Sean Singletary
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| Sean Singletary | |
|---|---|
| College | Virginia |
| Conference | ACC |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Position | Point Guard |
| Jersey # | 44 |
| Class | Junior |
| Nickname | $$ or Double-S |
| Career | 2004 – present |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | September 6, 1985 (age 21) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| High School | William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Awards | |
| 2005-2006, 2006-2007 First Team All-ACC, 2004-2005 Freshman All-ACC, 2006-2007 Third Team All-American | |
| 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | |
Sean Singletary (born September 6, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the starting point guard for the University of Virginia Cavaliers basketball team. Singletary attended William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. 2006-07 is his junior year. Singletary improved upon his All-ACC Freshman performance in 2004-05 by averaging 17.7 points per game and earning all-ACC first team honors during his sophomore season, which included his highest scoring game, a 35 point effort against an Adam Morrison led Gonzaga team.
Singletary was Virginia's floor leader during their pivotal 2006-07 season in which the team moved from their old home at University Hall across the street to the 130 million dollar John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia enjoyed perhaps its best season since 1994-95 with Singletary and senior J.R. Reynolds forming what some believed to be the best backcourt in the country.
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[edit] Freshman Year (04-05)
As a freshman, he was the only player on the team to start every game during the 2004-2005 season, and was selected to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman Team. He averaged 10.5 points per game, as well as 3.9 assists per contest in his rookie campaign. Singletary ranked first among ACC freshmen in assists and steals, second in minutes played and third in scoring. He was selected to the CollegeInsider.com Freshmen All-America Team and a second-team selection to the Rivals.com Freshmen All-America Team.
[edit] Sophomore Year (05-06)
In his sophomore year, Singletary earned a first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection (the first from UVA since Bryant Stith in '92) by averaging 17.7 points (1st team, 5th ACC), and ranking third in FT% in the ACC (.845 125-148), fifth in steals (1.86 54), and sixth in assists (4.17 apg. 121). Against Gonzaga, he scored a career high 35 points in an 11 point loss, and was named ACC Player of The Week. His first career double-double (29pts 10reb) came in the ACC Tournament against the University of North Carolina. Singletary was also a Co-Captain of the Cavaliers and was also named First-team All-ACC selection by SI.com, State Player of the Year and a first-team All-State selection by the VaSID, Player of the Year in Virginia and first-team All-State as selected by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, co-recipient of the Bill Gibson Cavalier of the Year Award (team MVP), co-recipient of the Sidney Young Memorial Trophy (team award to that athlete who exemplifies the highest qualities of leadership, cooperative spirit and unselfish service in the interest of athletics at the University of Virginia), and received the team's Most Assists Award.
[edit] Junior Year (06-07)
Singletary became one of the elite point guards in the country his junior year, scoring in double digits in all but one game. He finished the season first on his team and third in the ACC in scoring with 19.0 points per game. Although Virginia started the season slowly, Singletary was instrumental in a seven game in-conference win streak that helped Virginia win a share of the ACC regular season title with a 11-5 record. Singletary gained national attention when he hit an acrobatic game-winning shot against Duke on February 1, 2007 with 1.0 seconds left on the clock, giving Virginia their first win over Duke since 2002. He scored a career-high 37 points in a blowout of Gonzaga. On March 6, 2007, Singletary was named to the first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference team for the second consecutive season and was named as a third team All-American by the National Association of Basketball coaches, making him Virginia's first All-American since Ralph Sampson in 1984. Along with backcourt mate J.R. Reynolds, he led UVA to its first NCAA tournament berth since 2001, where they played the University of Albany in the first round. Singletary scored 23 points and had 9 assists in a 27 point win over UAlbany. In the second round, Singletary scored 19 points, but only shot 29% from the floor and missed the potential game tying shot in a 77-74 loss to the University of Tennessee.
