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NBA Players Return to Alma Mater
Jerseys Retired During Alumni Day Ceremony

During Alumni Day, June 6, a ceremony was held in the performance gym of Hardwick Hall to retire the jerseys of three Blair alumni who are current NBA players. Left to right are Headmaster Chan Hardwick, Royal Ivey ’00, Luol Deng ’03, Charlie Villanueva ’03, head basketball coach Joe Mantegna and son Xavier.

The Star-Ledger, the state’s largest newspaper, as well as The New Jersey Herald and Express-Times, were on hand to cover the event. more...

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Luol Deng ’03 McDonald's High School All-American ACC Freshman of the Year (Duke) # 7 pick in the 2004 NBA Draft (Chicago Bulls). Photo courtesy of the Chicago Bulls/Bill Smith

Charlie Villanueva ’03
McDonald's High School All-American First Blair alum to win an NCAA Basketball National Championship (UCONN)

Royal Ivey ’00 - Two time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Texas) #37 pick in the 2004 NBA Draft (currently with the Philadelphia 76'ers)

Varsity Joe Mantegna Ithaca College ’91 Head Coach mantej@blair.edu 908-362-6121 ext. 5619 Tom Parauda Fordham ’86 Assistant Coach paraut@blair.edu Junior Varsity Quint Clarke Head Coach clarkq@blair.edu 9th Grade Andrew Sykes Head Coach sykesa@blair.edu
	*Wellington Smith ’06* West Virginia University	*Shamari Spears ’06* Boston College	*Will Scott ’04* Louisville


	*Alexis Wangmene ’07* University of Texas	*Jordan Davidson ’05* Duke University	*Matt Szalachowski ’05* Lehigh University


	*Patrick Hazel ’07* Marquette University	*Justin Robinson ’07* Rider University	*Julius Coles ’07* Canisius College

Austin Johnson ’09 11/2/08 - Blair's 6' 8", 225 pound senior forward Austin Johnson (Cheltenham, PA) signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Rutgers University men's basketball program next year. Austin averaged 18 points and nine rebounds for Blair last year and is poised for a tremendous senior campaign with the Buccaneers.

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