Congrats to Jalen Cannon on another accolade

FROM KEITH GROLLER

Last year's Morning Call co-player of the year, Jalen Cannon, definitely made his mark in his first season at St. Francis of Brooklyn.

According to a release that was sent to me, the freshman from Allen High School has been named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie team. It was great to see Jalen at Allen's district playoff game against Emmaus the other night. He definitely hasn't forgotten where he came from.

Here are the particulars:

The Northeast Conference has named Terriers' freshman Jalen Cannon to the 2011-2012 All Rookie Team.



One of the key elements to St. Francis (NY)'s surprising season was the emergence of Cannon. The 6-foot-5 Allentown, Pennsylvania native proved to be a dominant force on the glass for the Terriers, who have improved from tenth in the conference in rebound margin a year ago to fourth in 2011-12.



“In addition to being an outstanding player, Jalen is an outstanding person and is a pleasure to coach,” said Terriers' head coach Glenn Braica. "We are very proud of him and he's without question the best rebounder that I have ever coached. He was much more ready than any freshman can be expected to be. Jalen can be one of the best players in the league and we look forward to him being the cornerstone of our team for the next three years.”



The power forward is the nation's second-leading freshman rebounder and ranks fourth overall in the NEC with 8.8 per game. In addition, he ranks fifth in the country in rebounds per 40 minutes at 14.4 per game.



He posted games of 19 and 20 rebounds over a ten day span in February with the 20-board outing against FDU this past Saturday tying for the NEC single-game season-high. The monster efforts on the glass were also the two most prolific rebound performances by an NEC freshman since CCSU's Ron Robinson pulled down 21 in on February 5, 2001.



The Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week back on January 16, Cannon averages 8.1 ppg and shoots 56.4 percent from the floor. He recorded double-figures in rebounds 12 times and paced all freshmen with eight double-doubles.

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