Aubrey Dawkins
Dawkins in 2015
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| No. 15 – UCF Knights | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | American Athletic Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 8, 1995 Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Palo Alto (Palo Alto, California) New Hampton Prep (New Hampton, New Hampshire) |
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Aubrey Lafell Dawkins (born May 8, 1995) is an American college basketball player for the UCF Knights who is sitting out the season for the 2016–17 team. He transferred to UCF after he completed his sophomore season for the 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines. He is the son of Johnny Dawkins who became the UCF coach following the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Dawkins was raised in North Carolina until spending his high school years in Northern California at St. Francis High School and Palo Alto High School and a post graduate year in New England at New Hampton Prep. As a collegiate freshman for the 2014–15 Wolverines, he began the season on the bench, but became a starter when injuries plagued the team in January 2015. In his more prominent role later in the season, Dawkins led the 2014–15 Big Ten Conference in effective field goal percentage and true shooting percentage during conference play.
Dawkins was born in Durham, North Carolina, the youngest of the four children of Tracy and Johnny Dawkins. The elder Dawkins spent 11 years on Mike Krzyzewski's coaching staff at Duke. The family moved to California in 2008 when his father became the Stanford Cardinal men's basketball head coach. Dawkins was a freshman at St. Francis High School of Mountain View, California in 2009. By the time he began his sophomore season he stood at 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m). As a junior, Dawkins transferred to Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California. That year he earned 2012 All-San Jose Mercury News boys basketball third team recognition. As a senior, he stood at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m), By January of his senior season he had not received any scholarship offers. That year he averaged 18.8 points and 7.0 rebounds and was on the 2013 All-San Jose Mercury News boys basketball first team along with Aaron Gordon.
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