Senior Men’s Basketball guard Ahmad Hemingway started in all 8 games during the month of February for the Bulldogs, helping to lead the team to a 5-3 record (3-1 in CUNYAC) for the month, en route to locking up the fourth overall seed in the 2011 CUNYAC/Con Edison Men’s Basketball Championships.
For the month, Hemingway averaged 13.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.1 assists per game, while averaging 34.1 minutes per game.
Hemingway scored in double figures in six of the eight games, including a game-high 26 points in a 78-76 overtime victory over City Tech on February 7th.
In the CUNYAC Tournament, Hemingway dropped 16 points in an 80-69 win over #5 York College in the Quarterfinals on February 20th and later netted a team-leading 19 points in a heartbreaking, 73-71, overtime loss to top seeded College of Staten Island in the Semifinals on February 23rd.
Within the conference, Hemingway finished the regular season ranked 17th in scoring (12.6 ppg), 15th in rebounding (5.9 rpg), 14th in assists (2.5 apg), second in steals (2.5 spg), 10th in three-point field goal percentage (35.0% 36-for-103) and tied for 13th in three-point field goals made (1.3 3pg).
Hemingway, a three-year member of the BC Men’s Basketball team, played in 83 career games in a Brooklyn uniform, totaling 901 points, 316 rebounds, 161 assists and 139 steals. Hemingway transferred to BC after playing his freshman season at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH.
The Bulldogs tallied a 60-25 overall record, including a 31-8 mark in the CUNYAC during Hemingway’s three seasons. Hemingway also played a vital role in helping to guide the BC Men's Basketball team to back-to-back CUNYAC Championships (2009 and 2010).
Hemingway has also excelled off the court, as the Television and Radio major currently boasts a 3.23 GPA.
For his efforts, Hemingway has been named the Brooklyn College Male Student-Athlete of the Month, for the month of February.
