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Former Mount St. Mary's star Jamion Christian joined Pat Flannery's staff in 2006-07 in the newly created position of manager of basketball operations. Christian, who had previous coaching experience as an assistant at Emory & Henry College, handles a wide variety of duties at Bucknell. Among them are coordinating team travel plans, handling the team's video needs, directing the Bison summer camps and assisting in the arrangement of alumni functions, such as the team's popular summer golf tournament. At Emory & Henry, Christian helped the high-scoring Wasps to a 14-12 record in 2005-06. The team ranked third in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 104.3 ppg, and it also ranked second in steals and third in 3-pointers made and turnovers forced and fifth in assists. A 2004 graduate of Mount St. Mary's, he was a three-year team captain and starting guard. He led the team in scoring as a sophomore. Christian also played shortstop on The Mount's baseball team. A native of Quinton, Va., Christian earned VHSL Group A State Player of the Year honors in his senior season after leading New Kent High School to a 26-0 record and a state title. | ||||||||||||||||