The Big East Freshman of the Year award was rather handily decided this past season as Henry Ellenson took the conference by storm en route to becoming a Top 20 NBA draft pick and putting up one of the best freshman seasons in Marquette Golden Eagles history.
That isn’t to say though that Ellenson was the only freshman to make an impact in their first year on the court. Au contraire. Freshmen made impacts all over the conference. Khyri Thomas, Eli Cain, Jessie Govan, and Marcus Derrickson were all great in their own rights, and to a higher degree, the likes of Jalen Brunson, Kassoum Yakwe and Yankuba Sima were all terrific too.