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AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER AT UNCP (2008-12):Played in 109 games for the UNCP men’s basketball team,including 14 starts … Averaged 5.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and1.0 blocks per game … Helped Braves compile a 50-63 recordfrom 2008-12 … Clip included winning records in each of hislast two seasons, as well as the program’s first trip to theNCAA Tournament following an 18-12 campaign in 2010-11 (juniorseason) … Scored a career-best 19 points against St. Andrewson Nov. 11, 2011 and tallied a career-best 12 rebounds againstMontevallo on Jan. 28, 2011 … Registered a career-best fourblocks on three different occasions … Earned PBC Player ofthe Week accolades on Dec. 20, 2010, after averaging 13.5 pointsand 8.0 rebounds in wins over Allen and eventual NCAA Elite Eightparticipant, Anderson.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at West Bladen High Schoolfor coach Raymond Marlowe … Earned second consecutiveall-conference nods as a senior after leading the Knights to a 7-6record and a spot in the state playoffs … Also earned mostvaluable player laurels after each of last two seasons … Wasalso an all-conference selection in basketball for the Knights andhead coach Ken Cross … Averaged 11.4 points, 12.6 reboundsand 2.7 blocks per game as a senior in helping lead the Knights toa 30-2 record and a state title as a senior … Also letteredin tennis and track & field at West Bladen.

PERSONAL: The son of Traci and Charles Priestwas born on May 2, 1990 … Has two sisters – Paige andBrittany – and one brother, Charlie … Graduated fromUNCP with his bachelor’s degree in May, 2011 … Iscurrently pursuing master’s degree at UNCP.