Position:
Center
Height/Weight: 7-0 / 255
Birthdate: January 20, 1982 (Kodiak, Alaska)
High
School: Kodiak HS (Kodiak, Alaska)
College: Binghamton
BACKGROUNDCareer
Highlights: Finished collegiate career as the second all-time leading shot
blocker in America East Conference history with 336. Earned Second Team All-Conference
and was also named Defensive Player of the Year his sophomore and junior seasons.
Recorded ten career double-doubles. Started 71 of 107 career games.
Senior
(2004-05): Averaged 4.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.2 blocked shots in 13.9
minutes a contest. Started 14 of 29 games. Scored in double figures five times,
with a season-high 14 points vs. Stony Brook. Posted ten points and ten rebounds
vs. Sam Houston State. Contributed 13 points in a win over Boston University.
Tallied eight points, eight rebounds, and three blocks vs. Syracuse.
Junior
(2003-04): Averaged 12.5 points, 6.9 rebounds (fifth in the America East),
and a league-leading 3.5 blocked shots (ranked fifth nationally). Started all
30 games. Scored in double figures 19 times, and surpassed the 20-point mark on
seven occasions. Blocked seven or more shots in five games, including a school-record-tying
ten rejections vs. Hartford. Registered career-high 25 points at Northeastern.
Tallied 20 points, nine rebounds, and four blocked shots vs. Maine in the America
East Tournament.
Sophomore (2002-03): Averaged 9.0 points, 6.7
rebounds, and a league-leading 4.3 blocked shots (ranked second nationally). Single
season total of 117 blocks set a school record and was the third-highest total
in league history. Started 26 of 27 games. Scored in double figures 13 times.
Swatted seven or more shots seven times, with a season-high ten blocks vs. Boston
University and Northeastern. Posted a season-high 19 points to go with ten rebounds
at Albany. Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Vermont.
Freshman (2001-02):
Averaged 5.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 3.8 blocked shots (ranked sixth nationally)
in 17.5 minutes a contest. Missed the last seven games of the season due to a
knee injury. Started once. Registered a season-high nine blocks vs. Colgate. Grabbed
a season-high 11 rebounds vs. Northeastern.
Personal: Majored in
human development.