2006-07
Made a dozen brief appearances (career-most 21 total minutes) as a junior...Hit just 1-of-14 of his field goals, including 0-of-11 from three-point range...Gained status on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive year and served as a team co-captain for the second straight season.
2005-06
Received a medical redshirt...Made the 2005-06 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2004-05
Saw limited action in a career-most 12 outings (18 total minutes), more than doubling his appearance total from his freshman season...Tallied 10 total points on the year, hitting 3-of-5 field goals, 2-of-3 treys and 2-of-2 free throws...Made the 2004-05 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2003-04
Saw limited action in five games as a collegiate rookie, scoring a basket and grabbing three rebounds in six total minutes on the year...Earned status on the 2003-04 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
Prep School
Averaged around five points and two rebounds per game in earning both the Best Team Defender and Coaches Award as a fifth-year player for Notre Dame Prep club...Slowed somewhat by a nagging tailbone injury during the campaign...Connected on 40% of his three-point field goals and 88% of his free throws on the year.
High School
Averaged 8.5 pts, 4.8 reb and 3.8 ast an outing during an injury-plagued senior season at Webster County (KY) HS...Dislocated his right elbow in the third game of the season and missed seven games due to injury...Came back to post four straight double-figure scoring games following the elbow injury...Suffered torn ligaments in his right foot later in the year and missed another seven games...Missed a total of 14 games as a senior due to the elbow and foot injuries...Played three seasons at Henderson County (KY) HS before transferring to Webster County for his senior year...Rated as the only freshman on HCHS's varsity team that advanced to the Final Four of the 1999 Kentucky HS State Tournament...Made the all-state team of the 1999 AAU Tournament as a ninth-grader...Named as a Scholastic Sports Internationa Phenom Jr. All-American as an eighth-grader and was selected as a second-team all-star at the Phenom Jr. All-American Camp in East Lansing, MI.
Personal
Born William James Begley, 9-26-83, in Nashville, TN...Seeking his master's degree in business administration after earning his business management degree this past year...The son of Bruce and Barbara Begley. |