Venson Hamilton Drafted by Houston Rockets in Round 2, pick 50 Position: Power Forward College: Nebraska Conference: Big Twelve Height: 6'8" Weight: 238 Age: 21 Birthdate: 8/11/77 High School: Forest City, NC

CAREER STATISTICS SEASON G FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AVG AST BLK STL PTS AVG 1995-96 32 71 130 .546 54 100 .540 161 5.0 19 39 20 196 6.1 1996-97 32 124 215 .577 96 148 .649 269 8.4 33 56 46 344 10.8 1997-98 32 139 269 .517 80 144 .556 315 9.8 58 66 53 358 11.2 1998-99 33 194 388 .500 130 198 .657 335 10.2 54 80 67 518 15.7 Totals 129 528 1002 .527 360 590 .610 1080 8.4 164 241 186 1416 11.0

HIGHLIGHTS CAREER • Alll time leader in blocked shots and rebounds (broke the previous rebound mark by 298 boards) • 9th in career scoring • Only 4th player in conference history with 1,000 pts, 1,000 rebs and 200 blocked shots – joins Danny 1998-99 (Senior) • Named Big 12 Player of the Year (first Husker since Andre Smith in 1981) • His 335 rebounds set a new school single season record • 2nd in the conference in boards, ranked 11th nationally • Also named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team • Scored career high 26 points vs Washington State 1997-98 (Junior) • Honorable mention All-Big 12 • Named to the Big 12 All-Defensive team • Second in the confernce in rebounding behind Raef LaFrentz 1996-97 (Sophomore) • Ranked 5th in the Big 12 in rebounding & blocked shots 1995-96 (Freshman) • Averaged 15 minutes per game • Came off the bench 31 of 32 games

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