Feb. 28, 2005

NEW YORK, N.Y. - John Baumann (Westport, Conn.) earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for games ending February 27.

Baumann led the team in scoring this weekend, averaging 15.5 ppg and 4 rebounds per game in just over 20 minutes per contest. Baumann shot 13-of-16 from the floor for a blistering .813 percentage. He totaled 14 points in 24 minutes vs. Princeton and finished with 17 points in 17 minutes vs. Penn. Baumann has now scored in double-figures in three consecutive contests. In each of the three, he established new career-highs, with 17 points vs. Penn being his best yet.

This is the first weekly honor for Baumann, but the fourth for a Columbia rookie this season. First-year Mack Montgomery earned the honor twice in January, while first-year point guard Brett Loscalzo also earned rookie honors in January.

Columbia plays its final two games this weekend, when they travel to Brown on Friday and Yale on Saturday.