#22 Cassius Chaney

Sophomore
Forward, 6-6
Old Saybrook, Conn. / Old Saybrook HS
Major: Management of Sports Industries

Sophomore (2007-08): Selected 2008 First Team Preseason All-Conference.

Freshman (2006-07): Made an immediate impact, selected ECC Rookie of the Year after leading the team in scoring (18.5 points per game) and starting 22 of 28 games … Member of All-ECC Second Team … Selected as ECC Rookie of the Week eight times … Ranked 62nd nationally in scoring, 72nd in field goal percentage, and 83rd in rebounding … Ranked third in the ECC in scoring, second in field goal percentage and seventh in rebounding … Started 22 of 28 games, scoring in double figures in all but one … Went over 20 points on ten occasions … Scored a career-high 29 points at home against Southern New Hampshire on February 17, two days after pouring in 27 at home vs. C.W. Post … Led team in rebounding with 7.9 boards per game … Pulled down a season-high 18 rebounds on December 6 at Queens College … Double-digit rebounds seven times, with double-doubles in all seven games … Made over 50 percent of hit field goals in 20 of 28 games, shooting .547 for the season.

High School: Honor Roll student at Old Saybrook High School ... Very skilled and versatile ... Can score from inside and out ... First Team All-Conference and All-State in 2005 and 2006 ... Shoreline Conference MVP in 2005 ... Team won Connecticut State Division 4 Championship in 2005.

Personal: Nickname is "Cash" ... Son of Brenda Pledger and Arthur Chaney ... Three brothers (Allan, Robert, Curtis) ... Brother, Allan, has signed letter of intent to play Division I basketball at University of Florida … Career ambition is to become a professional basketball player … Grew up and lived in Baltimore, Maryland until High School.