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Best male athlete: Tyler Cavanaugh

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Best male athlete
Readers’ pick: Tyler Cavanaugh

Since stepping on the court for the first time in a Colonials uniform less than two years ago, Tyler Cavanaugh has become not only The Hatchet’s pick for best male athlete, but one of the best players GW has ever seen.

The 6-foot-9-inch forward is the 25th-highest scorer in program history with 1,278 points – the most of any GW player in just two seasons. Cavanaugh transferred to GW his junior year, but he wasn’t allowed to play until last season due to transfer restrictions.

Cavanaugh has led the Colonials to consecutive 20-win seasons and the school’s first and only NIT championship in 2016.

Cavanaugh was selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference second team and the All-Academic team during each of his seasons playing in the conference. He recorded 22 double-doubles: a performance in which a player in one game tallies double-digit numbers in two of five statistical categories. He also had 25 20-point games as a Colonial, including a run where he scored double-digits for 46 consecutive contests.

During his final year, the Syracuse, N.Y. native led the team in several major statistical categories, averaging 18.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and making 173 shots from the charity stripe.

As a vocal leader and a veteran on a young roster, the graduate student was the go-to guy during crunch time.

One of Cavanaugh’s best moments this year was on the road at Fordham. The team trailed by about 18 points during the matchup and found themselves down by two with only seconds remaining – Cavanaugh got fouled on a three-pointer and sunk all of his free throws to win the game for the Colonials. That performance secured him the top spot on our list.

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