| Delvon Roe | |
|---|---|
| College | Michigan State University |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Position | Power forward |
| Class | Junior |
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | October 3, 1989 |
| High school | St. Edward |
Delvon Roe is a retired basketball player who played at Michigan State University. He was listed as a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward. He ended his career in September 2011 after three years at Michigan State due to degenerative knee pain.
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Roe played basketball at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio. During his senior season, his team was ranked in the USA Today Super 25 (national rankings) and rated as a top-5 team in the Midwest.[1][2] Roe would miss the rest of his high school career with a knee injury.[3] He was one of the top recruits for the class of 2008, rated as a 5-star, 24th overall best player in the nation by Rivals.[4]
Roe started and contributed often for the 2008-2009 Michigan State basketball team, averaging 18 minutes a game on the national runner-up Spartans. He was the only freshman to start in the National Championship Game.[5] Increasingly effective as his knee healed, Roe was eventually named to the Big-Ten All Freshman Team.[6]
During the Big Ten Conference season, Roe had an offensive rebounding percentage of 14.0%, a defensive rebounding percentage of 22.3% and an effective field goal percentage of 57.6%.[7][8] Going back to the 1996-1997 season, the only freshman from a BCS conference to do better than Roe in all three of those categories in conference play was Kevin Love of UCLA in the 2007-2008 season. In his sophomore season, Roe averaged 6.4 points per game and 5 rebounds per game. [9] During Roe's junior year, 2010-2011, he averaged 6.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game. [10]
On September 29, 2011, Roe announced he was ending his basketball career due to degenerative knee pain, and would miss his senior year. [11]