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Princeton University Athletics
Greenman, Conway Earn Awards at Annual Men's Basketball Banquet
April 27, 2006 | Men's Basketball
April 27, 2006
Senior guard Scott Greenman earned two prestigious team awards and junior forward Justin Conway became the first winner of a new team honor at the annual Princeton men's basketball banquet held at Jadwin Gym Thursday night.
Greenman was the winner of both the B.F. Bunn Trophy, awarded to the team member who through sportsmanship, play and influence most contributed to the sport, and the Friedman Memorial Award, given to the member of the program who does his best every day in every way.
Conway earned the new Class of 1959 Bob Rock Sixth Man Award, given to the team member whose energy, enthusiasm and effort made an invaluable contribution to the season.
Greenman, a 5-9 guard, joins Sean Jackson '92, Mike Brennan '94 and Sydney Johnson '97 as team members to win the Bunn Trophy and Friedman Award in the same season. He was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection in 2005-06, recovering from an early-season injury to average better than 14 points per game in Ivy League play. He shot nearly 50% from three-point range in the Ivy season and finished in the top five in the league in five statistical categories.
"I've watched and been around Princeton basketball for a long time," said Princeton head coach Joe Scott, "and I'm not sure I've seen a better stretch by a player than Scott had in the last 12 games of the year. Whether it was the big shot, the big pass that led to the big shot, or just being a leader, I can't give him enough credit for helping us to turn it around this year."
The Linwood, N.J., native played 549 of a possible 580 minutes for Princeton in Ivy League play. He also finished his career eighth all-time at Princeton with 139 three-pointers.
Conway, a 6-4 junior, may have been one of the great stories of the college basketball season anywhere. A former walk-on to the program, he started the last 13 games at center in 2005-06 after not playing one minute prior to Jan. 29. He averaged 8.8 points and team-bests of 4.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game and earned honorable mention All-Ivy honors at season's end. Princeton had a 9-4 record in Conway's 13 starts.
He also scored the last basket of Princeton's season, a layup with 2.9 seconds left that gave the Tigers a thrilling 60-59 overtime win over Penn. His 21 points in that game were a season high.
"I can't think of a better person to win this award in its first year," said assistant coach Howard Levy, who presented the plaque with members of the late Bob Rock's family in attendance. "If there was anyone whose efforts helped us do some of the things we did at the end of the year, it was Justin."
The new award was presented this year by the Class of 1959 in honor of their classmate Rock, an ardent supporter of the program and a former football letterwinner at Princeton.
Princeton finished 12-15 overall and 10-4 in the Ivy League in 2005-06, good for second place in the league standings.