PLAYER PROFILES
coach Bob Hurley...Guided St. Anthony to a perfect 32-0 record, No. 1 national ranking and national championship by USA Today...Led the Friars to the New Jersey Non-Public B state title as a senior...Second Team Associated Press All-State selection after averaging 10.0 points and 3.0 assists per game as a senior...Helped St. Anthony defeat Newark Science Park 69-36 in the Tournament of Champions title game...Registered 16 points and seven rebounds in leading the Friars to a 76-41 win over Immaculata in the Tournament of Champions semifinal...Earned Most Valuable Player honors after scoring 22 points and guiding Team USA to a 120115 win over Team Florida at the Senior Showcase...As a junior, guided St. Anthony to a 28-1 record and appearance in the New Jersey state Non-Public Class B state final before losing to No. 2 nationally ranked St. Patrick...St. Anthony finished ranked No. 7 by USA Today...Averaged 10 points and three assists per game as a junior...Three-time Newark Star-Ledger All-Area team selection...Averaged 10 points and 3.0 assists while helping guide St. Anthony’s to the New Jersey North Public B final as a sophomore... Selected as a “Fabulous Freshman” and competed in the MetroHoops North-South All-Star game...Played at the AAU JamFest in Pittsburgh, the first time he stepped foot on campus in 2007...Played in the Eddie Griffin Challenge (New Jersey vs. Philadelphia area All-Star preps)...Earned All-Star honors at the prestigious ABCD Camp in Hackensack, N.J. and 5-Star Camp following his sophomore season... Played on the New Jersey Playaz AAU team coached by Jimmy Salmon... Invited to compete at “Camp Next” as a freshman...Competed in the Jordan Brand Classic All-Star Game in April, 2008.
PERSONAL Born Travon Woodall on April 14, 1989...Son of Theresa Ratliff...Has one sister Shataya Ratliff…Lives with his godfather and godmother Jorge and Samar Fontan...Godbrother is Jiovanni Fontan, who plays basketball at
WOODALL’S CAREER HIGHS Points: 19, vs. Wichita State, 11/23/09. FG made: 5, vs. Wichita State, 11/23/09. FG attempts: 10, four times, last- vs. Texas, 11/24/09. 3FG made: 2, six times, last- vs. Oakland, 3/19/10. 3FG attempts: 6, Wofford, 11/13/09. FT made: 7, Wichita State, 11/23/09. FT attempts: 10, Wichita State, 11/23/09. Rebounds: 7, West Virginia, 2/12/10. Off. Rebs.: 2, vs. Duquesne, 12/2/09. Def. Rebs.: 6, three times, last- West Virginia, 2/12/10. Assists: 13, Binghamton, 11/17/09. Steals: 4, two times- vs. Wichita State, 11/ 23/09; Indiana, Pa., 11/22/08. Blocks: 2, Eastern Kentucky, 11/19/09. Minutes: 34, vs. Texas, 11/24/09.
2009-10 SEASON HIGHS Points: 19, vs. Wichita State, 11/23. Rebounds: 7, West Virginia, 12/2. Assists: 13, Binghamton, 11/17. Steals: 4, Wichita State, 11/23. Blocks: 2, Eastern Kentucky, 11/19. Minutes: 34, vs. Texas, 11/24.
Fordham…Began playing basketball while living in Brooklyn, N.Y.... Introduced to basketball by his cousin Khalief Woodall, who suffered a tragic death at age 11...Teammates call him a “born leader”...Played a starring role in the documentary The Street Stops Here, a movie about Bob Hurley and the St. Anthony basketball program... Has known fellow Pitt players Ashton Gibbs and Nasir Robinson since the seventh grade...Played on an AAU team with Gibbs...One of six players from his high school senior class to sign with NCAA Division I schools: Mike Rosario (Rutgers, now at Florida), Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas), Jiovanni Fontan (Fordham), Alberto Estwick (Fordham) and A.J. Rogers (Saint Joseph’s)...Selected Pitt for its graduation rate, environment and coaching staff...Also selected Pitt because of the lineage of point guards and opportunity to learn from former point guard Levance Fields and current assistant coach Brandin Knight... Communications major.
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