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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS …Set the CSU single-season record for blocked shots in 2000-2001 with 64, topping the mark of 51 taken by current Clemson assistant coach Darrin Tillis, a first-round draft pick by the Boston Celtics in 1982, during his freshman season in 1979-80…Ranks seventh on the Horizon League’s single-season charts for blocked shots and needs six more to move into sixth…Ranks second in career blocked shots at CSU with 133…Ranks 25th in career rebounding at CSU with 385 boards…Also ranks eighth in defensive rebounds (262) and 15th in offensive rebounds (123) 2001-2002 Notes - as a junior…Led the league in blocked shots with 1.29 per game…Ranked fifth in the league in field goal percentage (.497), 11th in rebounding (5.1 rpg) and 12th in defensive rebounds (3.46)…Scored a career- and team-high 18 points against Prairie View A&M and grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds for his first double-double…Led the Vikes in rebounding five times; third on the squad overall in rebounding average at 5.1…Hit 51.7 percent from the field in league games only…Scored in double figures on eight occasions…Posted the best numbers of his career with 7.5 ppg and 5.1 rpg…Started 19 games and saw action in all 28 contests 2000-2001 Notes - as a sophomore…Led the league in blocked shots with 2.0/game…Scored a career-high and team-high 15 points to lead CSU over Detroit on Jan. 20…Recorded five blocks on three occasions - vs. Florida State (12-19-00), in front of family & friends at Temple (12-23-00) and vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2-5-01) - to equal the second-highest single-game effort in school history…Recorded two crucial rejections at the end of regulation against Florida State to insure the game went into overtime…Hit double digit scoring on seven occasions…Second on the team and 18th in the league in rebounding at 4.8 rpg; 15th in the league in defensive rebounds with 3.34/game…Opened a 21-2 scoring run against Wright State (2-8-01) with back-to-back slam dunks off alley-oops from former high school teammate Jermaine Robinson…Led CSU with a career-high three assists against Florida State…During CSU’s seven-game winning streak from Jan. 20 to Feb. 8, averaged 10.3 ppg while shooting .591 from the field…Took or shared team rebounding honors seven times 1999-2000 Notes - as a freshman…Ranked third in the MCC in blocked shots…Blocked four shots and swiped four steals against Sacred Heart on Jan. 10 -- also swatted four shots at Butler (2-12-00)…Played in all 29 games and got the starting nod in eight…Hit double digits in four of the first eight games in which he appeared…Turned in his best scoring outing against Prairie View A & M (12-14-99) with 13 points and seven rebounds…Led the squad in rebounding three times, including a season-high seven boards against Rhode Island (11-27-99) High School Notes…Earned four letters in basketball between Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia and Williamsport (Pa.)…As a senior at Simon Gratz, averaged 10.8 points and 9.4 rebounds a game & turned in highs of 24 points and 22 rebounds…Defensively, accounted for 5.2 blocks per outing…Started as a freshman and senior at Gratz…In his final season, the Bulldogs captured the Philadelphia Public League title, advanced to the final four of the state championship and finished 23-4…At Williamsport, averaged 24.0 ppg and 4.0 bpg his sophomore year as the Millionaires won the district title and advanced to Pennsylvania state championship final four…Earned all-city, all-district and all-league recognition…Was named team captain and team MVP as a junior…Tabbed all-state as well as all-city, all-district and all-league after averaging 26.0 ppg and 5.0 bpg that season…Also earned a pair of letters in cross country (Williamsport) as well as a monogram in track (Simon Gratz). On a Personal Note…Urban Studies major…Mother is Marlene Gosley…Born September 2, 1980…Has five siblings: two brothers - Rahmise (22) and Elija (18) and three sisters - Talima (18), Rikia (18) and Bahiea (21)…Has a son Nyric (4)…High school coaches were Pete White and Michael Bailey (Williamsport) and William Ellerbee (Simon Gratz); Bailey and Ellerbee served as the prep mentors of Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace, respectively…One of three Simon Gratz players on the Viking roster along with Jermaine Robinson and Percell Coles
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