Matt Fields bio
9/20/2007 4:22:00 AM | General
2006-07: Made 22 appearances... Averaged 6.0 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest... Missed over a month of the season with a foot injury... Averaged 10.7 ppg in the three games before his injury, including a season-high 16 points vs. Northern Illinois (12/8)... In final game of 2006, notched first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Flagler (12/12)... Reached double-figure pointsfive times, three against SoCon teams... Went for 14 points and eight boards vs. Charleston (2/24) and followed that up with 12 points, six rebounds vs. The Citadel (2/28) in SoCon Tournament, shooting 4-for-5 from the field and the free throw line.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Attended Central Florida CC... Was team captain and earned all-conference honors... Team claimed Mid-Florida Conference championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of William M. Raines HS... Lettered in basketball and track... Led team to 4A state championship.
PERSONAL: Born Matthew A. Fields on Jan. 2, 1986 in Jacksonville, Fla... Son of Anthony and Barbara Fields... Majoring in finance... Biggest influence on his career has been his parents: “they taught me all that I know”... Dream vacation is a trip to Africa... Person in history he'd like to meet is Martin Luther King, Jr... Best athlete he's played against is Louis Williams... Before a game he says a prayer... Moment in history he'd like to witness is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech... If he could switch places with any coach on campus it would be Coach Price “so I could make him do conditioning”... The three people he would invite to dinner are George W. Bush, “to see how he acts out of the public eye”, Muhammad Ali, “because he's the greatest”, and his father, “so he could experience it with me”... Favorite place on campus is his room... In 10 years, sees himself as an established businessman... Favorite sports figures are Muhammad Ali and Hank Aaron.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Attended Central Florida CC... Was team captain and earned all-conference honors... Team claimed Mid-Florida Conference championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of William M. Raines HS... Lettered in basketball and track... Led team to 4A state championship.
PERSONAL: Born Matthew A. Fields on Jan. 2, 1986 in Jacksonville, Fla... Son of Anthony and Barbara Fields... Majoring in finance... Biggest influence on his career has been his parents: “they taught me all that I know”... Dream vacation is a trip to Africa... Person in history he'd like to meet is Martin Luther King, Jr... Best athlete he's played against is Louis Williams... Before a game he says a prayer... Moment in history he'd like to witness is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech... If he could switch places with any coach on campus it would be Coach Price “so I could make him do conditioning”... The three people he would invite to dinner are George W. Bush, “to see how he acts out of the public eye”, Muhammad Ali, “because he's the greatest”, and his father, “so he could experience it with me”... Favorite place on campus is his room... In 10 years, sees himself as an established businessman... Favorite sports figures are Muhammad Ali and Hank Aaron.
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