MSU?s Varnado Invited To USA World University Games Trials
The 6-foot-9, 210-pound
“This is a great opportunity for Jarvis, and this will give him a chance to play with some of the best college players in the country,” MSU coach Rick Stansbury said. “It’s a tremendous honor just to be invited, not to mention he’ll be training and working out with the best players.”
The World University Games, under the direction of the International University Sports Federation, is held every other year and will take place in
USA Basketball did not field a team in 2007, however, the 2005
“These guys are some of the best college players in the country, and I think they’re guys who would be future Olympic candidates,” said
This past season as a junior, started a school-record 36 games and averaged a team-high 12.9 points and 8.8 boards in leading the Bulldogs to a 23-13 ledger and a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row.
He also set an SEC single-season record with 170 blocked shots and needs just 19 more to surpass former LSU great Shaquille O’Neal’s SEC career mark of 412. With 141 more, he’ll tie the NCAA record of 535 set by Louisiana-Monroe’s Wojciech Mydra from 1998-2002.
He was also instrumental in MSU winning the SEC Tournament in Tampa, Fla., with his MVP performance of 13.8 points, 8.8 boards and 22 blocked shots in the Bulldogs’ magical four-game run to the crown.
Varnado, a two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Year, enters his senior season 93 points shy of becoming the 31st MSU player to score 1,000 for a career, while his 727 rebounds rank ninth all-time. If he were to match the 317 boards he had this year, he would finish third with 1,044, behind Bailey Howell (1,277) and Rickey Brown (1,092).
2009
NAME POS HGT WGT SCHOOL HOMETOWN
James Anderson G/F 6-6 195
Talor Battle G 5-11 165
Trevor Booker F/C 6-7 240 Clemson Whitmire, SC
Craig Brackins F 6-10 230
Sherron Collins G 5-11 200
Mike
Corey Fisher G 6-1 200 Villanova
Lazar Hayward F 6-6 225
Robbie Hummel F 6-8 208 Purdue
JaJuan Johnson F/C 6-10 215 Purdue
Deon Thompson F 6-8 245
Evan Turner G/F 6-7 205