Mercyhurst University Athletics

Accolades:
2008-09 All-PSAC West Second Team

2008-09: Only Laker to play in a start all 27 games...All-PSAC West Second Team selection, along with teammate Brian McTear...Posted the third highest scoring average on the team at 12.1 points per game...Led the club with 7.0 rebounds per game, 14th in the PSAC...Paced the Lakers with 29 blocks, 12th in the PSAC...Posted the 10th best shooting percentage in NCAA Division II at .642, the best single-season field goal percentage in program history...Scored a career-high 33 points Nov. 30 vs. Penn State-Greater Allegheny, the most by a Laker all season...Recorded four double-doubles, and reached double-figures in rebounds on six occasions...Led the team in scoring four times and was high rebounder 14 times...Scored in double-figures 19 times...Grabbed season-high 14 rebounds in overtime win at Edinboro Jan. 21 and added 16 points for his second double-double in a row...Averaged a double-double in games from Jan. 17 at IUP through Jan. 24 at Lock Haven, posting 17.3 points and 11.3 rebounds per game over the three-contest span.

Prior to Mercyhurst: Attended Southern Illinois for three years, redshirting in 2005-06 and playing each of the past two seasons...Played 10 games as a freshman and 11 more a year ago as a sophomore...Part of a team that advanced to the NCAA Division I Sweet 16 in 2006...Second team all-state at Muncie Central High School in 2005...All-conference as a junior and senior in high school...Team went 27-2 as a senior, advancing to the state championship game before losing to Greg Oden's Lawrence North squad...Only other loss came in regular season game that he missed due to sickness...Averaged 10.9 points and 7.3 rebounds in 2004-05...Named Hoosier Basketball Magazine's Top 40 seniors...Averaged 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as a junior, shooting 65 percent from the field and being named honorable mention all-state.

Personal: Born June 19, 1986...Majoring in marketing...Son of James and Donna Armstrong...One sister, Monique.