Indianapolis, Ind. -- Youngstown State freshman guard Vytas Sulskis was named to the Horizon League's All-Newcomer squad the conference announced on Monday morning.

    Sulskis, a native of Vilnius, Lithuania, becomes the third Penguin to be named the the League's All-Newcomer squad. However he becomes the first freshman to be named all-newcomer since YSU joined the conference in 2001-02.

    For the season, Sulskis has scored 263 points, grabbed 126 rebounds, dished out 57 assists and has 30 steals. His points are the most by a freshman since Doug Underwood had 290 in 2001-02. Sulskis' 126 rebounds are the most by a YSU frosh since Jimmy Moore had 127 in 2001-02.

    His 45 3-pointers made, along with his 115 attempts have set a freshmen standard at YSU as well. In the Horizon League, he leads the conference among freshman in 3-point makes and attempts.
    In 18 league games he scored 192 points, averaging 10.7 per contest, while grabbing 89 rebounds, an average of 4.9 per game. He was second on the team in rebounds during conference play.

    Joining Sulskis on the All-Newcomer squad was Butler's Matt Howard, Cleveland State's Cedric Jackson, Milwaukee's Deonte Roberts and Green Bay's Rahmon Fletcher.

    Sulskis is the first Penguin freshman since Dave Brown in 1997-98 to be named to the all-newcomer team as a freshman. Brown was named the the all-newcomer squad in the Mid-Continent Conference.

    The Penguins return to action on Tuesday night when they travel to Chicago to face UIC in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. Tipoff at the UIC Pavilion is set for 8 p.m. Eastern time.