PISCATAWAY, NJ. – The pair of Scarlet Knights freshmen were honored in Tuesday afternoon's annual Big Ten Conference awards.
 
Harper and Bailey were recognized as All-Freshman Team members and named to the Big Ten's Third Team (media vote) and Honorable Mention Team (coach vote).
 
Harper and Bailey had some of the best individual seasons in Rutgers basketball history.
 
Dylan Harper broke the freshman scoring record at Rutgers with 537 points. He passed Mike Rosario's total from 16 seasons ago (2008-09). Harper was fourth in the conference in scoring and averaged 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and shot 48.7 percent from the field.
 
Bailey finished regular season play with 510 points. He moved past Rutgers legend Phil Sellers and stands third behind Harper and Rosario on the single season freshmen scoring list. Bailey averaged 17.6 points (seventh in the conference), 7.2 rebounds and shot 45.8 percent from the field.
 
Graduate student forward Zach Martini was the Scarlet Knights sportsmanship nominee.

The conference awards are listed below:
 
204-25 ALL-BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS & HONORS

As selected by Big Ten coaches

FIRST TEAM	HONORABLE MENTION	ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Derik Queen, Maryland	Oumar Ballo, Indiana	Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Brice Williams, Nebraska	Payton Sandfort, Iowa	DERIK QUEEN, Maryland
TREY KAUFMAN-RENN, Purdue	Julian Reese, Maryland	Jase Richardson, Michigan State
BRADEN SMITH, Purdue	Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State	Ace Bailey, Rutgers
JOHN TONJE, Wisconsin	Ace Bailey, Rutgers	Dylan Harper, Rutgers
	Dylan Harper, Rutgers
SECOND TEAM	John Blackwell, Wisconsin	ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Danny Wolf, Michigan		Jaden Akins, Michigan State
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan		TJ Bamba, Oregon
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota		Nate Bittle, Oregon
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern		Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State		Kobe Johnson, UCLA
THIRD TEAM*		PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois		Braden Smith, Purdue
Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Jaden Akins, Michigan State		DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jase Richardson, Michigan State		Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon		6TH MAN OF THE YEAR
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA		Will Riley, Illinois
		COACH OF THE YEAR
		Tom Izzo, Michigan State
		FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
		Derik Queen, Maryland
* - additional player due to tie in voting		HOWARD MOORE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
UNANIMOUS SELECTIONS IN ALL CAPS		Doug Wojcik, Michigan State

 
UNANIMOUS SELECTIONS IN ALL CAPS // * - additional player due to tie in voting
 
2024-25 ALL-BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS & HONORS

As selected by Big Ten media

FIRST TEAM	HONORABLE MENTION	PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan	Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois	Braden Smith, Purdue
Brice Williams, Nebraska	Malik Reneau, Indiana
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue	Oumar Ballo, Indiana	COACH OF THE YEAR
BRADEN SMITH, Purdue	Payton Sandfort, Iowa	Tom Izzo, Michigan State
JOHN TONJE, Wisconsin	Julian Reese, Maryland
	Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern	FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
SECOND TEAM	Nate Bittle, Oregon	Derik Queen, Maryland
Derik Queen, Maryland	Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Danny Wolf, Michigan	Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota	Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern	Fletcher Loyer, Purdue
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
	Desmond Claude, USC
THIRD TEAM	Great Osobor, Washington
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois	John Blackwell, Wisconsin
Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers