Iona University Athletics

Reserve post player who gained valuable experience playing behind Iona’s veteran front court performers... Appeared in 25 games with five starts... Averaged 1.0 points and 0.9 rebounds per game... Shot 70.0% from the free throw line (7-for-10)... Posted his season-high with five points at Western Michigan on Dec. 18... Elected to pursue his academic and athletic career at another instutition following the 2008-09 season.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008-09):
Recorded his first collegiate points from the free throw line vs. Southern Miss on Nov. 24... Drained his first field goal, a 10-foot jumper from the corner at Marist on Dec. 5... Matched a season-high with 15 minutes vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) on Dec. 14... Posted a season-high five points at Western Michigan on Dec. 18... Did not play at Hofstra and South Florida because of a bruised knee suffered in practice... Returned to the lineup vs. Rider and played ten minutes... Suffered a concussion in practice prior to the Saint Peter’s contest and missed the Saint Peter’s and Niagara games... Started three straight games vs. Marist and at Manhattan and Loyola... Tallied scored two points in 11 minutes vs. the Red Foxes on Feb. 7... Matched season-high with two rebounds in three minutes of play vs. the Greyhounds on Feb. 13... Shot 2-of-2 and scored four points vs. Siena on Feb. 16.

BEFORE IONA (ATTICA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL):
Four-year varsity standout for Dan West’s Attica Central High School in Upstate New York... Attica’s all-time leading point scorer, with 1,474 career points... Added 932 rebounds, dished out 260 assists and recorded 233 career blocks... As a senior, he averaged 23.8 points, 15.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.4 blocks leading his team to a 15-6 record and the No. 3 seed in NYSPHSAA Section V...  His junior year stats were nearly as impressive, with 21.1 points and 13.8 rebounds per game... AAU career included stints with the Donyell Marshall Foundation and a Buffalo based program called the GC Ballers where he was teammates with Syracuse sophomore Jonny Flynn.

GAME-BY-GAME STATS
2008-09