Rider University Athletics

High School

Led Massapequa to Nassau Class AA semifinals as a junior and to the quarterfinals as a senior...averaged 17 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks per game as a senior...All-Long Island selection...named MVP of the Nassau County Exceptional Senior Game...averaged 18.9 points and 14 rebounds per game as a junior, leading his squad to an 18-1 record.

At Rider

One of four Broncs to shoot 50 percent or better from the field last year after leading the team in field goal percentage his first two seasons....fourth on the 2008 team in free throw percentage...played 10 minutes in win over Canisius last year...has seen action in 42 Rider games as a back-up to NBA rookie Jason Thompson ?08...played in 22 games as a sophomore...began the 2006-07 season by making three of four shots from the field and grabbing six rebounds in the season opener...scored six points at Iona and six points again in 2007 MAAC tournament win over Iona...made seven of the last eight foul shots he took in 2007...grabbed five rebounds in win at Boston University as a sophomore...averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per 40 minutes played in 2006-07...made his first collegiate field goal attempt and his first two foul shots...as a freshman compiled six points and three rebounds in nine minutes of action in a pair of games against Iona.