CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University men's basketball first-year guard Malik Mack has earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors unanimously alongside Honorable Mention All-Ivy accolades while senior forward Justice Ajogbor has gained Academic All-Ivy laurels, the Ivy League conference office announced on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Mack established himself as one of the nation's top first-year student-athletes, ranking as the nation's third-leading scorer among first-years at 17.2 points per game. For the season, Mack averaged 17.2 points, 4.8 assists, and 4.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 34.1 percent from 3-point distance. He ranked first in the Ivy League in assists per game, fourth in points per game, and third in free throws made (100). In Ivy only play, he led the conference with 5.1 assists per game. Mack scored in double figures in 21 of 24 games played and netted 20 or more points eight times. He dished out five or more assists in each of 14 games in 2023-24.
 
A candidate for the Lou Henson Award as the nation's top mid-major player, Mack won eight Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards, tying the conference record, while setting Harvard's first-year single-season points record (413). His 32-point effort at UMass (Nov. 17) stands in a tie for the sixth-highest scoring output from a first-year in a game against another Division I institution this season in the nation. Mack becomes the 10^th student-athlete in program history to win Ivy League Rookie of the Year and the first since Noah Kirkwood in 2018-19.
 
An economics concentrator, Ajogbor registered 8.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game on the year, while shooting 54.9 percent from the field. He ranked first in the Ancient Eight in blocks per game, sixth in rebounds per game, and sixth in field goal percentage. In Ivy only play, he led the league in blocks per game (2.8) and stood fourth in field goal percentage (55.6). He posted three or more blocks in 13 of 20 games played. In the NCAA rankings, he ranked 42^nd in total blocks (58). In the Harvard record book, he closed his career fifth in single-season blocks (58) and 10^th in career blocks (97).
 
In 2023-24, the Crimson posted a record of .500 or better for the 14^th time in the last 15 competitive seasons. 

2024 ALL-IVY LEAGUE MEN'S BASKETBALL 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Caden Pierce, Princeton (So., F)

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Bez Mbeng, Yale (Jr., G) 

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

*Malik Mack, Harvard (Fy., G) 

COACH OF THE YEAR

Mitch Henderson, Princeton 

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY

Kino Lilly Jr., Brown (Jr., G)
*Chris Manon, Cornell (Sr., G)
*Xaivian Lee, Princeton (So., G)
*Caden Pierce, Princeton (So., F)
*Danny Wolf, Yale (So., F)

SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^

Nana Owusu-Anane, Brown (Jr., F)
Nazir Williams, Cornell (Jr., G)
Clark Slajchert, Penn (Sr., G)
Matt Allocco, Princeton (Sr., G)
Bez Mbeng, Yale (Jr., G)
John Poulakidas, Yale (Jr., G) 

HONORABLE MENTION

Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa, Columbia (Jr., G)
Malik Mack, Harvard (Fy., G)
Matt Knowling, Yale (Sr., F)
 
*Unanimous Selection
^Team Extended Due To Tie In Voting