Justin Knox

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-9
Weight:
240
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
High School:
Central

NOTES
Earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Alabama in three years • Finished his degree work in the summer of 2010 • Is enrolled in the master's program for sport administration at Carolina.

AT ALABAMA
Played three seasons for the Crimson Tide • Was the Southeastern Conference's Scholar Athlete of the Year in men's basketball in 2009 • SEC All-Academic Team selection • Played in 83 games and made 48 starts at Alabama • Averaged 5.0 points and 3.8 rebounds during his career, including a season-best 6.3 points in 2009-10 • Had a career-high 17 points against South Carolina on March 3, 2010, and a career-best 12 rebounds against Florida A&M on Nov. 19, 2008 • Scored in double figures 12 times and had three games with double-digit rebounds • Registered one career double-double - a 13-point, 10-rebound performance against Providence on Nov. 20, 2009 • Averaged 20.1 minutes per game over the last two years • Started 31 of 32 games as a junior • Double-figure scoring games in 2009-10 include 17 at South Carolina, 16 vs. South Carolina (in SEC Tournament), 14 at Toledo, 14 vs. Purdue, 13 vs. Providence, 12 vs. Ole Miss and 10 vs. Tennessee State • Had 10 rebounds as a sophomore against Clemson.

PREP
Was the salutatorian of his class at Central High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he was the 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year and the 4A Player of the Year • Averaged 16 points, 15 rebounds, 4.2 assists and three blocks per game and had four triple-doubles and two 20-rebound games as a senior • Coached by Robert Watson • Alabama's MVP in the Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star Game, scoring 22 points and grabbing seven rebounds • Missed his sophomore season after tearing his left knee patellar tendon • Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Born Justin H. Knox on Jan. 13, 1989, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. • The son of Erick Shelton and Vanessa Knox • Has a daughter, Aleaha, born in Sept. 2008.