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2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster

22 Danny Sumner

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fairfax, Va.
  • High School Paul VI

Biography

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Junior Year (2008-09)
Voted the team's most valuable player ? Ranked 12th in the CAA in scoring (13.4), 14th in field goal percentage, 13th in 3-point field goal percentage and 13th in 3-point field goals made per game ? Led W&M in scoring on 15 occasions ? Topped the Tribe with 19 points and six rebounds in the CAA Tournament against James Madison ? Scored a game-high 13 points and hit the game-winning 3-pointer from the left wing with 29.5 seconds remaining in the College's 48-47 win over Drexel in the regular season finale ? Notched his second career double-double with 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting and 10 rebounds off the bench in only 24 minutes against UNCW ? Scored a game-high 19 points, including a 4-of-9 effort from 3-point range against Towson ? Tied a career-high with two blocked shots vs. Towson ? Tallied a career-best 9-of-11 from the free throw line in leading the Tribe in scoring with 14 points and five rebounds at Northeastern ? Scored 20-plus points in five straight games from Nov. 19-Nov. 29, becoming the first Tribe player in nearly 40 years to accomplish the feat ? Knocked down a career-high tying four 3-pointers, scoring 18 points, all in the second half, at Loyola (Chicago) ? Dished out three assists against the Ramblers for the second straight game ? Named to the Liberty Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament team, averaging 21.5 points per game at the event ? Tallied a game-high 21 to go along with six rebounds against Radford ? Named CAA Player of the Week after averaging 27 points and eight rebounds against Norfolk State and Navy ? Was outstanding vs. Navy with 30 points on 11-of-22 shooting and 4-of-9 from 3-point range ? Became the first Tribe player with 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds in a game since All-American Jeff Cohen in 1961 ? Tallied W&M's first double-double in three seasons adding 11 rebounds against Navy ? Knocked down the game-tying 3-pointer to send the game to OT from the left side with 5.9 seconds remaining ? Turned in an sensational performance in the season-opening win against Norfolk State with a career-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the floor and 3-of-5 from 3-point range ? Marked the first 20-point game of his Tribe career as he also pulled down five rebounds for the third straight game ? Topped the College with 12 points and five rebounds at Ohio ? Scored a W&M best 15 points on 6-of-13 shooting at Penn State ? Knocked down 3-of-6 from 3-point range against the Nittany Lions.

Sophomore Year (2007-08)
Had a breakout season in 2007-08, averaging 10.5 points per game, which ranked third on the team ... Enjoyed his coming out party during the CAA Championship, averaging 15.5 points and five rebounds per game, while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 47.1 percent from 3-point range as his way to earning CAA All-Championship Team honors ... Poured in a career-high 19 points in the College's semifinal win over regular season champion and No. 1 seed VCU, while also adding seven rebounds ... Knocked down three 3-pointers in both the quarterfinals and semifinals of the league tournament ... Tallied 17 points in the opening round win over GSU, before topping the College with 16 in the quarterfinals against Old Dominion ... His pair of 3-pointers in the final minutes of the CAA Championship Game against George Mason allowed the Tribe to break the CAA record for 3-pointers made in a season ... Scored 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the floor to go along with a career-best nine rebounds against Loyola-Chicago (2/23) ... Ranked seventh in the CAA in field goal percentage at 50.4 percent ... Averaged 12.1 points per game as a starter, while leading the Tribe to an impressive 14-8 record ... Over the last 28 games of the season, led W&M in scoring at 11.4 points per game ... Led the Tribe in scoring on eight occasions and had a team-high 21 double-digit scoring performances ... Topped the Tribe in blocked shots (15), 3-point plays (9) and dunks (21) ... Knocked down a clutch free throw after missing the first of two in the closing seconds at JMU (1/30) to extend the Tribe lead to three points ... Scored a team-high 18 points on a career-best 4-of-5 from 3-point range at Wagner (11/20).

Freshman Year (2006-07)
Played in 21 games, including his first career start against Cornell on Dec. 2 ... Averaged 2.2 points and 0.9 rebounds per game ... In just his second collegiate game notched 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting and three rebounds against Wagner (11/20) ... In 13 minutes of action at VCU (1/29), scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting, leading the Tribe bench in scoring, to go along with two rebounds and two steals ... Had a nifty up-and-under reverse lay-up against the Rams ... Scored five points and dished out a career-high three assists at Drexel (2/21) ... Pulled down a career-high four rebounds at Holy Cross (11/25) ... In W&M's BracketBuster game at Fairfield (2/17), came off the bench, scoring four points and blocking a shot.

Prep Career
Named to the Washington Post First-Team All-Metro squad as a senior ... Honored with the Ron Johnson Award as the Five Star Most Promising Guard Prospect ... A First-Team D.C. Examiner and WCAC All-Conference selection ... Named the Virginia Independent Schools State Player of the Year in 2006 ... Averaged 19.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior at Paul VI Catholic ... Finished with averages of 14 points and 10 rebounds in 2005 ... Led team to the Virginia Independent Schools Division I State final in 2004 and 2005, while advancing to the semifinals in 2006 ... A honorable mention Washington Post All-Metro pick as a junior ... Played AAU with the Prince William Pacers, Richmond Squires and Metro Players ... Also participated in peer mentoring in high school.

Personal
Born Dec. 6, 1987 in Elizabethtown, Ky. ... The son of Danny and Kents Sumner ... Enjoys spending time with family, watching movies and traveling ... First W&M player from Paul VI since David Cully, who graduated from W&M in 1996 as the College's all-time blocked shots leader (248) ... Majoring in history and education with a minor in kinesiology.

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Historical Player Information

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    2006-07Freshman

    Forward
    6'7" 190 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2007-08Sophomore

    Forward
    6'7" 205 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2008-09Junior

    Forward
    6'7" 215 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2009-10Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 225 lbs
    22