College: Played one season at Virginia...played in 20 games and averaged 1.3 points and 0.9 rebound per game...shot 42.3 percent from the field...named to the 2011 All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball Team.

High School: A four-year letterwinner for head coach Greg Plumb at The Nichols School...2010 New York State Class A Player of the Year...Two-time Buffalo News Player of the Year... one of only seven individuals to earn the honor as a high school junior (the list includes Christian Laettner, Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris)...finished his career with 2,008 points, 1,360 rebounds...his 2,008 career points were a Monsignor Martin League career scoring record...led Nichols to the 2010 Class A Federation State Championship...finalist for the Gatorade New York Boys Basketball Player of the Year Award and a McDonald’s All-America nominee in 2010.

Personal: Son of Lawrence and Barbara...has two sisters, Kelly and Emily, and a brother, James...sister Kelly played basketball at Manhattan College (All-Conference), sister Emily rowed at Michigan State (All-American, All-Conference, Big Ten Athlete of the Year in rowing) and brother James played basketball at Daemen College...sophomore class president.