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Born: Jul 18, 1986
Height: 6-9 /  2,06
Weight: 245  lbs. / 111,1  kg.
College: Alabama-Birmingham
Years Pro: 1

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Background

COLLEGE CAREER:
Highlights: Played one season at Alabama-Birmingham after starting collegiate career at Mississippi State…Sat out the 2006-07 season at Alabama-Birmingham under NCAA transfer rules.

Year-By-Year Key Notes:
2007-08 (Junior): Averaged 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds, appearing in 12 games with UAB before being declared academically ineligible for the spring semester…Scored in double figures eight times and topped the 20-point mark in three contests…Posted career highs of 26 points and 17 rebounds vs. Rhode Island…Tallied 23 points, nine rebounds and a season-high three blocks at Louisiana-Lafayette…Recorded 15 points, six rebounds and three assists vs. Cincinnati on his way to Conference USA co-Player of the Week honors…Scored 20 points vs. Georgia Southern and tallied 16 points vs. Kentucky, his last appearance of the season.

2006-07 (Red-Shirt): Sat out the 2006-07 season under NCAA transfer rules.

2005-06 (Mississippi State): Averaged 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game…Appeared in six games before being dismissed from the team for violation of unspecified team rules…Scored in double figures three times…Recorded season highs of 16 points and eight rebounds vs. Akron…Tallied 10 points, eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks vs. Troy.

2004-05 (Mississippi State): Averaged 2.4 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.9 minutes per game…Tallied a season-high 12 points (6-8 FG) at LSU…Pulled down a season-high five rebounds vs. Vanderbilt and at Kentucky.


Personal

Full name is Walter Lee Sharpe III…Majored in philoshopy…Played for former Indiana head coach Mike Davis at Alabama-Birmingham…At the urging of Davis, was tested and diagnosed with narcolepsy in 2007 – a factor contributing to some of his early collegiate struggles…Knowledge and treatment of the condition has helped him achieve the stability he now enjoys as a player with Detroit… Was a two-time all-state, all-metro and all-city selection over his final two high school seasons… Chosen as a finalist for the 6A Alabama Player of the Year in 2004.

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