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WORTH NOTING • Played in 10 games during the 2008-09 season • Had a career-high three rebounds against Radford (11/21/08) during the 2008-09 season • Played in seven games as a freshman during the 2007-08 season • Made all three of his field goal attempts in 2007-08, including one three-point field goal • Played in two games during Virginia's three-game exhibition trip to Canada in late August of 2008 and averaged 3.0 points a game while shooting 60 percent (3-5) from the field • Joined the Virginia program as a walk-on prior to the 2007-08 season
AT VIRGINIA
2008-09 SEASON:
• Played in 10 games, including five Atlantic Coast Conference games • Scored one point, had one assist and three rebounds • Scored one point at Clemson (3/3/09) • Had an assist vs. Hampton (12/23/08) • Made season debut vs. Radford (11/21/08) and had a career-high three rebounds • Played five minutes in the exhibition vs. Shepherd (11/9/08) • Named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll for his academic work and athletic participation • Lettered for the second time
2007-08 SEASON: • Scored seven points and had three rebounds in seven games • Made all three of his field goal attempts during the season • Scored a career-high three points vs. Longwood (12/7/07), making his first career three-point attempt • Had two rebounds at Xavier (1/3/08) • Had his first career rebound and assist vs. Elon (12/22/07) • Had first career steal vs. Northwestern (11/27/07) • Scored two points at Penn (11/23/07) • Made his collegiate debut vs. Howard (11/14/07) and scored two points • Played two minutes in an exhibition game against Carson-Newman (11/4/07) • Named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll for his academic work and athletic participation • Lettered for the first time
HIGH SCHOOL • Earned three letters in basketball for head coach Leon Modeste at Phillips Academy • Played in only four games as a senior in 2006-07 because of a wrist injury and averaged nine points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots and three assists a game • As a junior in 2005-06 he averaged 14.1 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots a game • Lettered three years in football and two years in baseball • Played quarterback in football and the team was 8-1 in games he started as a senior in 2006 • Was captain of the football team as a senior when he passed for 1,555 yards and 15 touchdowns • As a pitcher in baseball he compiled a 1.62 earned run average in 15 innings of relief as a junior and had a 3.00 earned run average as a senior • Sports editor of the Phillips Academy newspaper, “The Phillipian,” during the 2006-07 academic year • Received the Ray Tippett Award for Achievement as a member of the football or baseball team in 2007
PERSONAL • Full name is William Duncan Sherrill • Born November 10, 1988, in New York, N.Y. • Son of Kitty and Stephen Sherrill • Has an older brother, Stephen, and a younger sister, Katherine • Member of Virginia's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and a Student-Athlete Mentor for men's basketball • His father played squash, lacrosse and golf at Yale • Enjoys white water kayaking • Double major in history and economics
SHERRILL'S STATISTICS AT VIRGINIA
| Year |
G-GS |
MP-Avg. |
FGM-FGA |
Pct. |
3FM-3FA |
Pct. |
FTM-FTA |
Pct. |
Off-Def |
Reb-Avg |
PF-DQ |
Ast |
TO |
BS |
Stl |
Pts-Avg |
2007-08
|
7-0
|
12-1.7
|
3-3
|
1.000
|
1-1
|
1.000
|
0-0
|
.000 |
1-2
|
3-0.4 |
3-0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
7-1.0
|
ACC
|
1-0
|
1-1.0 |
0-0
|
.000 |
0-0 |
.000 |
0-0
|
.000 |
0-0
|
0-0.0
|
0-0 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0-0.0
|
| 2008-09 |
10-0 |
19-1.9 |
0-3 |
.000 |
0-1 |
.000 |
1-2 |
.500 |
2-1 |
3-0.3 |
2-0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1-0.1 |
| ACC |
5-0 |
5-1.0 |
0-1 |
.000 |
0-1 |
.000 |
1-2 |
.500 |
0-0 |
0-0.0 |
1-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1-0.2 |
| Career |
17-0 |
31-1.8 |
3-6
|
.500
|
1-2
|
.500 |
1-2
|
.500 |
3-3
|
6-0.4 |
5-0 |
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
8-0.5
|
| ACC |
6-0 |
6-1.0 |
0-1
|
.000 |
0-1 |
.000 |
1-2
|
.500 |
0-0
|
0-0.0
|
1-0 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1-0.2
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Sherrill's Career Highs Points--3 vs. Longwood (12/7/07); Rebounds--3 vs. Radford (11/21/08); FG Made--1 on three occasions; FG Att.--2 vs. Radford (11/21/08); 3 Pt. FG Made--1 vs. Longwood (12/7/07); 3 Pt. FG Att.--1 vs. Longwood (12/7/07), vs. UNC (1/15/09); FT Made--1 at Clemson (3/3/09); FT Att.--2 at Clemson (3/3/09); Assists--1 vs. Elon (12/22/07), vs. Hampton (12/23/08); Steals--1 vs. Northwestern (11/27/07); Minutes--5 vs. Radford (11/21/08)
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