As the 2016-17 college basketball season is approaching, the Big East had their Media Day on Tuesday morning.
The coaches from the conference have chosen players of who they believe will win each award.
For the Big East’s preseason Freshmen of the Year, a St. John’s Red Storm guard was selected. Shamarie Ponds was chosen as the preseason favorite for that award.
Ponds is a four-star player and the no. 36 player in the class of 2016 according to ESPN. He came from Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, where he led the school to its first PSAL title since 1964 as a senior.