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2 0 0 8 - 0 9 W I L D C AT S A.J. STEWART Sophomore • 6-7 • 218 Jacksonville, Fla. • Arlington Country Day ALL-TIME WILDCATS WHO HAVE WORN #15 J. Rice Walker 1936-38 Stan Cluggish 1940 Melvin Brewer 1941-43 Alex Groza 1945, 47-49 Reggie Warford 1973-76 Steve Williams 1977 Chris Gettelfinger 1978-81 Ed Davender 1985-88 Jeff Sheppard 1994-96, 98 Matt Heissenbuttel 2001-04 A.J. Stewart 2008-09 Last Season True freshman earned first career start against San Diego ... Averaged nine minutes a game in 22 contests ... Played in 11- straight games ... Scored four points and grabbed three boards in 11 minutes against Florida ... Had a key block late in the game at Tennessee ... Played nine first-half minutes at LSU ... Had three points and a team-high six rebounds in 21 minutes at Vanderbilt ... Scored nine points to go along with five rebounds in win over Tennessee Tech ... Scored six points and grabbed four boards in 18 minutes against North Carolina ... Earned first start against Texas Southern ... Scored five points and grabbed six boards against TSU ... Did not play against Stony Brook ... Played 29 minutes against Liberty, scoring 10 points to go along with four rebounds and three blocks ... Also had an assist and two steals against the Flames ... Saw five minutes of action against Gardner-Webb. Personal Born May November 14, 1988 ... Son of Anthony and Dinah Stewart ... Chose UK over Clemson, Florida State, Illinois and Jacksonville. 76 K E N T U C K Y B A S K E T B A L L
2 0 0 8 - 0 9 W I L D C AT S High School Florida All-State selection in his junior and senior seasons, 2006 and 2007 ... 2007 Beach Ball Classic All-Tournament team ... 2007 Madalando All-Tournament team ... Class 2A Florida State tournament MVP, 2006 ... Coached in high school by Rex Morgan. “A.J. is a good athlete and played well at the end of last season. He has to continue to grow, but there are not too many athletes who are like him. We are really excited about him.” — BILLY GILLISPIE STEWART’S STATISTICS Season G-S Min.-Avg. FG-A/Pct. 3FG-A/Pct. FT-A/Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D AT TO BS St TP-Avg. 2007-08 22-2 189-8.6 20-35/.571 0-0/000 6-13/.462 40-1.8 25-0 6 22 9 6 46-2.1 K E N T U C K Y B A S K E T B A L L 77
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2 0 0 8 - 0 9 W I L D C AT S<br />
High School<br />
Florida All-State selection <strong>in</strong> his junior and senior seasons, 2006<br />
and 2007 ... 2007 Beach Ball Classic All-Tournament team ... 2007<br />
Madalando All-Tournament team ... Class 2A Florida State tournament<br />
MVP, 2006 ... Coached <strong>in</strong> high school by Rex Morgan.<br />
“A.J. is a good athlete and played<br />
well at the end <strong>of</strong> last season. He<br />
has to cont<strong>in</strong>ue to grow, but there<br />
are not too many athletes who<br />
are like him. We are really excited<br />
about him.”<br />
— BILLY GILLISPIE<br />
STEWART’S STATISTICS<br />
Season G-S M<strong>in</strong>.-Avg. FG-A/Pct. 3FG-A/Pct. FT-A/Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D AT TO BS St TP-Avg.<br />
2007-08 22-2 189-8.6 20-35/.571 0-0/000 6-13/.462 40-1.8 25-0 6 22 9 6 46-2.1<br />
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