2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Rasheed Sulaimon
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Duke
AS A JUNIOR AT DUKE (2014-15): Appeared in 20 games for eventual national champion Duke...Averaged 7.5 points per game while dishing 35 assists and grabbing 40 rebounds.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT DUKE (2013-14): Played in 34 contests while making 17 starts...Averaged 9.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest...Shot 41.0 percent (43-of-105) from three-point range and 76.8 percent (96-of-125) from the
foul line and also shot 40.2 percent (99-of-246) from the field overall...Scored in double figures 19 times with three 20+ point efforts...Led the team in assists 10 times and in scoring twice...Named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 20...Knocked down five three-point field goals and finished with 20 points, three rebounds and a steal against Mercer (3/21)...Went 7-of-12 from the field and scored 16 points in an ACC Tournament win over NC State (3/15).
AS A FRESHMAN AT DUKE (2012-13): Selected to the ACC All-Freshman Team by the league’s coaches and media and also earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team...Appeared in all 36 games while starting 33...Averaged 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest...Knocked down 49 three-point field goals and shot 37.1 percent from behind the three-point arc...Scored in double figures 22 times with three 20+ point efforts...Ranked seventh in the ACC in free throw percentage (.802)....Named ACC Rookie of the Week twice (12/3, 2/25)...Went 12-of-14 from the free throw line and finished with 16 points and four rebounds in an Elite Eight win over Michigan State (3/29)...Finished with 21 points to lead Duke in scoring in an NCAA Tournament win over Creighton (3/24) and was 5-of-9 from the field and 8-of-10 from the foul line against the Bluejays...Scored 12 of Duke’s 26 points in the second half of the ACC Tournament quarterfinal game against Maryland (3/15) and finished with 16 points and six rebounds
• Led Duke in scoring with a career-high 27 points on a career-best 10 made field goals in a win over Maryland (2/24) and scored 25 points to lead Duke past Maryland (1/26), matching a Duke freshman record by hitting six three-pointers
PERSONAL: Born Rasheed Wesley Sulaimon on March 9, 1994 in Houston, Texas...Son of Kenny and Angela Sulaimon...Father, Kenny, is a store manager and is originally from Nigeria...Mother, Angela, is a nutritionist and was born in Jamaica...Has a brother, David, and four sisters, LaToya, Brittny, Shannon and Raven...Member of the National Honor Society, holding a 3.56 GPA at Strake Jesuit and also received the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award as a senior...Contributed 18 points and four assists for the West team, which beat the East team 106-102, in the 2012 McDonald’s All-America game...Named to the Parade Magazine All-America team following his senior season and also a third team MaxPreps All-America selection...Selected as a second team ESPNHS All-America in 2012...Chosen as inaugural Guy V. Lewis Greater Houston Player of the Year as a senior...A two-year volunteer with the Challenge Basketball Program...Played AAU for Houston Hoops...Pursuing a master’s degree in business administration after graduating from Duke in three years.
Four steals vs. South Dakota State in NCAA tourney is tied for fifth-most all-time in single game at Maryland
