Returning starter at power forward... Has improved his conditioning and strength tremendously over the off-season... Possesses the complete game with the ability to knock down the perimeter jump shot and score in the paint... Potential All-Peach Belt Conference hopeful this season.
2008-09: Lakers’ top returning scorer from last season… Saw action in 28 games with 18 starts at power forward… Averaged nine points and four rebounds a game, while shooting 44 percent from the field, 41 percent from 3-point range and 75 percent from the free throw line… Led the Lakers in 3-point field goal percentage… Scored in double-figures in 10 games… Scored a career-high 19 points against USC Aiken on 7-for-12 shooting from the field… Recorded a double-double (17 points, 14 rebounds) against Carver… Also scored 14 points against Georgia College and 12 points each against Lander, Armstrong Atlantic and Georgia Southwestern.
Pre-Clayton State: Lettered last season at Truett-McConnell under former Clayton State player and assistant Cory Baldwin… Averaged 13 points and seven rebounds a game, while shooting 57 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 81 percent from the free throw line… Earned NJCAA All-Region honors, finishing fourth in the GJCAA in field goal percentage… Lettered during the 2005-06 season under head coach Larry Nolley at Clark-Atlanta… Appeared in 23 games with 15 starts, averaging nine points and six rebounds a game… Best performance was a 23-point, 12-rebound double-double against Stillman.
High School: Lettered three seasons in basketball at Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga… High school head coach was Jeff Rodgers… Was a three-time All-Region selection and the Coca-Cola Region Player of the Year as a senior… Averaged 11 points and five rebounds during his junior season and 17 points and nine rebounds as a senior.
Personal: Favorite food is steak and mashed potatoes… Favorite television show is “Jimmy Neutron”… Favorite movie is “Transformers”… Athletic hero growing up was Ken Griffey, Jr.… Favorite pro sports team is the Boston Celtics… Major is Integrative Studies.
