HONORS AND AWARDS
Gold Stars (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018)
2018-19 All-SoCon Third Team (media)
2018-19 Preseason All-SoCon Team
2018-19 Mid-Major Madness Preseason All-SoCon First Team
2018-19 Senior CLASS Award Top-30 Finalist
2017-18 NABC All-District 22
2017-18 NABC Honors Court
2017-18 All-SoCon First Team (coaches)
2017-18 All-SoCon First Team (media)
HoopsHD.com All-Conference Team (2017-18, 2016-17)
2015-16 SoCon All-Freshman Team
4x SoCon Player of the Week (Nov. 15, 2016; Dec. 6, 2016; Jan. 15, 2018; Feb. 6, 2018)
SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 2, 2018)
College Sports Madness Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 14, 2018)
Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal (2017-18)
2x Southern Conference Academic All-Conference (Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
3x Southern Conference Honor Roll (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
SENIOR (2018-19): One of just four players in Southern Conference history, and the only Bulldog, to record 1,600 points, 700 rebounds and 175 blocks in a career … Named to the All-Southern Conference Third Team by the media after picking up Preseason All-SoCon honors … Only the third Bulldog in program history to be named a Senior CLASS Award Top-30 Finalist … Ended his illustrious career ranked in the top 10 in program history in 14 statistical categories, including top five in 10 … Ranked third in program history with 1,634 career points (13.0 ppg) … Boasted three 30-point games for his career, a mark that is tied for fifth most in program history … Made 395 career free throws, the third-most in program history … Ranks third in program history for career total rebounds (736) and defensive rebounds (478) … His 258 career offensive boards rank fifth in program history … His 566 made field goals rank sixth in program history … Ended his career with 199 career blocks, the second-most in program history … Boasts four of the top 10 single-season block performances and four of the top five single game performances in Citadel history … His 3,056 career minutes played rank 10
th in Citadel basketball history … Started 121 games over his four years, playing in 126 career games … His 121 starts rank fourth in program history, while his 126 games played rank sixth … Recorded seven double-doubles on the year, tied for the seventh most in a single season … His 16 career double-doubles rank tied for fourth in program history … Was one of just two players to play in all 30 games and was the only 2018-19 Bulldog to start every contest … Ranked in the top 11 of the Southern Conference in seven different statistical categories, including second in blocks per game (2.0), seventh in field goal percentage (.492), ninth in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and offensive rebounds per game (2.5), 10th in free throw percentage (.729), and 11th in scoring (14.3 ppg) and defensive rebounds per game (4.8) … Averaged 29.7 minutes, 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.5 assists per game … Scored in double figures in all but five games … Eclipsed the 20-point mark in five contests … His seven offensive rebounds against Longwood (12/29/18) rank tied for 13
th in program history and were part of a season-high 14 … Blocked a career-high seven shots in the Bulldogs’ overtime win over Samford (2/23/18) at home, marking the fourth-most blocks by a Bulldog in a single game … Converted multiple 3-pointers in five games, including a career-high five at ETSU (2/14/19) … Set a season high with 29 points in the game at ETSU … Scored 23 points to go along with 10 boards and two blocks against Johnson & Wales (Charlotte (12/5/18) … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles twice, including at Campbell (12/18/18) then at home against Longwood (12/29/18), and again at UNC Greensboro (1/24/19) then at home against VMI (1/26/19) … Became just the 10
th Bulldog in program history to record a double-double in the Southern Conference Basketball Championships with a 15-point, 11-rebound performance against seventh-seeded Samford (3/8/19) … Set the program record for most offensive rebounds in a tournament game with six against the Bulldogs … His 11 total rebounds against Samford are tied for the eighth-most by a Bulldog in a tournament game in program history … His 18 field goals attempted in that game are tied for the eighth-most by a Bulldog in a tournament game in program history.
JUNIOR (2017-18): In the regular-season finale at Western Carolina (Feb. 25), Najdawi became just the 27
th player in SoCon history and second player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks for his career … Ended his junior campaign 18
th in program history for points scored in a career (1,206) and third for blocked shots (140) … His nine career double-doubles has him tied for ninth all-time in program history … Named to the All-SoCon First Team by both the coaches and the media, becoming just the fourth player in program history to earn first-team honors from both groups … Named to the NABC All-District 22 First Team … Was named the SoCon Player of the Week twice (Jan. 15 & Feb. 6), was tabbed the
College Sports Madness SoCon Player of the Week once (Jan. 14) and was named to
CollegeInsider.com contributing writer Angela Lento's "My5" for the week of Feb. 6 … Ended his junior season averaging 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game overall and 19.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per SoCon game … Finished the year shooting 51.3% from the field, which was second in the league … Ended the season in the top 20 in the conference in six other statistical categories, including third in scoring, fourth in both blocks per game and total blocks, 11
th in free throw percentage, 14
th in defensive rebounds per game and 17
th in rebounding … In SoCon play, Najdawi ended the season in the top 15 of the conference in 10 statistical categories, including leading the league in shooting percentage and second in scoring, 3-point field goal percentage, blocks per game and total blocks … He was also fourth in total defensive rebounds, fifth in defensive rebounds per game, eighth in total rebounds, ninth in rebounds per contest and 14
th in free throw percentage … Had three double-double performances on the year with all three coming in SoCon play (Jan. 20, Feb. 3, and Feb. 17) … Eclipsed the 20-point mark in nine games, including two 30-point performances … Set a career-high for points with 37 in a home win over Chattanooga (Jan. 13) while shooting a blistering 88.2% (15-of-17) from the field … The 37 points scored is tied for seventh-most in a game by a single Bulldog … Netted 33 points at Samford (Feb. 10), including converting four 3-pointers … Ended the season having scored in double figures in 18 straight games … In four games from Jan. 11 to Jan. 20, averaged 27.5 points and 7.3 rebounds … In four games from Feb. 10 to Feb. 20, averaged 23.8 points and 7.5 boards per game.
SOPHOMORE (2016-17): Named to the
HoopsHD.com All-Conference Team … Was named SoCon Player of the Week on Nov. 15, the first time a Bulldog had garnered the honor since 2013-14 … Dating back to 1972, became the only Bulldog to go 100.0 percent from the free throw line three times in one season … Finished the season with 496 points, 220 rebounds and 154 free throws made in 33 games … Led the team in rebounds, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, blocked shots, and free throws made … Posted nine 20-point games and 12 games with eight or more rebounds … Ranked 17th in the SoCon with 12.7 points per game, 15th in free throw percentage at .807 and 76th in the NCAA with 2.82 offensive rebounds per game … Ranked second on the team with 15.0 points per game … Averaged 24.0 minutes per game during the season and started a career-high 32 games … Recorded six double-doubles during the 2016-17 season, which ranks sixth most in a single season in program history … Finished the season ranked seventh in three-point field goal percentage in a career (.398) … His 154 free throws made rank sixth in program history in a single season … Ranks seventh in highest free throw percentage in a career (.814) … Tied for fifth in program history with 93 offensive rebounds in a single season while his 220 total rebounds in the season ranked him eighth in program history … Ended the season fifth among Bulldogs with 98 blocks in his career … Posted his first career double-double with 28 points and 12 rebounds at College of Charleston, breaking previous career highs by six points and two rebounds ... went a perfect 10-for-10 against the Cougars from the free throw line.
FRESHMAN (2015-16): Named to the Southern Conference Sports Media Association’s All-Freshman Team … Was the lone freshman to play in all 32 of the Bulldogs’ games, becoming one of just four freshmen in program history to do so … Earned 28 starts as the Bulldogs’ go-to center and put together one of The Citadel’s best freshman seasons ever, averaging 7.2 points to go along with a team-high 4.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 18.5 minutes per game … Shattered the freshman single-season blocked shots record with 60 total swats … One of just two Bulldogs to ever record 60 blocked shots in a single season … Finished the season ranked 11th on The Citadel’s all-time career blocked shots list … Finished in the top-15 of The Citadel’s all-time single-season freshman lists for offensive rebounds (54), defensive rebounds (88), total rebounds (142), total made free throws (56) and free throw percentage (.767) … Ranked second in the Southern Conference in total blocks and blocks per game with 2.2 during league play … Collected at least one blocked shot in 26 of 32 games and recorded multiple swats in a single game 18 different times … Had a breakout performance in The Citadel’s home opener vs. Stetson, racking up a then-career-high 22 points to complement seven rebounds and three blocked shots in a dominant outing in which he sealed a victory with a swat on the final possession … Had all six of the Dogs’ blocked shots vs. ETSU, a career-high for him, and became one of just four Bulldogs to ever record that many in a single game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Capped off his senior season by averaging 21.7 points per game while hitting 70.7% from the free throw line … Set the school record by hitting 65.5 percent from the floor en route scoring 543 points as a senior ... As Crosby's leading rebounder, with 194 caroms to his credit, he averaged 7.8 boards per game ... Finished out his final season by leading the team in scoring, assists, blocks (51) and steals ... Earned Conference 3 Player of the Year honors, was named first team all-conference and second team All-Metro ... Averaged 16.0 points and 10 rebounds per contest as a junior while capturing first team all-conference honors at Crosby High School ... In his first year under Crosby head coach Ron Carr, after moving from Elizabethtown (Ky.) High School, Najdawi led the team in assists, blocked shots and field goal percentage (58%) ... At the class 6A high school, the largest classification in Virginia, he received second team all-region and honorable mention all-state as a junior.
PERSONAL: Major is sport management.
