CHENEY - Glen Dean is the epitome of the Eastern Washington University catchphrase, "Start Something Big."
The first-year Eagle men's basketball player was honored Wednesday as the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year, as selected by the league's nine head coaches. He is the fourth Eagle to earn that honor, joining Rodney Stuckey (2006), Matt Nelson (2004) and Marc Axton (2002) as the previous winners.
The 5-foot-10 guard finished with a 12.2 scoring average to rank 11th in the Big Sky, and his average of 4.4 assists was second. He was also eighth in the Big Sky in three-point field goal percentage (42.9 percent) and seventh in free throw percentage (80.4).
In Big Sky Conference play, Dean averaged 5.2 assists to lead the BSC in league-only statistics, and his 14.4 scoring average was 10th. He made 29-of-62 treys (46.8 percent to rank fifth) and 57-of-68 free throws (83.8 percent to rank sixth).
The 2008 graduate of Seattle's Roosevelt High School was selected as Eastern's male recipient of the December Scholar-Athlete of the Month Award, and currently has a 3.85 grade point average at EWU.
"In every way imaginable he's exceeded our expectations," said Eastern head coach Kirk Earlywine. "His performance on the floor and in the classroom has been unbelievable."
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