Career: Ended his two-year career at Emory by
playing in 49 games, 44 in a starting capacity ... Holds down the
No. 8 spot on the school's career rebound average list (6.2 rpg)
... Recorded a total of 26 double-figure scoring games ...
Registered four double-doubles (pts./rebs.) ... Grabbed 10 or more
rebounds in five contests ... Led or shared for team scoring honors
on nine occasions ... Team leader in rebounding in 25 games.
Senior (2009-10): Started 23 of the 24 games he
saw action in ... No. 2 on the team in minutes (28.8 mpg) ... Led
the team in rebounding for the second straight season and his 6.3
per-game effort in that category placed him seventh on the UAA
leaderboard ... Third on the squad in scoring (8.5 ppg) and tied
for second with 25 steals ...Snatched a team-high 5.9 boards per
outing in league action, seventh among UAA players ... Honorable
Mention All-UAA for the second straight campaign ... Chalked up 10
double-figure scoring games including a 17-point afternoon at Case
Western (Feb. 14) that paced the team while ranking as a season
high ... Sank seven-of-11 from the field, including a pair of
three-point field goals, in that game against Case and tied for
game honors with eight rebounds ... Was named Emory's Player of the
Week (Dec. 21) after putting together back-to-back double-doubles
in victories over Greensboro (Dec. 17) and Hanover (Dec. 19) ...
Led all players with 10 boards and chipped in 12 points vs.
Greensboro and then followed that with a team-best 15 points and
game-high 13 boards against Hanover ... Led or shared for the
club's high in rebounding on 13 occasions ... Emory's top boardman
in five straight contests (Dec. 17 - Jan. 8) and averaged 9.4
caroms in that stretch ... 15 performances of six or more rebounds
... Totaled a team-leading nine rebounds and chipped in nine
points, a career-high four assists and two steals in a 77-64 win at
Brandeis (Jan. 24) ... Five games of two or more steals.
Junior (2008-09): Was a key contributor in his first year
with the program, starting 21 of 25 contests ... Averaged a
team-high 27.2 minutes per outing and finished second on the team
and 23rd among UAA players in scoring (9.9 ppg) ... Led the squad
and ranked third in the conference with a 6.2 per-game average in
rebounding ... In league outings, he tossed in 11.4 points per
effort, tied for 13th in the UAA, while his 6.0 rebounds placed him
fourth ... Honorable mention All-UAA selection ... Led or shared
for team scoring honors in seven games ... Notched double-figure
scoring in 10 of the last 11 and in a total of 16 affairs ...
Topped the club with a season-high 20 points, sinking eight-of-14
from the floor and three-of-four from the charity stripe, against
No. 20 Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 30) ... Converted seven-of-eight from
the field and both his charity tosses en route to 16 points, second
high on the team, and also dished out three assists vs. Piedmont
(Dec. 18) ... Recorded two double-doubles, the first coming against
Oglethorpe (Nov. 25) with an 11-point, team-high 10-rebound
performance ... Team's leading rebounder in the last four, six of
the last seven and in a total of 12 contests ... Averaged 7.8
caroms in Emory's last seven games ... Grabbed a team-best 10
boards and posted his second double-double with 11 points at
Brandeis (Feb. 20) ... Played 45 minutes in a double-overtime win
at NYU (Feb. 22) and finished as the Eagles' second-high scorer
with 15 points while pulling down a team-high nine rebounds ...
Finished 12th in the UAA in free throw shooting, sinking 73.0
percent (65-of-89) of his opportunities.
Prior to Emory: Enjoyed a stellar two-year career
at Oxford College at Emory ... Was coached by Roderick Stubbs ...
Earned NJCAA Second Team All-American honors in 2006-07 and 2007-08
... During his stint at Oxford, he broke over 16 Oxford College
single season and career records ... Closed out his career as
Oxford's all-time leader in scoring (1,255 pts.) and rebounding
(632) ... During the 2007-08 campaign, he averaged 24.0, 10.2
rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game ... Established a
school single-game scoring record with a 41-point outing against
Catawba Valley Community College (Feb. 9, 2008) ... Was named the
NJCAA National Player of the Week on two occasions ... Averaged
21.8 points and 12.7 rebounds per contest during the 2006-07
season.
High School: Four-year member of the basketball
program at Berkmar High School ... Served as team captain during
the 2004-05 season.
Personal: Born July 4, 1987 ... Son of
Carolyn Hixon ... Served as President of the Varsity Athletes
Council at Emory.
Career Stats
| Year | GP-GS | FG-FGA | PCT | 3pt FG-FGA |
PCT | FT-FTA | PTS | AVG | REB | AVG |
| 2008-09 | 25-21 | 87-204 | .426 | 8-19 | .421 | 65-89 | 247 | 9.9 | 155 | 6.2 |
| 2009-10 | 24-23 | 73-171 | .427 | 9-31 | .290 | 50-78 | 205 | 8.5 | 151 | 6.3 |
| TOTAL | 49-44 | 160-375 | .427 | 17-50 | .340 | 115-167 | 452 | 9.2 | 306 | 6.2 |
Career Highs
| Points | 20 | Carnegie Mellon, Jan. 30, 2009 |
| Rebounds | 13 | Hanover, Dec. 19, 2009 |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon, Jan. 8, 2010 | |
| Field Goals | 8 | Carnegie Mellon, Jan. 30, 2009 |
| Field Goal Atts. | 15 | Case Western Reserve, Feb. 28, 2009 |
| 15 | Hanover, Dec. 19, 2009 | |
| Free Throws | 7 | Rochester, Feb. 1, 2009 |
| Assists | 4 | at Brandeis, Jan. 24, 2010 |
| Steals | 3 | on five occasions |
| Blocks | 2 | on two occasions |
Quote: "I chose Emory because it provides me with the best chance at future success regardless of what happens with me in basketball. I like what Coach Zimmerman is doing in terms of developing a total program here."
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