Ordu Named NJCAA All-American

April 16, 2012

The National Junior Collegiate Athletic Conference (NJCAA) recently released it's All-American selections, with Oxford's Princeton "Alex" Ordu receiving third team honors.

Alex Ordu joins four other Eagles in Oxford basketball history receiving NJCAA All-American honors; Austin Ewing (2004, 2005), Austin DeAngelis (2006), Chad Hixon (2007, 2008) and Peter Ricks (2009). Ordu was only one of six freshmen to make the list of 20 All-Americans, which included first team, second team, third team and honorable mention.

For the season, Alex averaged 14.4 points per game, 5.1 rebounds per game, 4.2 assists per game and 2 steals per game.

For a complete list of the 2012 NJCAA All-Americans, go to, http://www.njcaa.org/sports_awards.cfm?sid=6&divid=3&slid=2