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Will Conroy

Class: Senior Hometown: Seattle, Wash. High School: Garfield

Height / Weight: 6-2 / 195 Position: Guard Birthdate: 12/08/1982 Experience: 4V

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University of Washington
Four-year letterman ... UW's all-time leader in assists for a career (515) and season (219 in 2005) ... The first Husky to top the 200-assist mark during a season and the first to surpass 100 assists in three different seasons ... Completed career ranked 21st among all-time UW scorers with 1,113 points ... Became the 23rd player in Pac-10 history to reach the 500-assist plateau and the 18th to also score 1,000 points ... His 106 career 3-pointers are the sixth-highest total in school history ... Originally joined the team as a walk-on before being awarded a scholarship.

2004-2005 (Senior) -- As a senior, started all 34 games in which he played ... Received honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades ... Voted the team's 3-MVP, along with Nate Robinson ... Amassed 219 assists, shattering the previous single-season school record of 163 set by Chester Dorsey in 1976 ... Led all Pac-10 players and ranked No. 16 nationally with an average of 6.4 assists per game ... The first Husky to lead the conference in assists since 1975 ... Led all UW players in assists 24 times, accumulating five or more assists 21 different times ... Tallied double-figure points 16 times and led team in scoring twice ... Tied for team lead with two double-doubles ... Scored 11 points and had 13 assists against Sacred Heart (Dec. 22) and then scored 13 points with 10 assists versus USC (Feb. 3) ... Distributed a career-high in assists at California (Mar. 3) with 14 ... Ranked second among Pac-10 players with an assist-turnover ratio of 2.43 (219 assists, 95 turnovers) ... Helped the Huskies to a 29-6 record, tying the 67-year-old school record for wins in a season ... Washington won its first Pac-10 Tournament championship and received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever ... The Huskies advanced to the Sweet 16.

2003-04 (Junior) -- Played all 31 games, starting 25 of them ... One of five Huskies to average double figures with a 12.3-point scoring average ... That figure ranked third on the team ... Distributed 142 assists, the second-highest single-season total in UW history ... His average of 4.6 assists per game ranked fifth among Pac-10 players ... Registered the 23rd 100-assist season in Husky history ... His assist/turnover ratio of 1.78 (139 assists/78 turnovers) was the eighth best among Pac-10 players ... Had 16 games with five or more assists ... Dished out a career-high nine assists against Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament (Mar. 12) ... Amassed a season-high 29 points against UCLA (Jan. 10) ... Posted double-figure points on 20 occasions, including three 20-point outings ... Helped the Huskies to a 19-12 record and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999 ... The 12-6 Pac-10 record and second-place conference finish were UW's best since 1986.

2002-03 (Sophomore) -- Registered the most dramatic scoring increase among Pac-10 players, improving his freshman point production (2.5) by over 10 points per game ... His 12.7 point scoring average ranked second on the team and 21st among conference scorers ... Topped the 20-point plateau twice ... Tallied a career-high 32 points at Gonzaga (Dec. 2), including a late 3-pointer that forced overtime ... Paced all UW scorers eight times and was the top assist man during 20 games ... Led the team with 108 assists, becoming the 22nd Husky to post a 100-assist campaign ... Ranked fifth among Pac-10 playmakers with 4.0 assists per game ... Led the Huskies with 33 steals.

2001-02 (Freshman) -- Turned down scholarship offers in order to walk on at Washington, but then was awarded a scholarship when one became available on the first day of classes for the fall quarter ... Played all 29 games and drew the starting point guard assignment for the final seven games of the season ... Distributed a season-best eight assists at Arizona (Feb. 7) ... Tallied a season-high nine points at Oregon (Feb. 23) ... Ranked third on the team with 46 assists, the seventh-highest single-season total for a Husky freshman ... Led the team with six rebounds against Santa Clara (Nov. 24) ... Voted the team's Defensive Player of the Year.

Garfield High School
Four-year letterman at Seattle's Garfield High School which compiled a 100-15 record during his prep career ... The Bulldogs won the league championship all four seasons ... Served as team captain his final two years ... Averaged 14.5 points, 3.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game in 2001 ... A first team All-KingCo Conference selection in 2001 ... The runner-up in the 2001 KingCo MVP voting ... Garfield finished with a 27-2 record in 2001 and was ranked No. 1 in the state for most of the season on the strength of a 23-game winning streak before an 85-82 double-overtime loss to Foss in the first round of the state tournament ... The Bulldogs won their final three games to earn a fifth-place state finish ... Attended the Nike Camp in Indianapolis and was named a top-10 point guard ... Selected to play in the all-star game at the West Coast All-Star Camp in California ... Averaged 12 points as a junior, helping Garfield to a 28-2 record and a third-place state finish ... Had a nine-point scoring average as a sophomore while the team finished seventh in the state playoffs with an 18-9 record ... Garfield recorded a 27-2 record and won the state championship during his freshman season in which Conroy averaged six points per game ... The premier prep point guard in Washington state in 2001 ... Rated the No. 15 point guard in the West by Pac-West Hoops ... Scored a team-high 24 points in the 2001 Northwest Shootout which the Washington state All-Stars lost 87-78 to Oregon on March 23 in Portland ... Also recruited by Boston College, Providence, Pittsburgh, Eastern Washington and Portland.

Coach Romar on Will Conroy
"Will is a warrior. He's taken and made many big shots over his career. He's had big games on the road. Soft-minded guys don't have big games on the road. Mentally tough kids play well on the road. He's had good road games. He has gotten better at distributing the ball over the last couple years. It's always been his goal to lead the Pac-10 in assists. Maybe this is the year that he can accomplish that."

Conroy news and features:
• Leader of the pack - Everett Herald (March 17, 2005)
• Unselfish Conroy became what UW needed him to be - Seattle P-I (March 16, 2005)
• Emotional Conroy leads seniors - The Daily (Feb. 28, 2005)
• Four years of change for Conroy - The Daily (Feb. 25, 2005)
• Conroy zeroing in on assist records - Seattle P-I (Feb. 7, 2005)
• UW's rising playmaker: Conroy feeding No 13 Huskies' winning machine - King County Journal (Feb. 3, 2005)
• Will finds his way - Tacoma News-Tribune (Jan. 21, 2005)
• Where there's a Will Conroy - Everett Herald (Jan. 1, 2005)
• UW point guard hopes assists get him noticed - Seattle P-I (Dec. 31, 2004)