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2004-05 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Dayshawn Wright
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 232
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Syracuse, NY
- High School:
- Oak Hill Academy (Va.)
Freshman Year: Wright played in 10 games for the Orange as a first-year performer...He scored his first collegiate points in the SU opener against NORTHERN COLORADO...Wright had three points and a season-high five rebounds in the victory...He had five points against CORNELL...His 13 minutes played at SIENA represented a season-best total...He had two assists when Syracuse defeated RUTGERS in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament.
Oak Hill Academy: Rivals.com ranked Wright 51st overall and 10th at power foward among members of the class of 2004…He was 90th overall by Prepstars.com…Hoopsters.com rated Wright 11th at the power foward position…Oak Hill Academy, coached by Steven Smith, won the high school national championship…Wright and his teammates posted a 38-0 record and held the top spot of the USA Today Super 25 all season…He earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the 2003 Five-Star Hoop Classic in Boston…Wright scored a season-high 19 points three times -- in a 104-57 victory at Christiansburg, a 115-48 triumph against Bishop McGuinnes and a 118-68 victory against Blue Ridge School…He had a personal-best 19 rebounds when Oak Hill defeated Laurinburg Institute, 86-66…Wright’s first double-double of the campaign was a 13-point, 10-rebound showing against Laurinburg Charter in a 107-70 Oak Hill decision…He posted 11 points and 12 boards versus Forsyth Country Day…Wright produced 12 points and 16 rebounds when Oak Hill bested Lexington Catholic, 77-59…Two games later he contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds versus R.J. Reynolds High School. Wright had 10 points and 10 rebounds in a 78-51 win against Dr. Phillips…Oak Hill won the Iolani Prep Classic (Hawaii), the Glaxo-Wellcome Invitational (N.C.), the Sun Trust Classic (Va.), the Martin Luther King Classic, the Mountain State Coal Classic (W.V.), the Prime-Time Shoot Out (N.J.), the North Laurel Classic (Ky.) and the Champions Basketball Classic (N.C.). He competed in AAU basketball for the Albany City Rocks for the past three summers…Wright played in the 2004 Empire State Games with SU teammates Matt Gorman, Terrence Roberts, and Josh Wright on the Central squad.
High School: He competed at Fowler High School in Syracuse…In his junior season, he averaged approximately 22.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, 5.0 blocks and 5.0 assists per game…He made the game-winning shot on an offensive rebound putback in a 70-69 triumph against Oswego…Wright scored 21 points, including 11 of them in the fourth quarter…Wright was rated the 19th best player and the fourth-best power forward at the 2003 Nike All-American camp…He participated in the 2003 USA Men’s Basketball Youth Development Festival…In five games he averaged 17.4 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.8 steals per game…He shot .618 from the field…Wright made the all-tournament team at the 2003 Five-Star Hoop Classic in Boston.
Personal: Dayshawn Darnell Wright is the son of Patricia Wright…He will pursue a degree in the College of Arts & Sciences.
