Player Bio: G.W. Boon - BUCKNELL OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

G.W. Boon

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Harvest, Ala.
	High School: Sparkman

	Height / Weight: 6-4 / 215
	Position: Guard

Talented wing who is coming off a productive rookie season ... impressive physical specimen who was already one of the team's top performers in the weight room before ever playing a game ... has excellent length for a 6'4" player ... strong defender ... has shown a pure lefty jumper with range beyond the 3-point arc ... confident player who is not afraid to take a big shot ... also likes to drive the ball and can finish strong at the basket ... brought an outstanding academic reputation to Bucknell, where he is majoring in biomedical engineering.

2007-08: Played in all 31 games as a freshman, including four starts ... averaged 4.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg ... third on team with 29 3FGs ... that total was also third-most among Patriot League freshmen ... averaged 16.6 min. per appearance and played 20+ min. 11 times ... scored 11 pts. in 14 min. against No. 23 Villanova in just his third collegiate game ... season-high 12 pts. came in win over Long Beach State ... hit four 3FGs in that game ... third double-figure game was a 10-pt. showing at Drexel ... hit a big game-tying 3FG with 0:41 left in triple overtime against Navy in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals ... made two big 3FGs in OT win at Colgate ... hit two critical second-half 3FGs and finished with 6 pts. in win over American ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Dec. 31.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Full name is Garfield Wilbur Boon III ... born Jan. 13, 1989 in St. Louis, Mo. ... shares a birthday with classmate Darryl Shazier ... son of Constance and Garfield Boon Jr. ... has two siblings, Tracey and Wesley ... 2007 graduate of Sparkman High School in Harvest, Ala., near Huntsville ... four-year basketball letterman ... team captain as a senior ... earned first-team all-state honors as a senior, when he averaged about 18 points and eight rebounds per game ... two-time All-Metro selection ... three-time all-tournament selection at Huntsville Times Classic ... two-time all-tourney pick at Sportsmed Shootout and Region 8 Tournament ... former high school teammates include former Georgetown guard Jonathan Wallace and Nebraska guard Jay-R Strowbridge ... played for coach Luther Tiggs ... had 16 points and six rebounds in the 2007 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game ... terrific student with a 4.2 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale ... received the Wendy's High School Heisman for his school ... served as class Vice President ... four-year recipient of the Presidential Award for Scholastic Achievement and was voted "Most Commendable Senior" ... played AAU basketball for the Nashville Celtics and was named to the North team at the Alabama High School Athletic Association All-Star Game ... majoring in biomedical engineering at Bucknell.