Julian Champagnie and Posh Alexander Earn All-Met Honors

Queens, N.Y. – The Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) announced Monday that St. John's men's basketball standouts Julian Champagnie and Posh Alexander earned All-Met honors for the 2021-22 campaign. Champagnie was named to the All-Met First Team while Alexander earned All-Met Second Team honors.

The Brooklyn natives, who both earned All-BIG EAST recognition this past season, helped lead St. John's to a 17-15 overall record marking the 89^th winning season in the program's storied history.

Champagnie, a two-time All-Met First Team selection and 2020 All-Met Rookie of the Year, averaged 19.2 points in 31 appearances in 2021-22, ranking second in the BIG EAST and 35^th in Division I in scoring. He reached double figures 26 times with 15 efforts of 20 plus points and a trio of 30-point performances. In BIG EAST Tournament action, Champagnie scored 26 points in the team's opening win over DePaul before adding 23 in a one-point quarterfinal loss to eventual champion Villanova.

One of only seven Johnnies to garner All-BIG EAST First Team honors twice, Champagnie also led St. John's with 6.6 rebounds per contest while ranking second in the BIG EAST averaging 2.0 steals and 10^th with 1.1 blocks per contest. Champagnie recorded four of his 15 career double-doubles in 2021-22.

Champagnie, who announced his intent to forego the remainder of his collegiate career and enter the 2022 NBA Draft, leaves St. John's ranked 20^th on the program's career scoring list with 1,408 points (16.0 ppg) in his three seasons leading the Red Storm. Champagnie also finished top-six all-time in career free-throw percentage (6^th, 81.5 pct) and 3-point field goals made (4^th, 149) while pulling down 598 rebounds (6.8 rpg), good enough for 32^nd all-time at St. John's.

A two-time All-Met selection and the 2021 All-Met Rookie of the Year, Alexander finished second on the team averaging 13.8 points in 29 appearances last season. The sophomore guard, who earned All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention recognition in 2021-22, led the league for the second straight year and was 11^th in Division I with 2.3 steals per game.

Alexander also ranked among the BIG EAST leaders in assists (2^nd, 5.5 apg), field goal percentage (4^th, 49.8 pct), assist-to-turnover ratio (4^th, 2.3), offensive rebounds (5^th, 2.6 rpg) and free-throw percentage (10^th, 74.1 pct). Alexander scored double figures 23 times last season with three 20+ point performances, highlighted by a 29-point, 12-assist double double versus Providence on Feb. 1.

Alexander received BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition in back-to-back weeks last season. He earned his first award on Jan. 31 after scoring a game-high 19 points to go with seven rebounds in a win at Seton Hall. One week later, Alexander helped lead St. John's to a pair of road wins at Georgetown and Butler.

Alexander finished the 2021-22 campaign with 154 assists and 67 steals, both marks rank just outside the top-10 on the program's single season charts.

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Julian Champagnie and Posh Alexander Earn All-Met Honors

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