Arizona Reid
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| Arizona Reid | |
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| College | High Point |
| Conference | Big South |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Position | Power Forward |
| Jersey # | 30 |
| Class | Junior |
| Nickname | AZ |
| Career | 2004 – present |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | March 11, 1986 (age 21) Gaffney, S. C. |
| High School | Gaffney HS, Gaffney, S. C. |
| Career Highlights | |
| Awards | |
| 2006-07 Big South Player of the Year | |
| Records | |
| Most Rebounds in a Game (Big South) | |
Arizona "AZ" Reid is a college basketball player at High Point University. Currently a junior at HPU, he was the 2006-07 Big South Player of the Year.
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Reid comes to High Point from Gaffney, S. C., where he was a four-year varsity player. He is ranked in the top 20 junior forwards in the NCAA. He has been featured in such magazines as Slam Magazine.
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A 6'5" power forward for the Panthers, Reid is undersized and relies on his drive to get to the boards over players that have been a foot taller than him.
On Wednesday January 17, 2007 Arizona Reid scored 21 points in a High Point victory over Liberty in High Point's Millis Center. Reid joined the elite 1,000-point club with his layup at the 4:49 mark of the first half. He became the 25th player in High Point history to tally over 1,000 career points and is also the 77th Big South performer to reach the milestone.
On Saturday February 24th in High Point's final regular season game Arizona Reid finished with a career-high matching 32 points and a personal best 25 rebounds vs. Virginia Military Institute. The 25 boards set a new Big South Conference single game record, previously held by Charleston Southern’s Tony Fairley (1987) and Coastal Carolina University’s Moses Sonko earlier in the 2006-07 season, and a HPU program Division I record. Reid finished the 2006-07 season with a league leading 13 double-doubles.
Arizona led High Point to a school record 21-9 season with his 21.6 points per game and 9.6 rebounds per game during the 2006-07 regular season.
He ranked first in the BSC in rebounds and is the second leading scorer, averaging 21 points and 9 rebounds per game. Reid was one of only two players in the nation to average 21 points and 9 rebounds. (The other player was Kevin Durant)
Monday February 26, 2007 Arizona Reid was named the 2006-07 Big South Conference Player if the Year. (He received 21 first-place votes from the panel and 283 total points.)
