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Player Bio: Kraidon Woods



  Kraidon Woods
Kraidon Woods
Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Henryville, Pa.

High School:
The Hill School

Height / Weight:
6-8 / 199

Position:
Forward

Experience:
1V

YearG-GSMin-AvgFG-APctFG3-APctFT-APctRb-AvgF-DAstToBkStPts-Avg
07-0812-054-4.53-6.5000-0.0004-6.6676-0.53-0213210-0.8

SUN DEVIL DATA: Originally signed with Villanova in the fall of 2005 but elected to go to prep school and has three years of eligibility. Shot nearly 60 percent from the floor in prep school as with long arms he can get to the rim quickly. He played in Mid-Atlantic Prep League in 2006-07 for The Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) and earned first-team all-league honors along with several other Division I signees, including Texas signee Alexis Wangmene (Blair School), St. Joseph's signee Idris Hilliard (Hun School) and Marquette signee Patrick Hazel (Blair School). Led Hill School to its best record (17-7) since the 1990-91 season. Was able to get on campus in early summer of 2007 and move ahead academically as he attended summer school both sessions. Reminds ASU basketball followers of former Sun Devil Tommy Smith in build and athletic ability. Played in 12 games last year and averaged 4.5 minutes in those games as made the adjustment to Division I hoops. Born Feb. 2, 1988. Father is Charles, mother is Joy and he has an older sister (Sablaun).

THE HILL SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per in 23 games in 2006-2007...team lost in the Pennsylvania Independent Championship...earned All-Tournament honors at the Mercer Invitational...coached by Seth Eilberg...played his high school ball at Pocono Mountain East and led team to two Mountain Valley Conference titles in three years...averaged 16 points, eight boards and five blocks and ended career with 1,186 points.

CAREER HIGHS FOR KRAIDON WOODS
POINTS: 3 vs. Illinois (11/19/07)
BLOCKS: 2 at #5 UCLA (1/31/08)
MINUTES: 11 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (11/28/07)

GETTING TO KNOW...KRAIDON WOODS
Best clutch shot last year by a Sun Devil...Ty against California.
My favorite tattoo is...no tattoos, mom would kill me.
Top three songs played on Ipod/MP3...anything with Jay-Z on it.
The place I get the most studying done...ICA.
The player who will surprise the most people this year is...Jamelle McMilan.
The most underrated player on the team is...Jerren Shipp.
Sun Devil I want shooting a free throw to win the game...James.
Toughest loss last year...all of them are tough but USC at the end of the year was probably the worst.
Favorite athlete to watch...LeBron.
Best Sun Devil memory...when everyone rushed the court after we beat Arizona. You see it on TV all the time so it was crazy to be in the middle of it.
What I like most about Coach Sendek...He's very intelligent and funny.
Funniest teammate...Ty.
If I had a choice to have pizza and wings with anyone, I would pick...former Sun Devil Steve Jones (aka Chop).
If I could visit anywhere, I would go to...Europe.
The game I am looking forward to the most this year is...the first one is the most important.
My most prized possession is...my car, probably my cell phones (so I can keep in touch with people back home in the great state of Pennsylvania) and anything else that I consider mine.