THE CORNER PASSES ON ITS HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO SHONN ’11.

After being sidelined for a few weeks in April, the corner learned that former Saint Ignatius basketball standout and Cornell freshman Shonn Miller was named the 2012 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

The All-Ivy League honors are selected by a vote of the conference's eight head coaches.

Shonn, a three-time all-district honoree while playing for Coach Sean O’Toole ’87 at Saint Ignatius, became the seventh Cornell player to take home Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors and the fourth in the last seven years. He established new Cornell freshman records for rebounds (170) and blocked shots (46), while earning the conference's Rookie of the Week honor five times.

Miller also ranked among the top 10 freshman scorers in Cornell history with 250 points. Shonn, now 6-foot-7 and getting bigger and stronger everytime I see him, ranked eighth in the Ivy League in rebounding and steals, and was second in blocks.

Shonn ended his freshman season averaging 8.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.3 steals per game while starting in 21 of Cornell’s 28 games. He shot 44 percent from the floor, including 51 percent from inside the 3-point arc. Shonn had three double-doubles, five double digit rebounding games and nine games in which he scored in double figures.

Again, it was a privilege and a pleasure to cover Shonn during his playing days for the Wildcats and we wish him nothing but bigger and better things as his exceptional talent, on and off the court, continues to grow.

God Bless, Eddie.