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2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster
TeeJay Bannister
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 176
- Prev School:
- Arlington Country Day (Virginia)
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
2007 (Fall): Averaged 9.5 points and 5.5 assists per game during the Flames' September Tour of Canada … grabbed 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game …scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, while dishing out five assists in a victory over Brock (9/1) … scored nine points, grabbed three rebounds and dished out six assists in a win over Guelph (9/2).
2006-07 Note: Sat out season due to NCAA Transfer rule.
Previous School: Transferred to Liberty after spending three seasons at Virginia … appeared in 76 career games averaging 3.6 points a game … played in only 16 games as a junior in 2005-06 due to injury, averaging 3.6 points per game … as a sophomore (2004-05), he played in all 29 games and averaged 4.3 points, 3.7 assists, 1.5 rebounds and 22.6 minutes played per game … as a freshman, played in each of Virginia's 31 games ( 2003-04) and started 10 of the last 11 ... averaged 3.6 points and 3.0 assists per game ... finished second on the team in assists (93) ... established a UVA men's basketball record for assists in a game by a freshman with 12 in a victory over Wake Forest (3/2/2004) … scored a career-high 15 points twice, once against Wake Forest (2/27/05), and once against Georgia Tech (2/14/04).
Prep: Four-year starter at Arlington Country Day ... lettered five times ... was the Division I-A Player of the Year in Florida as a senior and a all-state first-team selection ... finished third in the voting for Florida's Mr. Basketball Award ... McDonald's All-American nominee ... only the fourth player in the city of Jacksonville to score over 2,000 points during a high school career ... averaged 21 points, 11 assists, five rebounds and four steals per game ( 2002-03) ... in addition, shot 51 percent from the field, including 43 percent from three-point range ... averaged 17.5 points per game as a junior and 14 points per game as a sophomore ... shot 84 percent from the free throw line for his high school career ... earned all-state and all-conference honors three times during his career ... played with the South Team in the USA Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs, Colo., during the summer of 2002 ... selected Player of the Year in Jacksonville as a sophomore ... selected to play in the Florida vs. Georgia High School All-Star Game.
Personal: Son of Tony and Alicia Bannister … step-mother is Lurise Bannister … step-father is Roger Francis … birthday is June 29 ... enjoys drawing, painting and music ... member of the National Junior Honor Society in high school ... served as a volunteer coach for Young Christians In Action.
