ryan humphrey visits ucla

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Ryan Humphrey Visiting
UCLA This Weekend--(May 22, 1999)

Ryan Humphrey (6'-7" So. F) who will transfer from Oklahoma, is rumored to be on the UCLA campus currently, taking an official visit.

According to Jim Downs, Humphrey was actually on campus and played in a pickup game with many of the current UCLA team members. The Oklahoma transfer has already visited Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Tennessee. Clemson, Miami-Florida and Virginia are all trying to be the ones to get his fifth and final official visit.

So what do we know about Humphrey? Well, we went over to the official Oklahoma Basketball team website, and got the following biography about Humphrey. And it's pretty impressive. Here's some of what they had on the Oklahoma native:

High School

McDonald’s and Parade All-American as a senior ... Named Gatorade’s Oklahoma Player of the Year and finalist for USA Gatorade Player of the Year ... Two-time Nike All-American and two-time Oklahoma Super Five first-team selection ... 1996-97 Daily Oklahoman Large School Player of the Year ... Member of USA Basketball’s Hoop Summit Team ... Listed by several recruiting publications as the best high school power forward and one of the 10 best seniors ... Averaged 25.1 points, 14.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 6.0 blocks as a senior ... Guided Washington to 27-1 record and 5A state title his senior year ... Championship game was played inside OU’s Lloyd Noble Center ... Named MVP of Fayetteville (Ark.) Holiday Hoops Tournament, Fort Worth Classic and Tulsa Tournament of Champions ... Also won 6A state titles his sophomore and junior seasons ... Lettered all four years and captained last two ... Coached by Nate Harris.

1997-98 (Freshman)

Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 acclaim from league coaches and was named to the conference’s All-Freshman team ... Played in 32 of 33 games and started in 24 ... Started 14 of his 15 conference games ... Was diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia Dec. 17 and playing time was limited until late in the year as a result ... Averaged 9.2 points and a team-high 6.5 rebounds despite playing only 23.3 minutes per outing ... Scored in double figures in 16 games and reached double digits in rebounding five times ... Ranked first on team in blocked shots (1.8) and third in field-goal percentage (.482) ... Averaged 2.1 blocks per Big 12 game, third in the league ... Registered seven blocks at Nebraska, most by an OU player since 1995 ... Averaged 11.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 rejections during a four-game Big 12 stretch in January ... Attempted third-most free thows on team (133) ... Scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 21 minutes against Jackson State in his first collegiate game ... Tied a career high with 18 points against Indiana in NCAA Tournament and also posted game highs in rebounds (eight) and blocks (four) ... Also recorded double-doubles against Alabama (13 points and 13 boards in just 14 minutes) and Texas Tech on Feb. 4 (17 and 11) ... Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week Dec. 29 after averaging 10.0 points, 8.7 boards and 3.0 blocks in wins over North Texas, Coppin State and Alabama ... Recipient of team’s “student-athlete” (shared with Renzi Stone), “best rebounder” and “best rookie” awards.

Personal

Born July 24, 1979, in Tulsa ... Parents are Al and Melodi Humphrey ... Nickname is “Hump” ... Selected along with 31 other collegians to try out for the 1998 U.S. Goodwill Games Team and was one of final two players cut ... Father played football at Tulsa and for Pittsburgh Steelers ... Brother, Rod, played football for University of Pittsburgh ... Twin sister, Robyn, also attends OU ... Was also a Parade All-American as a football tight end ... High school teammates playing in college include Etan Thomas (basketball at Syracuse), Marcus Hill (basketball at Tulsa), B.J. Tiger (football at Oklahoma State) and Brian Nicholls (basketball at Jackson State) ... Chose OU over Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Pittsburgh, and UCLA ... 1997 recipient of Jim Thorpe Award given to top amateur athlete in Oklahoma ... Roommate is Kelley Newton.

Quite an impressive resume. Just what the Bruins need, another McDonald's All-American 6'-7" wing player.