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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Alumni News

Some updates on recent ornell Basketball alums...

Former First Team All-Ivy League selection, John McCord ('97) is averaging 15.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting 63% from the floor for Olimpique Antibes (11-11, 8th place) in the French ProB League.

Jeff Aubry ('99) is playing in the Puerto Rico Basketball League with the Arecibo Capitanes.

Ryan Rourke ('06) is averaging 17.6 points and 5.0 rebounds for the Shiga Lakestars of the Japan Pro BJ League. After scoring 22 points or more for three consecutive games, Rouke was held to 10 points on March 1 against the Ryukyu Golden Kings.

A now healthy Jason Hartford (Cornell '08) is averaging 20.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in Finland's 1st Division. On March 1, Hartford scored 21 points and grabbed 14 boards in a game against Lokoko.

Other alums outside of pro basketball...

Ugo Ihekweazu ('07) is enrolled at Cornell Medical School. David Lisle ('06) is also in medical school at Georgetown, while Graham Dow ('07) (pictured above) is working towards a PhD. at Stanford. Meanwhile, Lenny Collins ('06) is completing his studies at Harvard Law School.

Both Cody Toppert ('05) and Eric Taylor ('05) (pictured above) are both working in the financial services industry with Taylor remaining in the Ithaca area. Both played in Europe before retiring from professional basketball.

Wallace Prather ('02) runs his own sports agency, WP Management and currently represents several NBA players including Josh Smith, Javaris Crittenton, Randolph Morris, Mario West and Anthony Morrow.

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