2009-10 Pitt Men's Basketball Media Guide

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PLAYER PROFILES

points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals in the title game...Earned Philadelphia Daily News All-City First Team and All-Catholic Team honors...Team ended season on a 16-game win streak...Played on USA Junior All-Star squad that toured Europe with former teammate DeJuan Blair...Roomed with Blair during the five-game swing which included a championship game win over Russia...Averaged 16 points per game, six rebounds per game and dished out four assists in guiding Roman Catholic to a 26-6 record as a junior…Second Team All-Catholic League South Division selection as a junior…Helped lead the Eagles to the Philadelphia Catholic League finals where they lost to St. John Neumann on a basket in the closing seconds…Ranked the No. 88 player nationally by Rivals.com...Rated the No. 90 player nationally by HoopScoop...Ranked the No. 91 player nationally by Scout.com… Ranked the No. 112 player nationally by USA Today...Competed at the Las Vegas Big Time Tournament…Rated 11th out of 160 prospects at the ABCD Camp at Fairleigh Dickinson after he shot 61 percent during the event...Rated the No. 56 player in the country at the ABCD Camp…Played AAU basketball for Positive Image and coaches Larry Waiters and his mentor Rasal Hajj.

WANAMAKER’S NUMBERS Double-Doubles: ........................ 0 Points-Rebounds: ................. 0 Points-Assists: ....................... 0 20+ point games: ..................... 0 10+ point games: ..................... 5 10+ assist games: ..................... 0 10+ rebound games: ................ 0 5+ rebound games: .................. 9 5+ assist games: ....................... 5 30+ minute games: .................. 0 40+ minute games: .................. 0

PERSONAL Born Bradley D. Wanamaker on July 25, 1989...Son of Bradley Wanamaker, Sr. and Deborah Samuel...Immediate family includes two sisters Latisha and Crystal Samuel, two brothers- James Samuel and Brian Wanamaker and nephew James Samuel...His twin brother Brian, who played on his high school team and played at Central Connecticut State as a freshman and is now at Texas Wesleyan...2007-08 Pitt senior Mike Cook and Philadelphia native also played in his AAU program Positive Image…Style of play has been compared to Cook…Made his verbal commitment to Pitt on August 24, 2006...Had 13 scholarship offers including Villanova, Xavier, Virginia, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Dayton, George Washington and Temple...Majors in communications.

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