Monday, August 27, 2007

KEVIN DURANT exciting to watch for




Full Name: Kevin Wayne Durant
Position: Forward
Height/Weight: 6-9 / 225
Birthdate: September 29, 1988 (Washington, D.C.)
High School: Oak Hill Academy HS (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), then Montrose Christian HS (Suitland, Md.)
College: Texas
Career Highlights: Earned National Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, CBS/Chevrolet and The Sporting News and was named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award, becoming the first-ever freshman in NCAA history to win any of those awards. Earned consensus First Team All-American honors, becoming just the third freshman in NCAA history earn that honor joining Wayman Tisdale (1983) and Chris Jackson (1989). Named Big 12 Freshman and Player of the Year, earned First Team All-Conference honors and was named to the league’s All-Defensive Team. Set single-season school and Big 12 records for points in a season (903), a total that also ranks as the second-most by a freshman in NCAA history. Also set a single-season school record for rebounds in a season (390), a mark that ranks second in Big 12 history and third all-time for a freshman in NCAA history

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