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32   Jacob Green
Jacob Green

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Clinton, Md.

High School:
Gonzaga

Last College:
West Virginia

Height / Weight:
6-9 / 220

Position:
F


Appeared in every game as a junior last year for the Rams...Gave the Rams a shot-blocking presence...Stepped in and contributed as soon as he became eligible last December, at the end of the Fall semester...Led 2008-09 team in blocks and was third in rebounding...Transferred to Fordham from West Virginia...Sat out the 2008 spring and fall semesters...Appeared in ten games in 2007-08 for the Mountaineers, scoring eight points (0.8 ppg) while grabbing 20 rebounds (2.0 rpg) and blocking four shots...Best game was a six-rebound, three-steal, two-block, two-point contest against Maryland-Eastern Shore on November 27th...Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll at West Virginia in 2006-07...Sat out the 2006-07 season at West Virginia.

As a Junior (2009-10): Appeared in all 28 games for the Rams in 2009-10, starting 14...Averaged 2.3 ppg and 3.0 rpg...Also had 26 blocks and nine steals...Finished with a season-high nine points, shooting 4-for-5 from the field, at James Madison (12/23/09)...Pulled down a career-best nine rebounds at Kennesaw State (12/29/.09) while adding four points and one block...Netted six points and added eight rebounds and one block at Hampton (1/3/10)...Finished with six points and four rebounds in the Charlotte game (2/6/10)...Scored three points, pulled down six rebounds and added three blocks in the win over Stony Brook (12/8/09)...Recorded six rebounds and swatted three shots at St. John's (12/13/09)...Grabbed four rebounds against Bowling Green (12/5/09)....Scored four points and added five rebounds and four blocks in the season finale at Duquesne (3/3/10).

As a Sophomore (2008-09): Appeared in 20 games for the Rams, starting 18...Averaged 6.2 ppg and 3.7 rpg...Also has a team-high 35 blocks along with 13 steals...Scored a season-high 16 points, hitting all five of his field goal attempts, and added three rebounds and two blocks in the loss to Saint Louis (1/31/09)...Finished with 13 points and grabbed four rebounds at Temple (2/18/09)...Netted a then season-high ten points and added four rebounds and a career-high three blocks at Bowling Green (1/3/09)...Matched that with ten points at Rhode Island (1/18/09)...Also finished with ten points and had a pair of rebounds against UMass (2/11/09)...Swatted a career-high five shots and scored seven points in the home loss to Xavier (1/11/09)...Netted eight points and added eight rebounds and one block and one steal in his Fordham debut against New Hampshire (12/23/08)...Recorded eight points, shooting 4-for-5 from the field, in the loss to Richmond (2/25/09)...Netted eight points and added four rebounds in the season finale with Saint Joseph's (3/7/09)...Finished with seven points, five rebounds and two blocks at Charlotte (2/28/09)...Scored five points and added four rebounds in loss to UT Martin (12/28/08)...Finished with five points, four rebounds and a career-high four blocks against St. Bonaventure (1/7/09)...Grabbed seven rebounds and dished out a career-high three assists at Dayton (1/14/09).

Before Fordham: A transfer from West Virginia University...Redshirted the 2006-07 season...Appeared in ten games in 2007-08 for the Mountaineers, scoring eight points (0.8 ppg) while grabbing 20 rebounds (2.0 rpg) and blocking four shots...Best game was a six-rebound, three-steal, two-block, two-point contest against Maryland-Eastern Shore...Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll at West Virginia in 2005-06...A graduate of Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C., where he lettered for three year in basketball, playing foe head coach Steve Turner...Averaged 11 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks per game as a senior in 2005-06...Named to the Washington Post Honorable Mention All-Metro team as well as being named Second Team All-Conference in the WCAC...Selected to play for the Capital All-Stars in the Capital Classic...Averaged five points and five rebounds per game as a junior...Played AAU basketball for the I-270 Warriors.

Personal: Son of Mary and Michael Green...Has two brothers (Kevin and Michael) and a sister (LaTasha)...Majoring in Finance.