Biography
REDSHIRT SENIOR YEAR (2016-17)
Named Third Team All-America East after playing in 29 games with 28 starts … averaged a league-best 19.9 points per game for a total of 576 points, the fifth-highest total in Hartford history … also averaged 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists … totaled 37 steals and a block … went 161-for-195 (.826) from the free-throw line, with his 161 makes the fifth-most in a season in Hawks lore … 69 three-pointers were tied for 10th-most in a Hawks uniform … netted career-best 35 points in 44 minutes of action in the win over Niagara (11/15) … paced Hartford with 20 points against Rider (11/16) … tallied his second game of the season with at least 30 points at Drexel (11/18) … delivered 19 points and four assists at Rutgers (11/25) … went 11-for-22 to score 29 points at North Texas (11/27) … tied his career high with four steals and scored 15 points at Sacred Heart (12/3) … netted 21 points and five assists at Quinnipiac (12/7) … tied his career high with 11 made field goals and matched his season best with five assists versus Dartmouth (12/13) … led the team with 22 points on the strength of 11-for-12 shooting from the free-throw line at Davidson (12/28) … topped 30 points for the third time with a 31-point effort at Yale (1/2) … led the team with 19 points, shooting 5-for-6 from behind the arc at Vermont (1/8) … pulled down a career-best nine rebounds and led the team in scoring with 16 points against UMBC (1/11) … led the way with 19 points, five boards and four assists against Maine (1/16) … netted 25 points with six boards at Binghamton (1/25) … topped the team with 18 points against UAlbany (1/28) … scored 28 points, going 11-for-13 at the line, at UMBC (2/9) … went career-best 15-for-16 at the line against Binghamton (2/22) … finished season with 22 points and six rebounds at UAlbany in the America East Tournament.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR YEAR (2015-16)
Played in all 33 games, starting the final 12 … averaged 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists … third on the team with 29 steals … finished among the league leaders with a .775 free-throw percentage (86-for-111) … finished the season scoring in double digits for each of the last 15 games … had a standout debut for the Hawks with 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting at CCSU (11/13) … dished out three assists against Niagara (11/24) … scored 11 points to go with four rebounds against North Florida (11/27) … posted two steals against St. Francis (11/29) … netted a career-best 21 points on 8-for-11 shooting at Providence (12/2) … delivered four assists and four steals at Dartmouth (12/5) … posted 13 points, two assists and three steals against Holy Cross (12/12) … delivered season-high seven assists in 17 minutes against Widener (12/22) … delivered a career-best 27 points with five assists at UMBC (1/21) … snared a career-high seven rebounds and scored 10 points against Maine (1/27) … netted 12 points with two assists against Albany (1/30) … followed up with 12 points against UMass Lowell (2/3) ... dumped in 16 points, three steals, and two assists againt Stony Brook (2/8) … delivered 16 points, five rebounds and three assists against Binghamton (2/11) … added another 16 points at Vermont (2/14), going 6-for-11 from the field and 3-for-6 from downtown … netted 12 points and six assists against UMBC (2/17) … delivered 22 points and five boards against UNH (2/20) … posted 13 points with five dimes in the playoff win at Albany (3/2) … delivered 21 points and matched a career high with seven rebounds in the America East Semifinal at Stony Brook (3/7).
JUNIOR YEAR (2014-15)
Sat out the 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
EASTERN MICHIGAN/GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOL
Transferred to Hartford after playing two seasons at Eastern Michigan. SOPHOMORE YEAR (2013-14): Appeared in 26 games at Eastern Michigan, averaging 1.6 points and 1.5 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per contest … had 28 assists and 10 steals … made his lone start of the season against Concordia (Nov. 8), passing for a season-high four assists in the win … scored a season-high seven points in the win over Rochester College (Jan. 4) … pulled down four boards, a season-best, against both Cleveland State (Nov. 18) and Ohio (Jan. 25). FRESHMAN YEAR (2012-13): Appeared in 34 games as a rookie, starting in 22 … averaged 4.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game … converted on 34.4 percent (53-of-154) shots taken on the season … posted a career-high 17 points against Oakland (Dec. 22) … handed out a career-best eight assists against Miami (Jan. 19). GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOL: Played for Hall of Fame coach Fred Johnson at Greensboro Day School … as a senior, was a PACIS (Piedmont Athletic Conference of Independent Schools) All-Conference selection and MVP of the Pizza Hut Invitational … averaged 10.1 points and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 52 percent from the field and 88 percent from the charity stripe … led Greensboro Day School to the NCISAA 3A State Championship game … father, Frank Ross, scored more than 1,900 points as a collegian at American University and was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame … he was drafted in 1987 … grandfather, Sam Key, was a point guard at Western Michigan (1955-59) and was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1959.
CAREER HIGHS
Minutes: 35 vs. Oakland, 12/22/12
Points: 27 at UMBC, 1/21/16
FG: 8 at Providence, 12/2/15
FG Att.: 16 at Stony Brook, 3/7/16
3FG: 5 at Stony Brook, 3/7/16
3FG Att.: 12 at Stony Brook, 3/7/16
FT: 13 at UMBC, 1/21/16
FT Att.: 14 at UMBC, 1/21/16
Rebounds: 7 2x, Last: at Stony Brook, 3/7/16
Assists: 8 Miami, 1/19/13
Blocks: 1 2x, Last: vs. Yale, 1/2/16
Steals: 4 at Dartmouth, 12/5/15
SUPERLATIVES
Career Double Digit Scoring Games: 18
Career 20+ Point Games: 4
Career Double Digit Rebound Games: 0
Career 5+ Assist Games: 4
Career Double Doubles: 0
Games Led Team in Scoring: 6
Games Led Team in Rebounding: 3
Games Led Team in Assists: 9
Games Led Team in Steals: 8
Games Led Team in Blocks: 1
