Emory University

Career: Ended his two-year career at Emory byplaying in 49 games, 44 in a starting capacity ... Holds down theNo. 8 spot on the school's career rebound average list (6.2 rpg)... Recorded a total of 26 double-figure scoring games ... Registered four double-doubles (pts./rebs.) ... Grabbed 10 or morerebounds in five contests ... Led or shared for team scoring honorson nine occasions ... Team leader in rebounding in 25 games.

Senior (2009-10): Started 23 of the 24 games hesaw action in ... No. 2 on the team in minutes (28.8 mpg) ... Ledthe team in rebounding for the second straight season and his 6.3per-game effort in that category placed him seventh on the UAAleaderboard ... Third on the squad in scoring (8.5 ppg) and tiedfor second with 25 steals ...Snatched a team-high 5.9 boards perouting in league action, seventh among UAA players ... HonorableMention All-UAA for the second straight campaign ... Chalked up 10double-figure scoring games including a 17-point afternoon at CaseWestern (Feb. 14) that paced the team while ranking as a seasonhigh ... Sank seven-of-11 from the field, including a pair ofthree-point field goals, in that game against Case and tied forgame honors with eight rebounds ... Was named Emory's Player of theWeek (Dec. 21) after putting together back-to-back double-doublesin victories over Greensboro (Dec. 17) and Hanover (Dec. 19) ...Led all players with 10 boards and chipped in 12 points vs.Greensboro and then followed that with a team-best 15 points andgame-high 13 boards against Hanover ... Led or shared for theclub's high in rebounding on 13 occasions ... Emory's top boardmanin five straight contests (Dec. 17 - Jan. 8) and averaged 9.4caroms in that stretch ... 15 performances of six or more rebounds... Totaled a team-leading nine rebounds and chipped in ninepoints, a career-high four assists and two steals in a 77-64 win atBrandeis (Jan. 24) ... Five games of two or more steals.


Junior (2008-09): Was a key contributor in his first yearwith the program, starting 21 of 25 contests ... Averaged ateam-high 27.2 minutes per outing and finished second on the teamand 23rd among UAA players in scoring (9.9 ppg) ... Led the squadand ranked third in the conference with a 6.2 per-game average inrebounding ... In league outings, he tossed in 11.4 points pereffort, tied for 13th in the UAA, while his 6.0 rebounds placed himfourth ... Honorable mention All-UAA selection ... Led or sharedfor team scoring honors in seven games ... Notched double-figurescoring in 10 of the last 11 and in a total of 16 affairs ...Topped the club with a season-high 20 points, sinking eight-of-14from the floor and three-of-four from the charity stripe, againstNo. 20 Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 30) ... Converted seven-of-eight fromthe field and both his charity tosses en route to 16 points, secondhigh on the team, and also dished out three assists vs. Piedmont(Dec. 18) ... Recorded two double-doubles, the first coming againstOglethorpe (Nov. 25) with an 11-point, team-high 10-reboundperformance ... Team's leading rebounder in the last four, six ofthe last seven and in a total of 12 contests ... Averaged 7.8caroms in Emory's last seven games ... Grabbed a team-best 10boards and posted his second double-double with 11 points atBrandeis (Feb. 20) ... Played 45 minutes in a double-overtime winat NYU (Feb. 22) and finished as the Eagles' second-high scorerwith 15 points while pulling down a team-high nine rebounds ...Finished 12th in the UAA in free throw shooting, sinking 73.0percent (65-of-89) of his opportunities.

Prior to Emory: Enjoyed a stellar two-year careerat Oxford College at Emory ... Was coached by Roderick Stubbs ...Earned NJCAA Second Team All-American honors in 2006-07 and 2007-08... During his stint at Oxford, he broke over 16 Oxford Collegesingle season and career records ... Closed out his career asOxford's all-time leader in scoring (1,255 pts.) and rebounding(632) ... During the 2007-08 campaign, he averaged 24.0, 10.2rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game ... Established aschool single-game scoring record with a 41-point outing againstCatawba Valley Community College (Feb. 9, 2008) ... Was named theNJCAA National Player of the Week on two occasions ... Averaged21.8 points and 12.7 rebounds per contest during the 2006-07season.

High School: Four-year member of the basketballprogram at Berkmar High School ... Served as team captain duringthe 2004-05 season.

Personal:  Born July 4, 1987 ... Son ofCarolyn Hixon ... Served as President of the Varsity AthletesCouncil at Emory.

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Quote: "I chose Emory because it provides mewith the best chance at future success regardless of what happenswith me in basketball. I like what Coach Zimmerman is doing interms of developing a total program here."