Wichita State Athletics

Career Summary: Averaged 6.4 points and 5.5 rebounds in two seasons at Wichita State after transferring from East Carolina... Eearned spots on the Missouri Valley Conference All-Bench and All-Newcomer teams in 2010... In 2011, helped the Shockers win the NIT championship with 16 points and eight rebounds in a quarterfinal win over College of Charleston and 10 points and nine rebounds in a semifinal win over Washington State in Madison Square Garden... In five NIT games, made 16 of 23 shots and averaged 7.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and two blocks.

Senior (2010-11): Appeared in 36 games with 15 starts... Averaged 6.6 points and a team-high 6.4 rebounds in 20,1 minutes per game... Also led the team in blocks (35) and offensive rebounds (66).

Junior (2009-10):  Named to the 2010 Valley’s All-Bench Team by a vote of the MVC’s beat writers... Played in 32-of-35 games off the bench...Opened the season with two points against FDU, 11 against UAM, 12 against Alcorn State and 14 against TCU after sitting out after transferring from ECU... Had a then-season-high eight rebounds against Pitt before a career-high 11 boards against USC-Upstate... Had a career-high 15 points against Creighton in Wichita... Also had 12 points at UNI after a six-game double-figure drought ... Missed the UE game, played limited minutes at Utah State, and missed the Bradley and SIU games...  Battled the last third of the season with a quad contusion, missing three games.

Junior-Transfer (2008-09): Sat out per NCAA guidelines for transfers... Added 18 pounds to his 6-foot-8 frame and increased his bench press while sitting out.

East Carolina - Sophomore (2007-08): ECU’s Fourth-leading scorer at 7.7 points per game, and led the Pirates in rebounding with 6.9 a game while starting all 29 of games he played in... Led the team in rebounding 18 times, including six double-figure games... Led the Pirates in scoring three times, including a season-high 19 against Richmond and at Rice... His Conference USA career-best 19 points and 13 rebounds March 6, 2008 helped lead East Carolina past Rice, 75-68, to end a 23-game East Carolina Conference USA road losing streak at Rice... Scored 10 points in ECU’s loss to Tulsa in the C-USA Tournament opening-round game in Memphis, Tenn... ECU was 11-19 overall and 5-11 in C-USA.

Freshman (2006-07): Played in all 30 games, making 28 starts ... Ranked third overall in Conference USA in rebounding, averaging 7.0 boards per game ... Had the highest rebounding average among all Conference USA freshmen ... Averaged 5.3 points in 27.3 minutes per game ... Recorded a trio of double-doubles ... Grabbed double digit rebounds in seven games, including a career-best 15 against Richmond ... Registered his first career double-double against Richmond by adding 10 points ... Scored a career-high 13 points in his ECU debut against Morgan State on Nov. 11 ... Played more than 30 minutes in a game 11 times ... One of 20 freshmen in school history to start his first game ... Blocked a career-best three shots in the Pirates’ Conference USA Tournament game against Tulsa.

High School: Averaged 21 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks as a senior at Hope Christian Academy in Gastonia, N.C. ... Named all-area by the Gaston Gazette ... Coached at Hope Christian by Rod Seaford ... Earned all-state honorable mention honors as a junior and sophomore at Prince Avenue High School in Pickens, S.C. before moving to the Charlotte metro area, averaging a double-double each season ... Elected team captain as a junior and senior ... Three-year varsity letterwinner in basketball.
 
Personal: Son of Lachawn Blair...Born March 4, 1987 in Washington, D.C....Has one brother and three sisters... Also considered Virginia Tech, Nebraska, and Winthrop... Majoring in geology at WSU.