Pronunciation: Uh-sahn Sen

WORTH NOTING
• Led Virginia with 35 blocked shots (1.6 bpg.) for the 2008-09 season and ranked fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference
• Played in 22 games and started 16 in 2008-09
• Averaged 4.6 rebounds a game in 2008-09 and had a season-high 13 vs. Boston College (2/4/09)
• Averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots a game at South Kent Preparatory School in 2007-08
• Played in the Connecticut Schoolboy Classic All-Star Game
• Played for the under-19 team representing Senegal in the Nike Global Challenge tournament in Hillsboro, Ore., in August of 2008

AT VIRGINIA

2008-09 SEASON:

• Averaged 2.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.6 blocked shots and 17.3 minutes played a game
• Played in 22 games and started 16
• Had double figures in rebounds in three games and led the team in rebounds five times
• Led Virginia with 35 blocked shots (1.6 bpg.) and ranked fifth in the ACC
• Had four points, four rebounds and two blocks vs. Virginia Tech at JPJA (2/18/09)
• Scored five points, had a season-high 13 rebounds and two blocks vs. Boston College (2/4/09)
• Had three blocks vs. Florida State at JPJA (1/24/09)
• Scored four points and had seven rebounds at Maryland (1/20/09)
• Had 10 rebounds vs. North Carolina at JPJA (1/15/09)
• Tied his season high with six points, had eight rebounds and tied his season high with four blocks at Virginia Tech (1/10/09)
• Tied his season high with six points, had three rebounds and three blocks vs. Brown (1/6/09)
• Tied his season high with six points and had 11 rebounds in a season-high 33 minutes vs. Xavier (1/3/09)
• Had nine rebounds and a season-high four blocks vs. Auburn (12/20/08)
• Scored a season-high six points, had five rebounds and two blocks vs. Longwood (12/17/08)
• Had two points and four rebounds at Minnesota (12/2/08)
• Made his collegiate debut at Syracuse (12/28/08), where he had one point and one rebound in the start
• Lettered

HIGH SCHOOL
• Averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots a game for head coach Owen Finburg at South Kent Preparatory School (South Kent, Conn.) during the 2007-08 season
• Played in the Connecticut Schoolboy Classic All-Star Game
• South Kent finished the season with an overall record of 17-17 and reached the semifinals of the New England Prep School Tournament before losing to eventual champion Brewster
• The 2007-08 season was his first season at South Kent and his first year of basketball in the United States
• Participated in the Seed Academy Camp in Senegal and in the NBA Players Camp in the United States

PERSONAL
• Assane Sene
• Born June 20, 1989, in Saint-Louis, Senegal
• Son of Seybatou Beye and Cheikh Sene
• Has four older siblings

SENE'S STATISTICS AT VIRGINIA

Sene's Career Highs
Points--6 on four occasions; Rebounds--13 vs. Boston College (2/4/09); FG Made--3 on three occasions; FG Att.--8 vs. Xavier (1/3/09); FT Made--2 at Minnesota (12/2/08), vs. Longwood (12/17/08); FT Att.--4 vs. Brown (1/6/09); Assists--2 vs. Auburn (12/20/08); Turnovers--2 on five occasions; Blocks--4 vs. Auburn (12/20/08), at Virginia Tech (1/10/09); Minutes--33 vs. Xavier (1/3/09)