Palomar Men's Basketball 2006-07

E.J. ROSS

NO. 23 /  6-2, 200, Shooting Guard

YEAR: Sophomore

HOMETOWN: District Heights, MD

HIGH SCHOOL: Orange County HS (Orange, VA)  ''02

CURRENT 4-YEAR COLLEGE STATUS: Committed to NAIA Seton Hill University.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 5, 1984, in Washington, D.C. ... Son of Cheryl Marvray and Edward Ross. ... Has four brothers and sisters -- Miles, Mike, Audra and Deneata.

2006-07 SEASON:  A first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference selection for the second straight season and the Comets' Most Valuable Player. ... Led the team with scoring averages of 13.9 (in 29 games) on the season and 13.6 in conference games. ... Also averaged 4.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. ... Scored a season-high 26 points against College of the Desert on Dec. 7. ... Also has been over 20 points against state-ranked Mt. SAC (21 points on Nov. 25), state-ranked Citrus (23 points on Nov. 29) and Grossmont (20 points on Jan. 6), when he scored 10 points in overtime as the Comets outscored the Griffins 19-10 to win 102-93. ... Had four steals in the victory. ... Also has scored in double figures vs. Cerritos (19 points on Nov. 10), Cypress (14 points on Nov. 16), Barstow (14 points on Nov. 18, Pasadena City College (16 points on Nov. 24), Southwestern (11 points on Nov. 26), Long Beach City College (12 points on Dec. 5), San Diego City College (12 points on Dec. 8), San Diego City again (17 points on Dec. 16), San Diego Mesa (11 points on Jan. 4), San Diego Miramar (17 points on Jan.  11), Southwestern (14 points on Jan. 20), MiraCosta (14 points on Jan. 23), San Diego City again (13 points on Jan. 25), Mesa again (12 points on Jan. 27), Grossmont (12 points on Jan.  31), 16 points ((Imperial Valley on Feb. 10), Cuyamaca (21 points on Feb. 14, Southwestern (23 points on Feb. 17) and Compton in the opening round of the state community college playoffs (10 points on Feb. 21) . ... Pacific Coast Conference Men's Athlete of the Week for the week that ended Nov. 19.

2005-06 SEASON:  An All-Pacific Coast Conference first-team selection and was runner-up for Player of the Year honors, averaging 15.4 points a game as the Comets won the conference title by winning their final 12 regular-season games. ... Shot 47.0 percent from the field and averaged 4.7 rebounds. ...Averaged 17.3 points in 14 conference games. Shot 52.0 percent from the field in the conference and averaged 4.9 rebounds per game. ... Had a high-point total of 29 as the Comets beat second-place Cuyamaca on Feb. 15 to clinch the conference title. ... Scored 28 points on Dec. 18 against Citrus, 27 points in an opening-round state playoff game on Feb. 22 vs. Mt. SAC2, 26 points on Jan. 22 against Imperial Valley, 26 points on Jan. 25 against San Diego Mesa, 23 points on Feb. 18 vs. Mesa and also had three 20-point games. ... Scored in double figures 21 times. ... Dished off six assists on Feb. 11 against Southwestern. ... Pacific Coast Conference Men's Athlete of the Week for the week that ended Feb. 19.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was first-team All-Area and All-District in Virginia under coach Keith Johnson. ... Also was selected as Tri-County Player of the Year. ... Averaged 19 points and 6 rebounds a game.

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