Johnnie Selvie
At Connecticut:
Will provide immediate front line help ... Powerful inside performer
... Big-time
rebounder and very strong around the basket ... Excellent jumping
ability and
extremely long wing span.
Before UConn: National Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) National Player of the Year ... First Team Junior
College
All-American ... Named to NJCAA All-Tournament Team in leading
Southeastern (Iowa)
Community College to Junior College National Championship ... Final
overall record
of 34-4 ... Averaged 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks per game in
1999-2000 ... Scored 24 points and added 12 rebounds in national
championship game
84-70 victory over Calhoun State (AL)...Averaged 13.0 points and 10.6
rebounds
for Southeastern during 1998-99 season ... Only junior college player in
nation
selected to try out for USA Basketballs 20-and-under national team
during
summer of 2000 ... Named one of 16 finalists after four days of
competition during
which he was the top scorer among all 25 candidates.
Personality Profile:
Johnnie Selvie ... Born February 15, 1980.
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