Two & Three Time Haggerty Award Winners

JIM McMILLIAN, Columbia • 1968, 1969, 1970                                            

The first three-time winner of the Haggerty Award, “Jimmy Mac” led Columbia to a three-year record of 63-14, earning All-Ivy League honors after each season.
As a sophomore, McMillian led the Lions to Holiday Festival title with wins over West Virginia, Louisville and St. John’s on successive days, the Ivy League title and the second round of the NCAA tournament. Columbia finished 23-5 that season, including a playoff victory over Princeton to win the Ivy League title that drew a sellout crowd at St. John’s Alumni Hall during a time when Columbia’s own campus was often the scene of student unrest in a turbulent time in American education.

McMillian, who was an All-City selection at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, teamed with fellow forward Heyward Dotson to lead the Lions to one of the best three-year runs in school history. McMillian averaged 22.9 points per game over his three varsity seasons and finished his career with 743 rebounds, figures that still rank second in school history.

McMillian was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round and played for them for three seasons before finishing his nine-year NBA career with the Portland Trail Blazers.

While with the Lakers, McMillian stepped in to replace Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor when he retired early in the 1971-72 season. In his first game as a starter McMillian had 22 points and 13 rebounds as the Lakers won the first game of their NBA-record 33-game winning streak on the way to the title.

Three-Time Award Winner
CHRIS MULLIN, St. John’s • 1983, 1984, 1985

Along with Patrick Ewing of Georgetown, Mullin is considered the driving force behind the quick national success of the Big East Conference. The 6-foot-6 lefthanded sharpshooter from Brooklyn was the national player of the year in 1985 when he led the Redmen to the Final Four.

As a freshman, the only year he didn’t win the Haggerty Award, Mullin was selected the area’s rookie of the year. As a sophomore he swept the Big East awards for player of the year and tournament MVP as the Redmen won their first conference title. He averaged a career-high 22.9 points as a junior when he shared Big East player of the year honors with Ewing and the two did the same as seniors when both schools were ranked No. 1 during the season.

Mullin, who made being a gym rat fashionable, finished with 2,240 points and shot 55 percent from the field including many a long jumper in the days before there was a 3-point line.

He won two Olympic gold medals, in 1984 and as a member of the Dream Team in 1992 again with Ewing as a teammate. A first-round draft pick of the Golden State Warriors, Mullin went on to a long and successful NBA career and became the general manager of the franchise.

Three-Time Award Winner
CHARLES JENKINS, Hofstra • 2009, 2010, 2011

The third three-time winner of the Haggerty Award is Hofstra’s Charles Jenkins. Over his four seasons, Jenkins amassed 2,513 points, becoming only the 63rd player in NCAA history to reach the 2,500-point plateau. He shattered the old Hofstra scoring record, held by former teammate Antoine Agudio (2,276 points), and also finished fifth in school history with 489 assists, 213 steals and 177 three-pointers. His 2,513 points also ranks second in Colonial Athletic Association history, behind only David Robinson of Navy (2,669).

Jenkins capped off his career with Hofstra by averaging a career-best 22.6 points per game, ranked sixth nationally, to help the Pride to a 21-12 final record and a second-place finish in the CAA at 14-4.

In addition to the Haggerty Award, Jenkins also earned national recognition that season by earning third-team All-America honors from four major media outlets, and also earned the Chip Hilton Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), which is given to a senior who has demonstrated personal character on and off the court.

Jenkins was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 44th pick of the 2011 draft. He also played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and is currently playing for the Red Star Belgrade of the Serbian League.

Two-Time Award Winner
SID TANENBAUM, NYU • 1946, 1947

As a junior, Tanenbaum led the Violets to an 18-2 record and the NCAA tournament where they lost to North Carolina in the first round. He served as team captain the next season and although NYU finished 12-9 Tanenbaum was named to several All-America teams and received the Bar Kochba Award given to the country's outstanding Jewish athlete. When graduated he was the school's all-time leading scorer with 992 points. His professional career included a stint with the New York Knicks.



 
As a junior, Conlin averaged 22.4 points and 17.4 rebounds for the Rams and then improved his statistics as a senior to the remarkable stage, averaging 26.1 points and 21.4 rebounds. He grabbed 36 rebounds against Colgate as a sophomore when he led the nation in rebounding at 23.5 per game. Still Fordham's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Conlin is the only person to have his number retired on Rose Hill. Conlin, who went on to a seven-year NBA career, is still considered one of the best rebounders to play in the New York Metropolitan area.




 
A 6-foot-5 forward, Sellers is still Rutgers' all-time leading scorer (2,399) and rebounder (1,115). He averaged 22.7 ppg and 9.4 rebounds as a junior when he became the first Rutgers player to win the Haggerty Award. He followed that up with a senior season that saw him average 19.2 points and 10.1 rebounds as the Scarlet Knights went unbeaten until losing to Michigan in the Final Four. He was a unanimous first-team All-America as a senior. Sellers played briefly with the Detroit Pistons before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach.




  Two-Time Award Winner
MALIK SEALY, ST. JOHN'S • 1991, 1992

The only player besides Chris Mullin to score 2,000 points at St. John's, Sealy averaged 22.1 and 22.6 points to cap his impressive career with consecutive Haggerty Awards. As a junior, Sealy led the Redmen to the regional finals of the NCAA tournament and was a first-team All-Big East selection for the first of two times. A silky smooth 6-foot-7 forward, Sealy scored in double figures in a school-record 102 consecutive games. His NBA career was cut tragically short when he was killed by a drunk driver in 2000.



  Two-Time Award Winner
LUIS FLORES, MANHATTAN • 2003, 2004
 

A scoring phenom at New York's Norman Thomas High School, Flores transferred to Manhattan from Rutgers after his freshman season. Flores was fifth in the country in scoring as a senior, averaging 24.0 points as Manhattan went 25-6 and he shared the Haggerty Award with Andre Barrett of Seton Hall. A two-time MAAC Player of the Year, Flores finished as Manhattan's all-time leading scorer with 2,046 points. Including 39 points in 14 games at Rutgers, totaled 2,085 for his collegiate career. Flores also earned back-to-back MAAC Tournament MVP honors, en route to NCAA appearances for the Jaspers in 2003 and 2004 (second round).
As a junior, Flores was seventh nationally with a 24.6 scoring average as the Jaspers finished 23-7. He ranked seventh in NCAA Division I in scoring and 11th in free-throw percentage (90.2%)
 

Two-Time Award Winner
MYLES POWELL • 2019, 2020

As a senior, Myles Powell, a 6-2 guard from Trenton, NJ, Powell was named a First Team Associated Press All-America selection, the Big East Conference Player of the Year and the 2020 Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He finished second in the conference and 17th in the NCAA ranks with 21.0 points per game. Powell finished his college career as Seton Hall’s third-best scorer all-time with 2,252 points (No. 24 on the All-Met all-time/all divisions list) and the Pirates leader in 3-pointers made with 348 and fifth in field goals with 736. For his junior 2018-19, Powell was selected an AP honorable mention All-American and a unanimous selection to the All-Big East First Team, and capped off the year with his first of two consecutive Haggerty Awards. Powell was second in the conference and 13th in the nation in scoring with 23.1 points per game. His 784 points were the fourth highest in a single season in Pirates history and his 107 3-point goals set a program single-season record. Powell is the 13th honoree from Seton Hall to capture the Haggerty Award and the 10th to be named an All-American.