Mark your calendar on January 18th against Santa Clara when a legendary Zag is honored at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
What an unbelievable honor. Only five other Zags that paved the way for this program have had the privilege to get their jersey hang in the rafters in Spokane. Frank Burgess, John Stockton, Adam Morrison, Kelly Olynyk, Dan Dickau. You can now add Domantas Sabonis to that list.
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During his time at Gonzaga from 2014-16, the Lithuanian leftie etched himself in history. Take a look at some of his accolades during his tenure:
2015 WCC All-Freshman Team
2015 Second Team All-WCC
2016 AP Honorable Mention All-American
2016 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist
In his too short but sweet collegiate career, Sabonis averaged 13.5 PPG on 63.2 FG%/35.7 3PT%/72.9 FT% plus 9.4 RPG in 74 games played for the Zags. He led the program to an Elite 8 in 2015 and a Sweet 16 in 2016 appearance during his tenure.
Sabonis is the school’s all-time leader in career field goal percentage at 63.2%. He’s also just the 41st player in school history to score 1,000 points, finishing with 1,002 total.
My personal favorite memory of Sabonis has to be his dunk off the dime from Przemek Karnowski against UCLA in the 2015 Sweet 16. That big man tandem was always on the same page during that run.
It will be a special moment for the Gonzaga legend to witness his jersey go up in McCarthey Athletic Center and stay there forever on January 18th against Santa Clara.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho