Steve Donahue, the John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball and Ivy League Coach of the Year, and sophomore A.J. Brodeur, a unanimous First-Team All-Ivy selection, were honored on March 22 by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) for their marvelous coaching and play during the 2017-18 season.
Donahue, who led the Quakers to their first Ivy League title and NCAA tournament berth since 2007, was named ECAC Coach of the Year. Brodeur, the team’s second-leading scorer and leading rebounder and shot-blocker, was selected Second-Team All-ECAC.
Penn has shown improvement during each of Donahue’s three seasons at the helm, progressing from an 11-17 record his first year, to a 13-15 record his second year, and a 24-9 finish this past season, the most wins for the Quakers since 2001-02. Donahue recently became only the seventh coach in Ivy League history to win 100 conference games.
Brodeur, a 6’8” forward from Northborough, Mass., averaged 13.1 points per game, 7.2 rebounds, and was second on the team with 83 assists. He scored a season-high 30 points against Columbia on Jan. 13. He had a double-double during both Ivy League Tournament games, 25 points and 10 rebounds against Yale, and 16 points and 10 rebounds against Harvard. For his contributions, he was named the Ivy League Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. In the Quakers’ first round NCAA Tournament game against top-seeded Kansas, Brodeur scored 17 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Established in 1938, the ECAC is the nation’s largest conference, ranging in location from Maine to Georgia, and westerly to Missouri.
