Four Highlanders Earn All-Big West Honors
3/8/2021 10:25:00 AM | Men's Basketball
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Arinze Chidom, Jock Perry, Zyon Pullin and Dominick Pickett each earned All-Big West honors Monday morning, it was announced by the Big West Conference.
Chidom is UCR's first First-Team selection since Taylor Johns in 2015 and the program's 12th all-conference selection overall. For the senior, this is his second straight season earning postseason recognition after being named an Honorable Mention last season. The Oakland native ranks ninth in the Big West in scoring (13.5) and field goal percentage (.493) while ranking ninth in conference play with 5.5 rebounds per game.
Pickett was tabbed the conference's Best Hustle Player after leading the league in conference games with a 4.3 assist to turnover ratio. He also ranked 12th both overall and in conference play with 54 and 34 assists, respectively.
Perry and Pullin picked up Honorable Mention honors to round out UCR's awards showing. One of nine players from Down Under on the Highlanders' roster, Perry excelled in his first season in Riverside with a double double at USC and a season-high 21 points in a win over Washington.
BIG WEST ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Player of the Year: JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara
Newcomer of the Year: TJ Starks, CSUN
Freshman of the Year: Dawsom Baker, UC Irvine
Coach of the Year: Joe Pasternack, UC Santa Barbara
Best Defensive Player: Brad Greene, UC Irvine
Best Hustle Player: Dominick Pickett, UC Riverside
Best Sixth Player: Ajare Sanni, UC Santa Barbara
Chidom is UCR's first First-Team selection since Taylor Johns in 2015 and the program's 12th all-conference selection overall. For the senior, this is his second straight season earning postseason recognition after being named an Honorable Mention last season. The Oakland native ranks ninth in the Big West in scoring (13.5) and field goal percentage (.493) while ranking ninth in conference play with 5.5 rebounds per game.
Pickett was tabbed the conference's Best Hustle Player after leading the league in conference games with a 4.3 assist to turnover ratio. He also ranked 12th both overall and in conference play with 54 and 34 assists, respectively.
Perry and Pullin picked up Honorable Mention honors to round out UCR's awards showing. One of nine players from Down Under on the Highlanders' roster, Perry excelled in his first season in Riverside with a double double at USC and a season-high 21 points in a win over Washington.
BIG WEST ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Player of the Year: JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara
Newcomer of the Year: TJ Starks, CSUN
Freshman of the Year: Dawsom Baker, UC Irvine
Coach of the Year: Joe Pasternack, UC Santa Barbara
Best Defensive Player: Brad Greene, UC Irvine
Best Hustle Player: Dominick Pickett, UC Riverside
Best Sixth Player: Ajare Sanni, UC Santa Barbara
| First Team All-Big West | |
| Arinze Chidom | UC Riverside |
| JaQuori McLaughlin | UC Santa Barbara |
| Taze Moore | CSU Bakersfield |
| Amadou Sow | UC Santa Barbara |
| TJ Starks | CSUN |
| Collin Welp | UC Irvine |
| Second Team All-Big West | |
| Darius Brown II | CSUN |
| Brad Greene | UC Irvine |
| Tray Maddox Jr. | Cal State Fullerton |
| Ezra Manjon | UC Davis |
| Elijah Pepper | UC Davis |
| Honorable Mention | |
| Justin Edler-Davis | CSU Bakersfield |
| Chance Hunter | Long Beach State |
| Alimamy Koroma | Cal Poly |
| Casdon Jardine | Hawaii |
| James Jean-Marie | Hawaii |
| Junior Madut | Hawaii |
| Miles Norris | UC Santa Barbara |
| Jock Perry | UC Riverside |
| Zyon Pullin | UC Riverside |
| Devearl Ramsey | UC Santa Barbara |
| Justin Webster | Hawaii |
| Isaiah Washington | Long Beach State |
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