General
Was given the charge to "bulk up" in the off-season and did exactly that, gaining nearly 15 pounds of muscle ... has evolved into a more physical player ... expected to play a key reserve role at the forward position.
1999-00
Team's Freshman of the Year (Olga Adkins Award recipient) ... played in 18 games, making first collegiate start vs. Xavier ... played just five minutes against the Musketeers, but did not score ... totaled a career-high 23 minutes and a personal-best six points and five rebounds vs. Western Michigan (Jan. 26) ... scored first four points of his career and had three rebounds in his native state vs. IUPUI ... contributed two points and four rebounds at UW-Green Bay ... scored in six games.
High School
An honorable mention all-state forward for Terre Haute North High ... averaged 17.3
points and 8.5 rebounds for the Patriots, who advanced to fhe first round of semistate
tournament play (final eight) ... led team in field goal shooting with a .598 mark ... shot
71 percent from the foul line ... Two-time all-conference (1998, '99) and all-semistate
(1998, '99) selection ... two-time all-Wabash Valley (a 10-county area) first-team pick
... 1999 Hoosier Basketball Coaches' all-star ...helped team to sectional and regional
championships in 1996 and '99 ... Patriots captured county championship on three
occasions1996, '98 and '99 ... two-time selection to Hoosier Basketball Magazine
Top 40 team ... helped lead AAU team to a third-place national finish in 1995 ...
school's Gold Medal Award (school's highest award) recipient in 1997 and '99 ...
coached by Jim Jones.
Personal
Born September 24, 1980 (20 years old) ... son of Bill and Deanna Reed ... major is
undecided.