Ron Hood
guard • 6-1 • 215 • junior • elberton, ga/georgia college 
Pre-CCSU: Two-year letterwinner at Georgia College & State University .... Played in all 27 games, starting nine ... Tied the Peach Belt Conference record and broke his own school record with 11 three-pointers in a league game on 14 attempts against Francis Marion (1/26/02). Scored a career high 33 points in the game. Second on the team with 41 three-point field goals on the season ... As a freshman, averaged nine points per game and played in 22 games ... Led the squad with 44 three-point field goals on the season ... Averaged 10 points per game in PBC contests. Led the team in scoring four times, including a pair of game with 20 or more points ... Scored in double-digits in nine games and tied a school record with eight three-pointers against USC Aiken (2/24/01), scoring a season high 29 points.

High School: Three-year letterwinner and two-time team captain at Elbert County High School, in Elberton, GA, and helped lead coach Jeff Hodson’s Blue Devils to the 1998 Region Championship with a 20-5 record his sophomore season ... Averaged 21 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals per game his senior season ... Named All-State and All-Northeast Region his senior year on 18-8 team and named All-Northeast Georgia and Honorable Mention All-State on his 16-10 junior squad.

Personal: Born Rontavious Nehemiah Hood on June 29, 1982 in Anderson, SC ... Son of Ronnie and Mildred Hood ... His father Ronnie played at Miles College ... Nickname: "Tay" ... Majoring in marketing.

*Will be redshirted in 2002-03.

Coach Gibbons says
"Ron is a prolific outside shooter and will be a tremendous assets to our team next year. He has game experience in the Peach Belt Conference and will have practiced with us for an entire season. He should be ready to step and contribute immediately."
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