Shumate is in the conversation as not only the top freshman around the league, but ultimately, the best player, following his third athlete of the week award of the 2018-19 campaign.
The Cavaliers have been riding the wave of a six-game win streak with their most recent work done on the road in West Virginia with wins at Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus.
The superlatives continue to rack up for the first-year forward as he contributed a double-double and the highest single-game scoring output among all Great Midwest players this year.
Shumate averaged 26 points per game in both Walsh wins and added eight rebounds with 1.5 assists on 71.4 percent shooting from the field (20-of-28).
He also converted 4-of-7 tries from behind the three-point line.
Against D&E on Thursday evening, Shumate provided 15 points and 10 boards in 29 minutes on the floor.
Shumate also shined on Saturday at Alderson Broaddus with a career-high 37 points on 13-of-18 shooting. The 37 points was tops in the Great Midwest this year, topping a 35-point effort from two-time conference athlete of the week Alex White (Findlay) about a month ago, also against AB.
Shumate is now the second-leading scorer in the conference this year (18.8 ppg). He is fifth in field goal percentage (.524) and is top 15 in rebounding (6.3 rpg).
Shumate was previously named Great Midwest Athlete of the Week on Jan. 7 and Dec. 13.