Sean May
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| Position | Power forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Weight | 300 lb (140 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Team | Charlotte Bobcats |
| Jersey | #42 |
| Born | April 4, 1984 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Bloomington North |
| College | North Carolina |
| Draft | 13th overall, 2005 Charlotte Bobcats |
| Pro career | 2005–present |
| Official profile | Info Page |
Sean Gregory May (born April 4, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. A 6' 9" power forward, he currently plays for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association.
May grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a three-time all-state selection at Bloomington High School North, and was at one time a teammate of current NBA player Jared Jeffries. May was named to the 2002 McDonald's High School All-American team. He played in the 2002 McDonald's game with Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants, who would later team with May to win an NCAA Championship.
When the heavily-recruited May chose to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it was a major surprise to most basketball recruiting observers; it had been thought that he would stay in his hometown and attend Indiana. He had strong family connections to IU; his father Scott was a forward on the school's undefeated 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship team and won the Naismith Award the same year, and his brother Scott Jr. played for the IU team that made the NCAA title game in 2002.
At North Carolina, May made his mark as the starting center for the Tar Heels basketball team from 2003 to 2005. As a junior, he was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 NCAA tournament after leading North Carolina to its fourth national championship. The Tar Heels defeated the University of Illinois by a score of 75-70 to win the title, with May scoring 26 points on 10-11 shooting and grabbing 10 rebounds.
In April 2005, May declared that he would forego his senior year at UNC to enter the NBA Draft. He was selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats, becoming one of a record four Tar Heels to be lottery picks in the 2005 NBA Draft. He started his professional career strongly by being named MVP of the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league. An injury in December, however, cut his rookie season short. On October 5, 2007, May announced that he had decided to have microfracture surgery on his right knee and would likely miss the entire 2007-08 NBA season.[1]
[edit] Awards
- All-ACC 1st Team: 2004-2005[2]
- All-ACC 2nd Team: 2003-2004[3]
- ACC Male Athlete of the Year
- His No. 42 jersey is honored in the rafters of the Dean Smith Center at UNC
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bobcats F Sean May will undergo microfracture surgery on right knee, miss season, October 5, 2007
- ^ 2005 All-ACC Men's Basketball Selections :: Duke's Redick and Williams, UNC's May and Felton and Wake's Paul earn first-team honors
- ^ AP All-ACC Men's Basketball Squads :: McCants, Hodge, Pickett, Duhon and Gray earn spots on First Team
[edit] External links
- Sean May Info Page at NBA.com
- Sean May Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- Profile at official UNC athletics site
| Preceded by Chris Thomas |
Indiana Mr. Basketball 2002 |
Succeeded by Justin Cage |
| Preceded by Emeka Okafor |
NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (men's) 2005 |
Succeeded by Joakim Noah |
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