Hokie Club33 - Coleman CollinsPosition: Forward
Class: Freshman
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 215 lbs.
High School: Chamblee
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Freshman forward with a bright future at Virginia Tech, both on and off the court ... Young player who turned 17 over the summer that will challenge for playing time this season ... Figures in to the immediate plans in the front court ... Good student ... Big man who runs the floor extremely well ... Will need to get stronger to compete in the BIG EAST ... Signed with the Hokies last fall.
High School: Three-year letterwinner in basketball for Perry Abrams and Caesar Burgess at Chamblee H.S. ... MVP of the Georgia-Florida All-Star Game, where he had 27 points and eight rebounds ... Played in the Georgia North-South All-Star Game ... Was MVP and won the Academic Award at Chamblee as a senior ... Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Metro Team of the Month in January 2003 and was named to the AJC's All-Metro team as a senior ... First team all-county and all-region as a senior ... Also lettered in track as a senior ... Region 6 AAAA champion in the 400-meter dash and third in the AAAA State Meet in the 400-meter dash ... Second team all-county in track in 2003 ... National Achievement Scholarship finalist ... National Merit Scholarship honorable mention ... Won senior class Excellence in Poetry Award.
Personal: Coleman Alexander Collins ... Born July 22, 1986, in Princeton, N.J. ... Son of Jackson and Carolyn Collins ... Father played basketball at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) ... Older brother, Jackson Jr., played basketball at Amherst College ... Also has one younger sister, Morgan ... Majoring in communications.