National honors for Northwestern’s Shurna

John Shurna, a former prep star at Glenbard West who became Northwestern’s all-time leding scorer, has been recognized by the Associated Press as an honorable mention member of its All-America teams.

Shurna is first Northwestern player to earn All-America recognition from the AP since Evan Eschmeyer was a second-team selection in 1999. The 6-foot-9 forward recently completed his Northwestern career ranked No. 1 in points scored with 2,038. The total ranks tied for 24th in Big Ten history.

A consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection, Shurna averaged 20.0 points per game in conference play to become the first Wildcat to lead the league in scoring since Ray Ragelis in 1951. Shurna also averaged 20.0 in all games played to go along with 5.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest.

Other Big Ten players named to the All-America teams include Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger and Michigan State’s Draymond Green, who were both named to the first team, while Michigan’s Trey Burke, Purdue’s Robbie Hummel, Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor and Indiana’s Cody Zeller joined Shurna as honorable mention picks.