Lin & Housman Named All-Ivy League
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard guards Jeremy
Lin and Drew Housman have been named to the All-Ivy League teams in
an announcement by the league office Wednesday afternoon.
Lin, a junior guard, was named to the first team while Housman, a
senior, was named to the second team. Lin has been named all-league
in each of the past two seasons in which he has led the league in
steals by a wide margin.
The first Harvard player named to the NABC All-District first team
since 1997, Lin grabbed national attention by leading Harvard to a
victory at then-17th-ranked Boston College in January with 27
points, eight assists and six steals.
Lin finished the season as the only player in the country to rank
among the top 10 in his conference in every statistical category.
He ranked third in scoring (17.8 ppg), second in assists (4.3 pg),
first in steals (68 - 2.4 pg), sixth in field goal percentage
(.502), seventh in 3-point percentage (.400), eighth in free throw
percentage (.744), first in free throw attempts (168) and made
FT’s (125), ninth in rebounding (5.5) and 10th in blocked
shots (18).
In February, the USA Today ran a piece on Lin in its
“Who’s in Your Five?” section. Lin was mentioned
as one of the top five players or teams that we wished had more
television exposure.
In the final game of the regular season, Lin became the first
Harvard player to reach the 1,000-point plateau in his junior
season since 1996 when Kyle Snowden ’97 accomplished the
feat. One of seven players to accomplish the feat, Lin has 1,007
points. His 497 points scored is the seventh-most in a single
season.
Housman – also a two-time all-league selection – saved
his best play for Ivy League games, where he averaged 11.6 points
while shooting 53 percent from the floor, 40 percent from 3-point
range and 80 percent from the free throw line. In league games,
Housman recorded 19 steals and handed out a league-best 52 assists
against 21 turnovers.
Overall, Housman averaged 9.6 points and had 77 assists to 40
turnovers. He shot 47 percent overall and a team-leading 42 percent
from 3-point range.
Housman finished the regular season with 1,228 career points
– good enough for 14th place on the Crimson’s all-time
list. He stands fourth all-time with 157 steals and sixth with 339
assists. Housman is the team’s all-time career leader in
games played (113) and started (102)
2008-09 All-Ivy League
First Team
Matt Mullery, Brown (Jr., F, Millstone, N.J.)
Louis Dale, Cornell (Jr., G, Birmingham, Ala.)
Ryan Wittman, Cornell (So., F, Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Alex Barnett, Dartmouth (Sr., G/F, St. Louis, Mo.)
Jeremy Lin, Harvard (Jr., G, Palo Alto, Calif.)
Second Team
Jason Miller, Columbia (Sr., F, Hamilton, Ohio)
Jeff Foote, Cornell (Sr., C, Lockwood, N.Y.)
Drew Housman, Harvard (Sr., G, Calabasas, Calif.)
Ross Morin, Yale (Sr., F, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Travis Pinick, Yale (Sr., G/F, Orange, Calif.)
Honorable Mention
Peter Sullivan, Brown (So., F, Willmette, Ill.)
Tyler Bernardini, Penn (So., G/F, Carlsbad, Calif.)
Pawel Buczak, Princeton(Jr., C, Moorestown, N.J.)
Douglas Davis, Princeton (Fr., G, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Alex Zampier, Yale (Jr., G, East Greenbush, N.Y.)
Player of the Year
Alex Barnett, Dartmouth
Rookie of the Year
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (Fr., G, Highland Park, Ill.)
Defensive Player of the Year
Jeff Foote, Cornell
