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Wednesday, Jun. 30
Calvin Booth
Drafted by:
Washington, Round 2, pick 34.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
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"Calvin Booth is a shotblocker and rebounder, and with his size and long arms, could be a surprise in the draft. Booth runs the floor pretty well, but lacks physical strength. He has very good timing and good hands, and does a nice job protecting the basket. Booth is always working on his game, and has impressed his coaches with his work ethic. On the offensive end, Booth has raw moves and is not adept at facing up and making a move. However, with his size and shotblocking ability, he should be able to get a look from someone."
-- ESPN's Jay Bilas
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College: Penn State
Height: 6-11
Weight: 230 pounds
Position: Center
Age: 23
(May 7, 1976)
Birthplace: Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Career highlights
Played at the Nike Desert Classic, averaging 8.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 1.33 bpg
Finished career with 428 Big Ten blocks, most ever in the conference and also the fifth highest total in the history of the NCAA
Was the Big 10's leading shotblocker in each of his last three seasons at Penn State
Holds Penn State's Big 10 record for blocks in a game, rejecting eight shots vs. Northwestern on Jan. 22, 1998
Twice blocked 10 shots in non-conference games (George Mason, Dayton)
His 1,288 career points ranks him eighth all-time at Penn State
Started 111 of 114 games he appeared in
Played on gold medal-winning Goodwill Games Team in summer of 1998
College highlights
Senior
Earned All-Big 10 second team by both coaches and media honors and also was named to the College Hoops Insider National All-Defensive Team
Finished fifth in the nation with 3.52 bpg
Led conference in blocked shots for the fourth straight season
Named Big 10 Player of the Week once
Led team in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and blocks (95), also averaging 15.3 ppg
Scored 20 or more points seven times including season-high 23 versus Indiana
Had a season-high 12 rebounds on four different occasions
Junior
Was named the Big 10's defensive player of the year by the Big 10 coaches after blocking a league-high 140 shots (4.38 bpg), second in the nation
Led the team in rebounding, grabbing 6.5 rebounds per game
Was honorable mention All Big 10 and also voted to the All-Tournament team for the National Invitation Tournament, helping Penn State advance to the championship game, where the Lions lost to Minnesota
Sophomore
Was Penn State's second-leading scorer with 8.7 points per game
Again led the Big 10 in blocked shots with 92 (3.4 per game)
Shot 73 percent from the free throw line
Became Penn State's all-time leader in blocks
Was the team's second-leading rebounder, grabbing 5.0 rebounds per game
Freshman
Started all 28 of Penn State's games and averaged 9.3 points and 5.4 rebounds
In the first game of his career, set a school record by blocking eight shots versus Morgan State
Later in the season, Booth broke his own record with a nine-block performance against Bucknell
Led the Big 10 in blocks with 101
Scored 20 points versus Arkansas in NCAA tournament game
College statistics
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SEASON | G | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | REB | AST | PTS | AVG | | 1995-96 | 28 | 100 | 182 | .549 | 61 | 96 | .635 | 150 | 35 | 261 | 9.3 | | 1996-97 | 27 | 87 | 204 | .426 | 61 | 84 | .726 | 134 | 15 | 236 | 8.7 | | 1997-98 | 32 | 156 | 294 | .531 | 65 | 97 | .670 | 208 | 8 | 377 | 11.8 | | 1998-99 | 27 | 157 | 306 | .513 | 100 | 129 | .775 | 236 | 24 | 414 | 15.3 | | TOTALS | 114 | 500 | 986 | .507 | 287 | 406 | .707 | 728 | 108 | 1288 | 11.3 | | Three-point field goals: 1995-96, 0-0 (.000); 1996-97, 1-3 (.333); 1997-98, 0-1 (.000); 1998-99, 0-for-6 (.000) Totals: 1-for-10 (.100 ).
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