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  Austin Daye

Austin Daye

Player Profile

Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Irvine, CA

High School:
Woodbridge

Height / Weight:
6-10 / 190

Position:
Forward

Birthdate:
06/05/1988

Experience:
HS

High School: Attended Woodbridge High in Irvine, Calif., where he was named to the Orange County Register first team after leading Orange County in scoring at 30.9 ppg as a senior for coach John Halagan....grabbed 12.4 rpg and averaged 5.4 blocks/game...also named Sea View League Player of the Year, CIF-Southern Section Division I Player of the Year and calhisports.com first-team All-State... scored 36 points in victory over Santa Monica in the playoffs...scored 31 points and had five 3-pointers in quarterfinal loss...also had 29 points in a wild-card-round win...in regular-season contest against No. 9 Capistrano Valley, scored 35 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and had 5 blocks in 66-55 setback...in early-season Sea View League contest hit a 16-footer from the left side at the buzzer to cap 27-point, 18-rebound night in 54-52 victory over Northwood...scored 40 or more twice - 47 vs. University in 72-52 win on Dec. 19, 2006, and 40 in 71-66 victory over Northwood on Feb. 8, 2007...had 15 other games of 30 or more points...had one stretch where he had back-to-back 30-point nights, the 47 against University, 32, 34, 31 and 30 points, the string interrupted by a 24-point night prior to scoring his 40 against Northwood...as a junior averaged 16 ppg, 9 rpg, 3.4 blocks...named to the All-CIF Southern Sectional Division II A first team and was an All-Orange County third team pick...ranked nationally as the 32nd best player in the 2007 recruiting class and as the ninth best small forward by one recruiting service...named to the Long Beach Press Telegram Best in the West first team, finishing seventh in the voting...named to the Hot 100 2007 players by Sports Illustrated.

Misc.: Born 6-5-88...father, Darren Daye, was a 4-year letterwinner for UCLA from 1980-83 and was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 10th round of the 1983 NBA Draft...played in the NBA for five seasons with Washington, Chicago and Boston.

 

 
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