The Youngstown State men's basketball team held its annual postseason awards banquet to honor several student-athletes, hand out awards and review the 2010-11 season on Sunday afternoon in the Chestnut Room in Kilcawley Center.
Senior Vytas Sulskis, who finished his career as YSU's 16th all-time leading scorer with 1,311 points, earned the Dom Rosselli Coaches Award. Sulskis led the Guins in scoring with 392 points or 13.1 points per game and made 43 3-pointers. Sulskis also finished his career ranked second on the all-time 3-pointers made list with 179.
Sulskis, who was presented a commemorative basketball honoring the scoring of his 1,000th career point against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 27, 2010, also received the Scholar-Athlete Award with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.26.
The team's Most Improved Player Award went to sophomore Blake Allen, who ranked second on the team with 47 3-pointers made. Allen scored just 40 points and made just eight 3-pointers through the first 13 games of the season. Over the course of the last 17 contests, Allen scored 172 points for an average of 10.1 points per game and made 39-of-92 3-point attempts for a .424 3-point percentage. Allen finished the season averaging 7.1 points and 2.5 assists per game, and led the Horizon League with a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Sophomore Damian Eargle won the Leo Mogus Leading Rebounder Award after leading the squad with 181 rebounds for a 6.0 rebounds per game average. Eargle was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team after leading the league with 91 blocked shots and a 3.0 blocks per game average and scoring 11.3 points per game. Eargle also finished the 2010-11 season ranked 10th in the nation in blocked shots per game.
Freshman Kendrick Perry also took home two awards - the Tony Vivo Hustle Award and the Top Assists Awards. Perry led the team with 122 assists for an average of 4.1 assists per game. Perry ranked fourth in the Horizon League in assists per game and second in assists-to-turnover ratio at 2.1.
Freshman Josh Chojnacki won the Free-Throw Award for finishing the season with a team-high .846 free-throw percentage.
