Coleman Collins Season 2006-07

33 - Coleman CollinsPosition: Forward
Class: Senior
Height: 6' 9"

Weight: 240 lbs.

High School: Chamblee
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.

Three-year returning starter for the Hokies ... Poised to become one of the top big men in the ACC this season ... Held up through difficult junior season ... Extremely skilled young player who has been a force for the Hokies in his first three seasons in Blacksburg ... When healthy, is one of the top post players in the ACC ... Played his first season at Tech as a 17-year-old ... Should start at the post for the Hokies again this season ... Excellent student who graduated with honors in three years ... Big man who runs the floor extremely well ... Continues to work to get stronger and work on a "go-to" move ... Can score in the post ... Excellent at rebounding out of his area ... Fits the Virginia Tech system very well ... Strong candidate for academic and athletic awards this season ... His best basketball is ahead of him.

2005-06: Team's leading rebounder and second leading scorer as a junior ... Played in 26 games, starting 22 times ... Honorable mention All-ACC and second team All-State by the Richmond Times Dispatch ... Started and played 28 minutes against Radford ... Scored a team-high 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field ... Tied a career-high with three assists ... Started and played 38 minutes against Bowling Green ... Scored a career-high 22 points, shooting 8-for-14 from the field ... Hit 6-of-9 free throws ... Also added eight rebounds, including three offensive boards, two assists and tied a career-high with five blocked shots ... Started and played 28 minutes against Western Carolina ... Missed the Mount St. Mary's and Marshall games to be with his ailing father ... Returned to the team, started and played 27 minutes against Morgan State ... Recorded his third career double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds ...Grabbed his 300^th career rebound in the contest ... Started and played 36 minutes at Ohio State ... Tallied second straight double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds ... Eight of his 14 points came in the second half ... Had a season-high 11 defensive rebounds ... Started and played a career-high 40 minutes at Duke ... Also set career highs in points (25) and field goals (12) ... Shot 12-for-17 from the field with eight rebounds ... Recorded his third double-double of the year with 17 points and 14 rebounds against North Carolina A&T ... Shot 7-of-15 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line ... Scored a game-high 21 points against St. John's ... Shot 9-of-13 from the field ... Recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Stanford in Las Vegas ... Recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 21 points and 11 rebounds against William and Mary ... Shot 9-of-15 from the field ... Scored 12 points with seven rebounds in 39 minutes against Old Dominion ... Scored a career-high 32 points at JMU ... Shot 13-for-18 from the field with six rebounds and four blocks ... Scored 15 points in 37 minutes at Florida State ... Set a season-high with seven points from the foul line ... Had 14 points and five rebounds against Virginia ... Scored 18 points and grabbed six boards at Maryland ... Scored Tech's first 10 points of the contest ... Collected his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Duke ... Missed the Wake Forest and Georgia Tech games to be with his father ... Returned to the team and came off the bench to score seven points and grab seven boards against Boston College ... Scored 16 points at Clemson ... Shot 6-for-11 from the field ... Also chipped in four rebounds, two assists and a career-high four steals ... Recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against NC State ... Totaled 10 points and five rebounds at Miami in 30 minutes ... Started and scored 13 points against Florida State ... Shot 5-for-6 from the foul line and added four rebounds ... Scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Clemson ... Had three blocked shots and four dunks ... Scored five points in the ACC Tournament loss to Virginia ... Had three blocks and two rebounds.

2004-05: Played in 28 games, starting 24 ... Second-team All-State by the Richmond Times-Dispatch ... Became the first Hokie men's basketball player to be named ACC Player of the Week, following his performance in the win over #7 Duke ... Was severely hampered by a foot injury that limited his effectiveness during the non-conference portion of the schedule ... Missed the North Carolina and Western Michigan games after having a cyst removed from his foot, along with the screw from his surgery as a freshman ... Played 31 minutes in season opener against Loyola ... Hit all five attempts from the floor and pulled down five rebounds and had two assists ... Netted 12 points in 20 minutes over Maryland-Eastern Shore ... Despite his nagging foot injury, totaled nine points and four rebounds in 35 minutes against Chattanooga ... Scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds at St. John's ... Had 10 points against James Madison while pulling down five rebounds ... Scored 16 points and had two blocks against Mississippi State in New Orleans ... Scored 16 points while grabbing seven rebounds at Florida State ... Narrowly missed a double-double against Bethune-Cookman, recording 18 points and nine rebounds ... Scored the game-winning basket against NC State ... Recorded 20 points and nine rebounds against the Wolfpack ... Set a career high with 10 made free throws in the game ... Scored 13 points and had six rebounds in the upset at No. 12 Georgia Tech ... Tallied 20 points and seven rebounds against Virginia ... Scored 11 points and had eight rebounds at Duke ... Had eight boards and four points at Miami ... Had a then career-high 11 boards against Wake Forest ... Scored nine points in the same game ... Totaled 14 points and five rebounds in the loss at Maryland ... Tied his career high with three assists in the same game ... Totaled 19 points and six boards at Virginia ... Recorded the first double-double of his career in the win over #7 Duke in Cassell Coliseum ... Amassed a career-high 18 boards while chipping in 14 points ... Also set a career high with five blocks in the same game ... Had 18 points and five boards in the win over Miami ... Had his second career double-double in the win over Maryland with 14 points and 15 boards ... Recorded nine points and seven rebounds against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament ... Recorded his third double-double of the year in the win over Temple with 11 points and 13 boards ... Tallied eight points and nine rebounds in the second round of the NIT at Memphis.

2003-04: Missed the first seven games of the season after fracturing his foot in the final preseason game ... Appeared in 22 games as a freshman, starting 16 times ... Fourth on the team in scoring average ... Had surgery on Nov. 20 to place a pin in the fifth metatarsal of the left foot ... Made his regular season debut in the win over Radford, scoring 15 points and grabbing five rebounds in the victory ... Made his first collegiate start at Towson, scoring six points in 15 minutes of action ... Scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds in the win over William & Mary ... Had 14 points and seven rebounds in the loss to East Carolina ... Recorded a then-career-high with 17 points, three assists and two steals in the loss at Pittsburgh ... Scored eight points in the win at West Virginia ... Four points and six rebounds in the loss to Connecticut ... Had a career-best night in the win over #23 Providence, earning BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honors ... Recorded a then-career-high 21 points and a then career-high nine rebounds in the win and also blocked two shots ... Followed that performance with 20 points in the win over Georgetown ... Had 11 points and six rebounds in the loss at Villanova ... Had nine points and eight rebounds in the win over St. John's ... Scored the winning basket on a tip-in at the buzzer in the win over Rutgers ... Scored 14 points and blocked two shots in the victory ... Led the Hokies with 12 points on 5-of-7 from the field in the BIG EAST Tournament win over Rutgers ... Blocked the Scarlet Knights' final shot attempt in the game, preserving the Hokie victory ... Had eight points in the loss to Pittsburgh in the BIG EAST quarterfinals.

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 ... 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 Carolyn Collins and the late Jackson 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 ... Member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... Student-athlete representative on the University Athletics Committee ... Was the Virginia Tech representative at the NCAA Leadership Seminar in Orlando, Fla. ... Appeared in a television commercial for the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Was chosen as the Virginia Tech representative for the ACC Student-Athlete Council ... Writes a column in the university's student newspaper, The Collegiate Times ... Appeared in a commercial for the United Way following his freshman season ... Earned his bachelor's degree in communications in May 2006 and is working towards his master's degree in health promotions.

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