AS A MUSKETEER...has not played in a game for the Musketeers...has been sidelined following knee surgery. AT LAURINBURG INSTITUTE (2002-03 and 2001-02)...averaged 15.0 points, a team-high 11.0 rebounds and 3.6 blocks as a senior, while shooting a team-high 65 percent from the field...those numbers are even more impressive when you consider the fact that the Laurinburg Institute team had 12 players on its roster that received Division I offers...the team finished 40-2 and won the Prep School National Championship, Coly's second national title as a high school player...won a National Championship at Oak Hill Academy (Va.) as a sophomore...named as a 2002-03 High Honorable Mention All-American (Street & Smith's) prior to his senior year...averaged 15.5 points, 11.1 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a junior at Laurinburg Institute...the team finished 20-4 and ranked number one in the state, spending most of the year in the national "Top 25" in USA Today. LAURINBURG INSTITUTE COACH CHRIS CHANEY ON COLY: "Coly will be a great player at Xavier. I expect him to contribute a lot beginning his freshman year. He had a great final year for us. He brings it every night and is very consistent. He has a nice touch. He rebounds on both ends of the court. He blocks shots. What really sets him apart is he works so hard. He has a great work ethic. He will get better and better." AT OAK HILL ACADEMY (2000-01)...played as a sophomore at Oak Hill Academy, which is located in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia...team finished 40-2 and won the National Championship...basketball coach: Steve Smith. PERSONAL...majoring in international business...born July 11, 1983 in Ziguinchor (pronounced zee-gan-shur), Senegal...parents are Clement Coly and Awa Diop.
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