbed for the honor since its inception in
2000-01.
Greven, one of three players to start all 25 games, ended the year
second on the team in scoring with a 14.5 per-game average, good
for the eighth spot on the UAA list. Third on the team in
minutes (29.8 mpg), he totaled 20 double-figure scoring games and
chalked up the top-two scoring performances by an Eagle during the
year – 31 points against Methodist (Dec. 4), that helped him
earn UAA Player of the Week honors, and 28 points vs. Oglethorpe
(Nov. 17). He either led or shared for team scoring
honors in five affairs including back-to-back efforts of 18 points
in UAA encounters against Chicago (Jan. 16) and Case Western (Jan.
21). One of the team's tops marksmen from the foul line, he
converted 83.3 percent (90-of-108) of his attempts from the stripe,
good for fourth place among conference players.
Williams, a starter in all 25 games, used a strong showing in UAA
play en route to claiming his honorable spot on the
all-league team. After scoring in single digits in his first
14 games, the 6-foot-2 Williams posted double-figure scoring in
nine of his last 11 games in finishing with an overall scoring
average of 8.2 points per game. His offensive numbers were
considerably higher in conference action with his 11.0 per-game
scoring average good for third on the team and 15th in
the UAA. Williams shot a keen 57.4 percent (54-of-94) from
the field over the course of 14 UAA outings that placed him first
on the team and fourth on the league ladder.
The sharp-shooting Gulotta kept opponents off balance with his
long-range bombs that saw him sink 71 three-point field goals, the
third-highest mark in school history. His league-leading mark
of 2.8 triples per game ranked 38th nationally and his
45.8 percent (71-of-155) showing from beyond the arc was fourth in
the league and 10th nationally. The 6-foot-1
Gulotta, who finished second on the club behind Claunch in minutes
(30.4 mpg), compiled 14 games of double-figure scoring including
four of 20 or more points. He blitzed Guilford College (Nov.
20) with a career-high 26 points and drained a school-record tying
eight three-point field goals in that contest, one of his 16
performances multiple treys. He saw a 35-game streak, tying
for the second-longest mark in school history, of three-point field
goals come to an end against Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 20) in the
second-to-last game of the season.
Emory ended the year with an overall record of 20-5, marking the
second-highest win total in school history. In league play,
the Eagles finished second (the program's best showing since 1990)
with an 11-3 ledger with the conference victory total the second
highest in program annals.
Claunch, Davis & Greven Highlight Five Emory Selections To All-UAA Men's Basketball Team
Posted: Mar 03, 2011