University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2012 Men's Basketball Roster
Long, Shawn
Jersey Number 21
Shawn Long
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-9 / 243
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Morgan City, La.
- High School:
- Morgan City
- Prev School:
- Mississippi State
Bio
Enters his final season in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform as the NCAA active leader in double-doubles (52) and total rebounds (1,036) ... is ranked second among active players in rebound average (10.3) and is seventh in blocked shots (212) ... with 1,036 rebounds in his first three seasons, enters the 2015-16 campaign 28 rebounds shy of tying Roy Ebron (1971-73) for the most in school history (1,064) ... ranks seventh overall in scoring (1,700)
2015 (Summer): Member of the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men's Basketball Team that claimed the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada ... saw action in 102-70 win over Puerto Rico, scoring five points with a rebound and a steal in 10 minutes off the bench ... finished 2-for-4 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the free throw line ... attended the NIKE Skills Camp in California.
2014-15 (Junior)
All-Sun Belt Conference first team … all-Louisiana first team … Lou Henson All-America selection … was only player in SBC to rank in top five in both points (16.4 ppg) and rebounds (10.2 rpg) … two-time SBC Player of the week, earning the award on Dec. 16 and Jan. 5 … also named LSWA Player of the Week on Dec. 15 … finished season as national active leader in both double-doubles with 52 and total rebounds with 1,036 … became just third player in UL history to record 1,000 rebounds … led SBC in rebounds and blocked shots (1.6 bpg) … scored in double figures in 29 of 34 games played … finished season with 16 double-doubles … finished with 22 points and 22 rebounds against South Alabama (1/17/15), the first 20-point, 20-rebound game at UL since 1981 … posted 11 20-point games on the season … went for a season-high 27 points in 37-point win over Arkansas State (1/22/15), hitting 10-for-11 from the field and a career-best 5-for-5 from 3-point range … finished third in SBC with .542 field-goal percentage … posted 24 points and 11 rebounds in CIT quarterfinals vs Evansville (3/26/15) … scored in double figures in all 20 conference games … scored 24 points and pulled in 15 rebounds in win over Louisiana Tech (12/10/14) … tied career best with six straight double-doubles from 1/24 to 2/12.
2013-14 (Sophomore)
First team all-Sun Belt Conference … sixth in the nation with 18 double-doubles … one of only 13 players in the nation to average a double-double in 2013-14, averaging 18.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game for his sophomore season … scored 19 points with 17 rebounds in the Sun Belt Conference Championship quarterfinal round … posted 11-point, 14-rebound double-double in SBC Tournament Championship game vs Georgia State … scored 15 points and hauled in seven rebounds, hitting seven of 15 shots from the field in NCAA Tournament second round vs Creighton … tallied 16 points with 11 rebounds vs. Arkansas State (2/15/14) to become the 41st player to score 1,000 career points. It was his 14th double-double of the year (32nd career) … named SBC player of the week for the third time and earned the LSWA POW honor for the second time after averaging 25.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in wins at UT Arlington and Texas State … had 20 points and 13 rebounds at Texas State (2/8/13), his 12th 20-point game of the season (21st career) … Scored a career-high 31 points, on 11-for-17 shooting, at UT Arlington (2/6/14), for his second career 30-point game … scored 22 points, going 3-for-3 from long range, with eight rebounds at Georgia State (2/22/14) … came off the bench to score 22 points with nine rebounds and a career-high seven blocks vs. UT Arlington (1/11/14) … had 16 points with a career-high 19 rebounds at Jackson State (12/19/13) … scored 30 points, on a school-record 12-for-12 shooting effort, playing just 22 minutes in the win over Centenary (12/17/13) … had 25 points at Louisville (12/7/13), going 11-for-19 from the field … helped the Cajuns end Louisiana Tech’s (12/4/13) 19-game home winning streak by scoring 17 points with 12 rebounds … named the MVP of the EA Sports Maui on the Mainland after averaging 21.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in two tourney wins, shooting .667 from the field (14-21) and .600 from three-point (.600) … scored 24 points with 17 rebounds and five blocks vs. Oakland (11/23/13) … scored 29 points with 15 rebounds and five blocks in win over McNeese State (11/12/13) … named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on 11/11/13 for the second time in his career after scoring 23 points with 14 rebounds vs. Louisiana College.
2013 Summer
Led the Cajuns in the four games in Spain, averaging a team-best 16.3 points and 8.0 rebounds a game while shooting .644 from the field (29-45).
2012-13 (Freshman)
Named the Sun Belt Conference and LSWA Freshman of the Year and second team NABC All-District after averaging 15.5 points and 10.2 rebounds with 65 blocks ... also earned second team All-Sun Belt, third team All-Louisiana and team Rebounder of the Year kudos ... started all but one game at forward, leading the Sun Belt in defensive rebounding (7.1), was second in rebounding, third in offensive rebounding (3.1), fourth in blocked shots (2.0) and sixth in scoring ... ranked sixth on the Louisiana single-season chart with 65 blocked shots while his 337 rebounds and 10.2 rebounding average were eighth ... ranked 12th nationally in rebounding, including first among freshman, and was 60th in blocks ... was sixth in the nation with a league-best 18 double-doubles and had nine 20-point games ... became the third Cajun in school history to average a double-double for the season, joining Roy Ebron (23.0 ppg, 14.2 rpg in 1971-72) and Reginald Poole (16.0, 10.3 in 1996-97) ... scored 18 points with nine rebounds and a career-high matching five blocks vs. Troy (2/21/13) ... named the Sun Belt Player of the Week on Jan. 14 after averaging 15.5 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in games against South Alabama and Arkansas State ... won the duel with UNT’s Tony Mitchell, scoring 23 points with 13 rebounds against North Texas (1/31/13) for his sixth straight double-double ... scored 21 points with 14 rebounds, going nine-for-12 from the field, vs. FIU (1/24/13) ... tallied 21 points with 13 rebounds at Middle Tennessee (1/19/13) ... scored 17 points with 16 rebounds in win over Arkansas State (1/12/13) ... had 14 points with 14 rebounds vs. South Alabama (1/10/13), playing a career-high 50 minutes in the double OT contest ... had 17 points with a career-high 17 rebounds at McNeese State (12/8/12) ... scored a career-high 27 points at North Texas (12/1/12), going nine-for-13 from the field and eight-for-eight from the line ... opened league play with 17 points and 13 rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee (11/29/12) ... scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half at Michigan State (11/25/12), adding eight rebounds and three blocks ... scored 22 points with 12 rebounds vs. SUNO (11/21/12), going 10-for-16 from the field ... earned first letter.
2011-12 (Redshirt)
Joined the Cajuns in time for the spring semester after one semester at Mississippi State ... received a waiver of the transfer rule by the NCAA, allowing him to not have to sit out a complete year and making him eligible at the start of the 2012-13 season ... did not play in any games in lone semester at Mississippi State.
High School
Named district MVP as a senior at Morgan City High, playing for coach Jeremy Whittington ... was a dominating performer who averaged a double-double over his final two season of high school ... averaged 21.4 points, 15.2 rebounds and 9.1 blocks as a senior, helping team to a 26-5 record ... earned first team all-district honors for the second straight year while also being tabbed the district defensive player of the year ... exploded onto the basketball circuit as a junior, averaging 21.4 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots to earn first team all-district honors.
Personal
Born Jan. 29, 1993 in Morgan City, La. ... son of Carolyn Long ... general studies major.
2015 (Summer): Member of the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men's Basketball Team that claimed the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada ... saw action in 102-70 win over Puerto Rico, scoring five points with a rebound and a steal in 10 minutes off the bench ... finished 2-for-4 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the free throw line ... attended the NIKE Skills Camp in California.
2014-15 (Junior)
All-Sun Belt Conference first team … all-Louisiana first team … Lou Henson All-America selection … was only player in SBC to rank in top five in both points (16.4 ppg) and rebounds (10.2 rpg) … two-time SBC Player of the week, earning the award on Dec. 16 and Jan. 5 … also named LSWA Player of the Week on Dec. 15 … finished season as national active leader in both double-doubles with 52 and total rebounds with 1,036 … became just third player in UL history to record 1,000 rebounds … led SBC in rebounds and blocked shots (1.6 bpg) … scored in double figures in 29 of 34 games played … finished season with 16 double-doubles … finished with 22 points and 22 rebounds against South Alabama (1/17/15), the first 20-point, 20-rebound game at UL since 1981 … posted 11 20-point games on the season … went for a season-high 27 points in 37-point win over Arkansas State (1/22/15), hitting 10-for-11 from the field and a career-best 5-for-5 from 3-point range … finished third in SBC with .542 field-goal percentage … posted 24 points and 11 rebounds in CIT quarterfinals vs Evansville (3/26/15) … scored in double figures in all 20 conference games … scored 24 points and pulled in 15 rebounds in win over Louisiana Tech (12/10/14) … tied career best with six straight double-doubles from 1/24 to 2/12.
2013-14 (Sophomore)
First team all-Sun Belt Conference … sixth in the nation with 18 double-doubles … one of only 13 players in the nation to average a double-double in 2013-14, averaging 18.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game for his sophomore season … scored 19 points with 17 rebounds in the Sun Belt Conference Championship quarterfinal round … posted 11-point, 14-rebound double-double in SBC Tournament Championship game vs Georgia State … scored 15 points and hauled in seven rebounds, hitting seven of 15 shots from the field in NCAA Tournament second round vs Creighton … tallied 16 points with 11 rebounds vs. Arkansas State (2/15/14) to become the 41st player to score 1,000 career points. It was his 14th double-double of the year (32nd career) … named SBC player of the week for the third time and earned the LSWA POW honor for the second time after averaging 25.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in wins at UT Arlington and Texas State … had 20 points and 13 rebounds at Texas State (2/8/13), his 12th 20-point game of the season (21st career) … Scored a career-high 31 points, on 11-for-17 shooting, at UT Arlington (2/6/14), for his second career 30-point game … scored 22 points, going 3-for-3 from long range, with eight rebounds at Georgia State (2/22/14) … came off the bench to score 22 points with nine rebounds and a career-high seven blocks vs. UT Arlington (1/11/14) … had 16 points with a career-high 19 rebounds at Jackson State (12/19/13) … scored 30 points, on a school-record 12-for-12 shooting effort, playing just 22 minutes in the win over Centenary (12/17/13) … had 25 points at Louisville (12/7/13), going 11-for-19 from the field … helped the Cajuns end Louisiana Tech’s (12/4/13) 19-game home winning streak by scoring 17 points with 12 rebounds … named the MVP of the EA Sports Maui on the Mainland after averaging 21.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in two tourney wins, shooting .667 from the field (14-21) and .600 from three-point (.600) … scored 24 points with 17 rebounds and five blocks vs. Oakland (11/23/13) … scored 29 points with 15 rebounds and five blocks in win over McNeese State (11/12/13) … named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on 11/11/13 for the second time in his career after scoring 23 points with 14 rebounds vs. Louisiana College.
2013 Summer
Led the Cajuns in the four games in Spain, averaging a team-best 16.3 points and 8.0 rebounds a game while shooting .644 from the field (29-45).
2012-13 (Freshman)
Named the Sun Belt Conference and LSWA Freshman of the Year and second team NABC All-District after averaging 15.5 points and 10.2 rebounds with 65 blocks ... also earned second team All-Sun Belt, third team All-Louisiana and team Rebounder of the Year kudos ... started all but one game at forward, leading the Sun Belt in defensive rebounding (7.1), was second in rebounding, third in offensive rebounding (3.1), fourth in blocked shots (2.0) and sixth in scoring ... ranked sixth on the Louisiana single-season chart with 65 blocked shots while his 337 rebounds and 10.2 rebounding average were eighth ... ranked 12th nationally in rebounding, including first among freshman, and was 60th in blocks ... was sixth in the nation with a league-best 18 double-doubles and had nine 20-point games ... became the third Cajun in school history to average a double-double for the season, joining Roy Ebron (23.0 ppg, 14.2 rpg in 1971-72) and Reginald Poole (16.0, 10.3 in 1996-97) ... scored 18 points with nine rebounds and a career-high matching five blocks vs. Troy (2/21/13) ... named the Sun Belt Player of the Week on Jan. 14 after averaging 15.5 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in games against South Alabama and Arkansas State ... won the duel with UNT’s Tony Mitchell, scoring 23 points with 13 rebounds against North Texas (1/31/13) for his sixth straight double-double ... scored 21 points with 14 rebounds, going nine-for-12 from the field, vs. FIU (1/24/13) ... tallied 21 points with 13 rebounds at Middle Tennessee (1/19/13) ... scored 17 points with 16 rebounds in win over Arkansas State (1/12/13) ... had 14 points with 14 rebounds vs. South Alabama (1/10/13), playing a career-high 50 minutes in the double OT contest ... had 17 points with a career-high 17 rebounds at McNeese State (12/8/12) ... scored a career-high 27 points at North Texas (12/1/12), going nine-for-13 from the field and eight-for-eight from the line ... opened league play with 17 points and 13 rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee (11/29/12) ... scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half at Michigan State (11/25/12), adding eight rebounds and three blocks ... scored 22 points with 12 rebounds vs. SUNO (11/21/12), going 10-for-16 from the field ... earned first letter.
2011-12 (Redshirt)
Joined the Cajuns in time for the spring semester after one semester at Mississippi State ... received a waiver of the transfer rule by the NCAA, allowing him to not have to sit out a complete year and making him eligible at the start of the 2012-13 season ... did not play in any games in lone semester at Mississippi State.
High School
Named district MVP as a senior at Morgan City High, playing for coach Jeremy Whittington ... was a dominating performer who averaged a double-double over his final two season of high school ... averaged 21.4 points, 15.2 rebounds and 9.1 blocks as a senior, helping team to a 26-5 record ... earned first team all-district honors for the second straight year while also being tabbed the district defensive player of the year ... exploded onto the basketball circuit as a junior, averaging 21.4 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots to earn first team all-district honors.
Personal
Born Jan. 29, 1993 in Morgan City, La. ... son of Carolyn Long ... general studies major.
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