OTTAWA (Feb. 29, 2024) - After leading U SPORTS rookies in points, field goals, free throws, and assists first-year Raven Xavier Spencer has been named OUA Rookie of the Year.
The Edmonton guard stormed onto the scene for the Ravens in 2023-24 leading the Ravens in minutes played, field goals and points while starting all 22 regular season games. The guard showed why at 19 he's already appeared internationally for Antigua and Barbuda.
Averaging 27.0 minutes per game, Spencer earned McKeen Metro Glebe Athlete of the Week twice in January. Xavier's 72 assists eclipsed the previous rookie record of 61 set by Phil Scrubb in 2010-11 while his 31 steals also established a new high watermark for the program.
Augustas Brazdeikis also joins Spencer on the OUA All-Rookie Team. The Oakville forward recorded 155 rebounds in the regular season, the most by any Raven in the last 45 seasons and second-most all-time. Brazdeikis was third in the nation and the OUA in rookie scoring with 228 points with the second-highest rebounds per game average in the country at 7.8.
