Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Dynamic scoring wing who enters junior season poised tochallenge for top honors in the Big South Conference …Preseason second-team All-Big South Conference by theleague’s coaches and media … Team’s topreturning scorer and rebounder … Has gained considerablemuscle and has grown an inch since the end of last season …Capable of playing both forward spots … Length andathleticism provide for highlight-reel dunks and finishes …Improved range on jumper and added muscle should allow forincreased scoring … Capable passer … One of the BigSouth Conference’s best in the open court.

2012-2013 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 34 gamesfor the Runnin’ Bulldogs, one of only three players to do so… Averaged 12.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists pergame … Recorded career-best seasons in all three categories… Led team with 34 blocked shots … Was the top shotblocker in the Big South Conference among non-post players …Led the team with 120 made free throws, shooting a career-high 71.9percent from the stripe (120-of-167) … Ranked fourth in theBig South Conference in free throws made … Averaged 28.1minutes per game … Scored in double figures 25 times on theseason … Named MVP of the Cancun Challenge Mayan Divisionafter leading Gardner-Webb to the title … Twice named BigSouth Player of the Week by College Sports Madness, and once by theleague office … Scored 20 points or more three times… Netted at least 15 points in 12 different games …Had a career-high 27 points in a win over The Citadel (12/15)… Scored 21 points in the Mayan Division title game vs.Austin Peay (11/21) and in the regular season finale vs.Presbyterian (3/2) … Had 22 points vs. UVA-Wise (12/3)… Scored 16 points in the near-upset of Illinois (11/25)… Had a stretch of nine consecutive games in double figuresfrom December 8 through January 19 … Scored in doublefigures 18 times in the season’s first 20 games … Had18 points, eight rebounds and three assists in the home win vs.Coastal Carolina (1/16) … Scored 17 points, including acareer-best 13-of-16 from the free throw line, in the win atCoastal Carolina (2/16) … Had 16 points and nine rebounds inthe win at UNC Asheville (2/13) … Also had 16 points andnine rebounds in the win vs. Liberty (2/9) … Missed justthree free throws in the season’s final seven games.2011-2012 at GWU: Played in all 32 games as a true freshman… Averaged 5.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 0.7assists per game … Led regulars with a .532 field goalpercentage … Notched double figures scoring five times,including three times in the final six games of the season …Made starts at Campbell (1/14) and at Liberty (2/2) … Scoreda career-high 14 points twice … Made 6-of-7 shots and pulleddown four rebounds to score 14 in a home win over VMI (2/11)… Made 6-of-11 shots for 14 points in the regular seasonfinale vs. Presbyterian (2/25) … Had 11 points in a win overDelaware State (2/18) … Scored 12 points in a home win overSouth Carolina State (12/10) … Scored 10 points in only 13minutes vs. Lees-McRae (11/16) … Pulled down a career-highsix rebounds at Charleston Southern (2/14) … Made at least50 percent of his field goals in 21 games … Knocked down5-of-6 free throws vs. Delaware State … Posted a career-highfive assists vs. Alice Lloyd (12/6) … Had three steals in awin over High Point (1/7) … Scored nine points in a win overCharleston Southern (1/10).

High School: Played at South Central Pitt(N.C.) High under Coach Chris Cherry ... One of the top forwards inthe Tar Heel State as a senior ... Named North Carolina Class 3AState Player of the Year by NCPreps.com ... Named first-teamAll-State (all classifications) by the same organization ...Selected to play in the prestigious Jordan Brand Regional All-StarClassic in Bobcats Arena ... Also played in the North CarolinaEast-West Game in Greensboro ... Averaged 16.8 points, 8.4 reboundsand 3.5 assists per game to lead South Central to a runner-upfinish in the Class 3A State Championship Game ... Scored 23 pointsand grabbed 14 rebounds in the title bout, to earn East Region MVPhonors ... Named Area Player of the Year by the Greenville DailyReflector as a junior and senior ... Averaged 18.4 points, 6.3rebounds and 4.1 assists per game as a junior ... Rated as one ofthe top-100 small forwards in the nation by ESPN.com ... Rated asthe No. 3 small forward in North Carolina ... Chose Gardner-Webbover Western Carolina ... Also drew heavy recruiting interest fromMississippi State, Clemson, Georgia and Georgia Tech.