Sir’Dominic Pointer of St. John’s was honored with the Haggerty Award, presented to the All-Met Division I men’s player of the year by the Met Basketball Writers Association on April 22, 2015 at the 82nd annual awards dinner, held at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY.

Until the 2013-14 season, it had been more than a decade since a St. John's player had won the Haggerty Award but now, following D'Angelo Harrison's acclamation a year earlier, senior swingman Sir'Dominic Pointer has made it two in a row for the Red Storm.

A 6-6 senior guard/forward from Detroit, Pointer has been named recipient of the 82nd Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award, presented by the NIT and the Met Basketball Writers Assn. to the most outstanding Met area player during the 2014-15 men's college basketball season.   

Pointer is the 22nd player from St. John's to receive the Haggerty Award, which has gone to a member of the Red Storm 26 times overall. The award is named in memory of a former St. John's standout who lost his life in World War II.

Joining Pointer on the All-Met First Team this year is 2014 Haggerty Award winner Harrison. Pointer has earned a reputation as a well-balanced, all-around player who exhibits prowess on the defensive end of the floor as much as he contributes on the offensive side of the court. Among other accolades for this season, Pointer has been named 2014-15 Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Big East Most Improved Player, All-Big East Second Team, NABC All-District 5 Second Team and to the USBWA All-District 2 team. He was named player of the week for the final week of the Big East Conference award, and was selected to the Big East weekly honor roll six times. Pointer was named Met Basketball Writers player of the week three times during his senior season.

A versatile swingman who kept improving as the season progressed, he posted 13.7 ppg and was fourth in the league in rebounding (7.7 rpg), third in steals (63 for 1.9 spg) and third in blocks (80 for 2.4 bpg). Pointer was second in the Big East in double-doubles, recording his ninth of the season in the NCAA Tournament vs San Diego State with game-highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds. He scored in double figures for the Red Storm (21-12) in 16 of the team's final 17 games, proving most influential as St. John's (21-12) made its push for the NCAA Tournament.The 50th player in program history to record 1,000-plus points, Pointer (1,078 points) finished his St. John's career third in blocks (172) at the school and fifth in steals (200).

Pointer was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (53rd pick) of the 2015 NBA Draft and is currently playing in the NBA G-League.