Team USA Experience: A member of the 2007 USA Basketball under-19 World Championship roster coached by Jerry Wainwright... Helped the U.S. to an 8-1 record and a silver medal at the 2007 FIBA World Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia... Averaged 12.3 points on 55.1 percent shooting with 5.3 rebounds with six starts... Ranked second on the team in scoring and rebounding... A member of the USA Basketball Junior National Team that posted a 100-89 win over the World Select Team in April at the 2007 Nike Hoops Summit... A member of the 2007 USA Basketball under-18 National Team... Helped the U.S. to a perfect 4-0 record and a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in San Antonio, Texas... Led the squad in scoring (13.8 ppg.) and rebounding (8.3 rpg.)... Ranked third at the FIBA tournament in rebounding, fifth in offensive rebounds (3.75), eighth in both field goal percentage (.525) and defensive rebounds (4.5), 10^th in scoring, 12^th in free throw percentage (.684) and 13^th in steals (1.5)... His rebounding total is third all-time in the USA men’s under-18 record book.

High School: Consensus Top 5 high school recruit... Rated as the No. 1 high school prospect in the Rivals.com Top 150 as well as the No. 2 prospect by Scout.com... Also regarded as the No. 1 power forward recruit by both recruiting services... Earned recognition to nearly every All-America team during his high school career...  Named the most valuable player of the McDonald’s All-American Game after scoring 23 points for the East in a 114-112 victory... Just the third signee in Kansas State history to be named a McDonald’s All-American... Named to the 2007 USA Today All-USA High School Boys’ Basketball second team... Selected to play in the 2007 All-American Jordan Brand Classic after being named to the Nike Brand All-America Team... Garnered most valuable honors at the Adidas Derby Festival Classic with a game-high 23 points... Honored as the co-most valuable player of the Adidas Superstar Camp in the summer of 2006... Selected to the 2006 Parade magazine All-America Boys’ Basketball second team as a junior... Named to the 2006 USA Today All-USA High School Boys’ Basketball third team as well as to the newspaper’s All-Junior Team... One of just three non-seniors named to the first three All-America teams by USA Today... Honored as a Slam magazine All-American in 2006... One of just four juniors on the 20-man EA Sports High School Boys’ Basketball first team... A one-year starter and lettermen at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., for head coach Bill Barton... Helped the Crusaders to a 35-3 overall record and the inaugural Prep School National Championship (which featured the top four prep teams in the nation) in 2007... Named the most valuable player of the championship, where he posted 30 points and 20 rebounds in the final... Averaged 28.0 points, 16.0 rebounds, 4.5 blocks, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals as a senior... Tallied single-game career highs of 64 points, 31 rebounds and 11 assists during the 2006-07 season... Averaged 20.1 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game for Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., as a junior... Helped Oak Hill to a school-record 40 wins (with just one loss) and finish with a No. 2 final ranking in the USA Today Super 25 High School poll in 2005-06... Recorded 21 double-doubles during the season... Averaged 28.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a sophomore at Riverdale Baptist (Md.)... Named to the Washington Post All-Met first team... Led the squad to a 33-1 overall record and the 2005 state championship... Averaged 30.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as a freshman in helping National Christian Academy (Md.) to a 30-0 record in 2004.