2007-08 Atlantic 10 All-Conference 3rd Team
Career: SJU's career leader in field goal percentage (63.4)... One of 26 Hawks to record over 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career... Has 1,176 points and 577 rebounds in his career to rank 31st on both all-time lists... Is fifth in career blocks with 110. 2007-08: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference 3rd Team... Earned NABC All-District Second Team honors while being chosen to the All-Big 5 Second Team... Hawks' leading shot blocker and second leading scorer and rebounder... Averaged 14.4 points and 5.8 rebounds... Blocked 1.2 shots per game... Bettered the SJU record for field goal percentage in a season with 64.7... Posted a career-best game at UMass, scoring 31 points (13-for-18 FG), grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking a personal best six shots... Scored 51 points and pulled down 24 rebounds in two games vs. UMass... Had 25 points vs. Penn State, hitting 8-of-12 shots... Scored double figures in all but four games... Scored 20 points in win at Siena... Posted three double-doubles on the season... Big 5 Player of the Week (Jan. 14)... Participated in the USA Basketball Pan Am Games Trials in the summer 2007. 2006-07: Named the the Atlantic 10 All-Conference 1st Team and the All-Big 5 1st Team... Also chosen to the NABC All-District 3 squad... Received the John P. Hilferty Award as Saint Joseph's Most Valuable Player... Hawks' leading scorer (16.6) and rebounder (7.6)... Averaged 17.6 ppg in conference play... Set the school's single-season record for field goal percentage (63.1)... Had 27 points on 10-for-11 shooting at Richmond... Recorded five double-doubles on the season... Scored 20-plus points in eight games... Tied career-high with 28 points and 11 rebounds vs. URI... Scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. Temple... Tallied 27 points at Richmond, while making 10-of-11 shots... Grabbed 11 rebounds at Villanova... Scored team-high 20 points at Temple, making 6 of 10 shots... Bounced back from ankle injury to notch consecutive double-figure games at the Holiday Festival... Named to the All-Tournament Team at both the NABC Classic and the Aeropostale Holiday Festival... Put together back-to-back 20-plus point games at NABC Classic, including a career-high 28 points against Bellarmine... Opened season with 20 points against Fairfield... Missed the Saint Mary's game with a sprained ankle... Named the Player of the Week in the Big 5 (Jan. 15, Jan. 8) and Atlantic 10 (Dec. 9). 2005-06: Atlantic 10 All-Rookie selection... Averaged 6.1 points per game and shot 61.3 percent from the field... Was second on the team with 5.0 rebounds... Scored in double figures five times... Had first double-double with 12 points-12 rebounds vs. Xavier... Established a career-high with 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting at Bucknell... Scored 11 points vs. Kansas... Posted first double-figure game with 14 points at Davidson, while shooting 10-for-10 from the foul line... Had personal best five blocks vs. Drexel and Saint Louis... Also registered four against #4 Villanova... Started his first four collegiate games and 12 of the first 13... After that, came off the bench in the final 17... Missed three of the last four contests with an ankle injury suffered in the A-10 Quarterfinal win over Saint Louis. High School/Personal: Averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks as a senior for scholastic power St. Anthony... Also chipped in with five assists and five blocks per game... Two-time All-County selection... McDonald's All-American Top 100 nominee... Helped team to 30-0 record and the school's ninth Tournament of Champions title in 2003-04, a season which is chronicled in the book, "The Miracle of St. Anthony"... Transferred to St. Anthony after two years at Hudson County Prep, where he was an All-County Third Team selection after averaging 17 points per game... Was primarily a baseball player before switching to basketball his first year in high school... Father, Larry, played basketball at Slippery Rock University... Sociology major... Born February 10, 1987. Career Statistics
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