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Ian Converse
wins WPI
sportsmanship
athletic award
WORCESTER — Basketball player Ian Converse of Woodstock was recently honored at the WPI Athletics annual banquet.
He was awarded The Percy Carpenter Award which is presented to a senior male who displays the best example of sportsmanship while a WPI athlete Converse was named an All-NEWMAC First Team selection and the program’s first NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship team honoree. 
He also garnered All-WACBA Second Team accolades. Over the course of 25 games played, Converse led the league in offensive rebounds (66) while ranking third in field goals (159), fifth in points per 40 minutes (21.3), fifth in points per game (15.5) and fifth in field goal percentage (48%). 
In terms of the 13 conference games played, the senior topped the chart with 32 offensive boards and was second in points per 40 minutes with 22.7. Converse was also third in field goals (85), fourth in points per game (16.5) and fourth in field goal percentage (49.1%). The double-digit scorer in 20 games, including the last 11, posted six double-doubles on the season. Converse scored 23 points and hauled in nine rebounds in the NEWMAC semifinal versus eventual tournament champion MIT.
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