About Wojo

Steve Wojciechowski, a 5'11" senior point guard, is one of two players (Trajan Langdon) to start all 33 games for the Blue Devils last season. He was voted unanimously MVP by his teammates for the 1996-97 season and won various other awards at the Duke Basketball Banquet, such as the Iron Duke award, which goes to the player who plays the most minutes, the True Blue award, which goes to the player who takes the most charges, Best Defensive player award, which is selected by the coaching staff, and the award for leading the team in assists. He happens to be the only player in Duke history to go from receiving the Glenn E. "Ted" Mann Award (1995, 1996), which is given to the reserve who contributes most to team morale, to winning the Swett-Baylin Award (1997), which goes to the team's Most Valuable Player. Wojo was second team All-ACC last season, made the ACC All-Defensive team, and was also named to the ACC All-Academic team.

Wojo was named to the 3rd team All-ACC for the 1997-98 season and was an honorable mention to the AP All-American team. Wojo was also the NABC National Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Duke player since Grant Hill to receive the Henry Iba Corinthian award. He received the MVP award for the Maui Invitational in November where he achieved his career high 11 assists in the opener against Chaminade and shut down Mike Bibby in the final game versus Arizona. Wojo and Trajan are the only two players to have started all 36 games this season. At the 1997-98 Duke Basketball Banquet, Wojo was named Best Defensive Player along with Shane Battier, and was also given the Captains Award and the award for most assists.

Wojo was a candidate for the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award this year, which goes to the nation's six-foot and under player of the year.

Wojo ranks second in all-time season steals at Duke with 82 last season. Wojo was the player in the ACC nearest to his school's season steal record in 1996-97. Wojo led the ACC last season with 2.5 steals per game and was a Henry Iba Corinthian National Defensive Player of the Year Candidate. He was also the ACC's quickest player to steal in 1996-97, stealing the ball an average of every 12.6 minutes he played. Wojo finished his career at Duke with 203 steals, the 5th most of any Blue Devil ever. Thomas Hill, who is now in 7th place in career steals, did something remarkable when he finished his career at Duke with more steals than turnovers. Wojo did the same as he ended his career with 202 career turnovers which is one shy of his career number of steals. Wojo finished the season 5th place (tied with Christian Laettner's 1992 figure) in season steals with 74, which was tied for second-best in the ACC.

Wojo was 2nd in the ACC in assists for the 1996-97 season with 176, and fourth in the ACC for the 1997-98 season with 164. He finished his career with 505 assists, placing him under just 5 former Duke Basketball players in history.

Wojo ranks 5th at Duke in career three-point attempts with 387 and is 5th with 141 career three-pointers made.

Wojo tied the record for best three-point field goal percentage (85.7%) in a single game when he scored his career-high 18 points on 6-of-7 three point shooting against North Carolina on March 2, 1997. Trajan and Bobby Hurley also hold that record. Although his career field-goal percentage is only 39%, Wojo was the ACC player who improved his field goal percentage the most between the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons. He improved 12.5%, from .318 to .443. His senior year, he was 5th in the ACC in three point percentage.

Last summer, Wojo toured Japan with the NIT All-Star team, which he made when Duke played in the Chase Preseason NIT Tournament last fall.

Wojo and fellow teammates Trajan Langdon and Roshown McLeod are the tri-captains of the 1997-98 team. Last year, both Trajan and Wojo received all-ACC honors.

Wojo was born on August 11, 1976 and is from Severna Park, MD. He went to Cardinal Gibbons High School in Baltimore where he lettered in both soccer and basketball. His major at Duke was Sociology.