Orion Wake
6-2, Sophomore, Forward
Woodbridge, Va.
(Woodbridge)

1999-00: Played in every game and had an outstanding Southern Conference Tournament (avg. 8.7 ppg and 8.0 rpg)... Averaged 6.2 points and 5.1 rebounds for the season... Had two double-doubles - 22 points and 11 rebounds versus Georgia Southern on Jan. 24 and 10 points and 14 rebounds against East Tennessee State in the SoCon Tourney semifinals on March 4... Second on the team with a .533 field goal percentage and third on the team in rebounding... All six double figure showings were after Jan. 22, and four came in a five-game stretch.

High School: Led Woodbridge High School to the Championship of the Christmas Tournament and to the State semi-finals... Named MVP of the Christmas Tournament and co-MVP of the regional... Preseason Honorable Mention All-America by Street & Smiths... Honorable Mention All-America by USA Today... Named First-Team All-State by the Associated Press and the Virginia High School Coaches Association... Member of Woodbridge 1,000 points club and second leading scorer in school history... Potomac News Player of the Year and Prince William Journal Player of the Year... Named to All-Tournament Team at the Virginia State Tournament... Averaged 18.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game as a senior... Received Special Recognition in the areas of academic achievement, athletic superiority, outstanding leadership, and honorable panhellenic scholarship.

Personal: Orion Daionette Wake was born July 2, 1981, in Twentynine Palms, California... Daughter of Gilbert and Rose Wake... Undecided on major.