Sean Singletary's Jersey To Be Retired On Sunday
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CHARLOTTESVILLEThe jersey of Virginia men’s basketball standout guard Sean Singletary will be retired during ceremonies prior to the Cavaliers’ final game of the 2007-08 regular season against Maryland on Sunday (March 9) at John Paul Jones Arena.
Sunday is “Senior Day” for the Cavaliers and Singletary will be honored along with fellow seniors Adrian Joseph, Ryan Pettinella and Tunji Soroye. The senior recognition ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 7:21 p.m. with the game scheduled to tip-off at 7:38 p.m.
Singletary, from Philadelphia, Pa., earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2006 and 2007. This season’s All-ACC honors have not been announced. He was a third-team All-America selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Collegehoops.net last season. He is the first Virginia player to earn first, second or third-team All-America honors since Ralph Sampson in 1983 and the first Cavalier to earn first-team All-ACC honors twice since Bryant Stith earned that recognition three times (1990-92).
A three-time team co-captain, Singletary ranks in the top 10 in Virginia men’s basketball history in six different career categories. He currently ranks fifth in scoring with 1,975 points and needs 25 points to become just the fifth player in UVa men’s basketball history to score 2,000 career points. He also ranks second in steals (191), third in assists (548), fourth in three-point field goals made (214), fifth in free throws made (541) and ninth in field goals made (610).
Singletary is one of just five players in ACC history to have 1,500 career points, 500 career assists and 400 career rebounds. He has scored in double figures in his last 50 games and is the only player in Division I this season to have a 40-point game, a 10-rebound game and a 10-assist game. Singletary is averaging 19.6 points, 5.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds a game this season. He scored a career-high 41 points at Miami on March 1.
Singletary is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford and the Lowe’s Senior Class Award. He is also one of 30 players named to the midseason lists as candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T.
Curtis Staples was the first Virginia player to have his jersey retired during halftime ceremonies at last season’s Virginia-Arizona game, the first men’s basketball game in John Paul Jones Arena. Players who are recognized in this way after significantly impacting the program will have their jerseys retired, but their numbers will remain active.
Six Virginia players have had their uniform numbers retired and those numbers will not be worn again. Players whose numbers have been retired include Jeff Lamp (3), Barry Parkhill (40), Ralph Sampson (50), Bryant Stith (20), Wally Walker (41) and Buzzy Wilkinson (14).