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High School: Attended Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, playing for coach Bernie Salazar...senior season averaged 22 ppg and 10 rpg prior to breaking ankle in first quarter of game against Mount Tahoma, missing the final five weeks of the season...selected to play in the Oregon-Washington All-Star Game in the summer of 1997, scoring 7 points.
Casey Calvary's Collegiate Career
Freshman (1997-98): One of the best freshmen big men in the history of Gonzaga basketball, made a sudden impact inside…came off the bench in all 34 games, averaging 13.5 minutes/game…scored season-high 12 points at Chicago State, and 10 points in both regular-season meetings with Loyola Marymount…led the West Coast Conference in blocked shots with 46 for a 1.4 average in 34 games…season-high 4 blocks at Santa Clara, 3 against Whitman College, at LMU and at home against San Diego…season-high 7 rebounds at Chicago State and at Hawai'i in second round of NIT…averaged 3.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg…came off bench in all three WCC Tournament games for 40 minutes…had 7 points and 8 rebounds in semifinal against San Diego.
Sophomore (1998-99): Started 34 of his 33 appearances, missing home meeting with Pepperdine with sprained ankle and giving way to Mike Leasure in the starting lineup for Senior Night…scored career-high 17 points at Portland, grabbed career-high 13 rebounds at Texas-Pan American…scored in double digits 16 times and had three double-doubles - 14 points, 12 rebounds against Chicago State, 13/13 at Texas-Pan American, 17/11 at Portland…four other times had double-digit rebounds - 10 in season opener at Kansas, 11 against Washington State, 10 against Portland in West Coast Conference Tournament opener and 11 against Minnesota in NCAA Tournament 1st Round in Seattle…scored first 8 Gonzaga points in NCAA 2nd Round upset of Stanford, hitting a pair of early 3's and then getting a slam dunk alley oop pass from Matt Santangelo…propelled Gonzaga into the Elite Eight with his tip-in of a Quentin Hall miss with 4.1 seconds to play gave Gonzaga a 73-72 victory…led the WCC in field goal accuracy going 127-193 for 65.8 percent, was third in rebounding with 6.9 rpg and third in blocked shots with 57 for a 1.7 average…named to the NCAA Tournament All-West Region team and was an honorable mention All-WCC pick.
JUNIOR (1999-00): Started 33 of his 34 appearances, missing game against Texas-Pan American with a sprained ankle and coming off the bench Senior Night as Gonzaga started all five seniors…led West Coast Conference in total blocked shots with 57, and finished second in blocks/game at 1.68…had streak of 11 straight games with a blocked shot snapped in regular-season finale at San Francisco…blocked a shot in 26 of his 34 games in 85 of 102 career games…scored a career-high 21 points at home against Santa Clara the opening weekend of WCC play, going 6-of-8 from the field and 9-of-10 from the free throw line…followed that with a 20-point night at Saint Mary's, going 7-for-9 from the field and 5-of-7 from the line…broke his career high in back-to-back games in the WCC Tournament, getting 22 in semifinal win over San Diego and 28 in championship game against Pepperdine…went 11-for-13 from the field vs. Pepperdine, 8-for-14 against USD…named WCC Tournament MVP…finished 6th in the WCC in scoring at 13.4 ppg, 9th in rebounds (6.4 rpg), and 2nd in field goal percentage (58.6 on 167-of-285)…grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds at UCLA, one shy of his career high, had 11 rebounds three times and 10 once…named to the All-WCC first team after earning honorable mention recognition as a sophomore…scored 13 points against St. John's in NCAA Tournament Second Round, 20 points against Purdue in Sweet 16 game…grabbed 19 rebounds three NCAA Tournament games.
SENIOR (2000-01): Candidate for the John Wooden Award.
Misc.: Born 4-27-79.
Casey Calvary's Career Statistics
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