Taj Finger

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Taj Finger is an American basketball player who played collegiately for Stanford University from 2004 to 2008.

Finger attended Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York, where he was a four-year starter and captain for three years.

At Stanford, Finger primarily played the power forward position for the Cardinal.

Finger averaged 1.4 points per game in his freshman season of 2004-2005, 4.8 in his sophomore campaign and 3.9 his junior year. His senior campaign in 2007-2008 saw Finger post career high averages with 5.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 55% from the field as Stanford advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in seven seasons.

In 2006 and 2007 Finger was a Second Team All-Pac-10 Academic honoree. In 2008 he was named to the conference All-Academic first team.