BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Dec. 9, 2019) –Florida Atlantic University guard Kenan Blackshear has been named Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. He is the first Owl to earn the award since Jailyn Ingram won it in November of 2016.
The Orlando product has continued to flourish in his role as a starter, posting another pair of solid outings last week. On Monday night, he posted career highs in both points and rebounds, tallying 10 points and six rebounds against St. Bonaventure. He followed that up on Wednesday night with nine points and a new career-high of seven rebounds in the Owls’ 62-59 victory over Canisius.
For the week, he averaged 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, making a pair of 3-pointers and five of his six free throw attempts.
The Owls return to Abessinio Court at FAU Arena this weekend, hosting High Point at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. Live video and live stats will be available at fausports.com. The game can be heard on FOX Sports 640AM. Live updates will be posted to the team’s official Twitter account,@FAU_Hoops. Tickets for the game can be purchased here.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
