Career Transactions: Selected in the first round (ninth overall) by Chicago in NBA Draft 2007 (06/28/07).
College Career: Helped lead the University of Florida to back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007 … named Most Outstanding Player of the 2006 NCAA Tournament Final Four … was Second Team All-America as a junior and named First Team All-SEC his sophomore and junior years … set the NCAA Tournament record for blocked shots in a single tournament with 29 … ended college career with 1,124 points, good for 34th in Florida’s record books … finished ranked second all-time at Florida in career field goal percentage (.612) and rejections (186) … recorded 15 double-doubles as a Gator … shot .600 or better every year he was at Florida (Frosh: .600, Soph: .627, Jr: .607) … posted averages of 12.0 ppg, 8.4 rpg and 1.80 bpg and was selected to the SEC All-Tournament team his junior year … during his sophomore campaign, he posted a collegiate-best 14.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 2.40 bpg … he led the SEC, and finished third in the NCAA, in field goal percentage at .627 … scored 16 points (7-9 FG) and swatted a NCAA Championship Game record six shots against UCLA in 2006.
Personal
Name is pronounced JO-kim Noah … majored in Anthropology at Florida … father, Yannick, was the 1983 French Open champion and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame … mother, Cecilia Rodhe, was Miss Sweden in 1978 … is an avid Bob Marley fan … speaks fluent French.
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