Ben Tippets, Paint Branch, Tiba Walters, Watkins Mill; The lone junior on the squad, Udine, scored his 1,000 career point in the final game of the season against Brandeis. Disputing the Georgetown account, Turner's family hired an attorney to see if they could get the scholarship reinstated, but that all fell through a month later when Turner and three other men were arrested for intent to sell 51 grams of crack cocaine at a D.C. playground. 1988-89 — WVU 84, Tennessee 68 (NCAA tournament) He graduated from the university in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. The success of 2015-16 was preceded by a 19-9 overall record and an 8-6 UAA mark in 2014-15, as the Violets advanced to the finals of the ECAC Metro Championship Tournament. Postseason Appearances: 20 (9 NCAA, 11 ECAC) Martinelli was named UAA Rookie of the Year and received DIII News All-Freshman Team honors, while the team’s lone senior, captain Joe Timmes, garnered Honorable Mention All-UAA accolades and MBWA Player of the Week Honorable Mention. In May, Turner said he was told by Thompson to get off campus within an hour, while the official release cited that Turner had voluntarily stepped aside because of unsatisfactory progress towards his degree. Mourning promptly disassociated himself with Edmond. Alma Mater: Brooklyn College '79 The group even included his mother, sisters, brothers, brothers-in-law, a cousin and an aunt, all of whom were arrested in a 1989 DEA operation that eventuallty sentenced Edmond to two life terms without parole. The Violets, who went 21-6 overall and 9-5 (second place) in the UAA, reached the second round of the NCAA’s, hosted a first-round contest at the Coles Sports Center and defeated Misericordia University 84-65 for their first NCAA win in 15 seasons. … But citing his close friendship with Edmond, Turner did not follow Thompson's order and reports continued to reach Thompson that the two were seen together, including at a Washington Bullets game and again at a local playground. Nesci is a native of Brooklyn, NY, and resides on Staten Island, NY. Turner's 6.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in 1988-89 understated his potential alongside that of Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, or Charles Smith, each of whom would earn All-America status at Georgetown. In addition to his arrest, Turner was exposed by the Washington Post as playing under a false name in a summer league (as "John Taylor"), rendering him ineligible for NCAA play. Turner averaged less than three points a game in his only season with the Rockets, and spent the next 12 years playing in Europe. Jeffrey L. Jordan `91, most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Sportika Sports, and an all-time men’s basketball great for the Gothic Knights, has been appointed to the newly-created position of Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Operations at New Jersey City University, following a national search.Jordan, 52, joined the athletics department senior management team on June 24. The story of John Turner is one of missed opportunities and bad decisions, ones which abbreviated what could have been a multi-million dollar career in professional basketball. In addition, NYU allowed just 62.4 points per game to rank 16th nationally. John Turner and Rayful Edmond III had known each other since 7th grade when their mothers worked in the same government office. The Violets were successful academically as well that’ season, with Timmes being named CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team while also receiving NYU’s Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award. For his efforts that season, Nesci captured NIT/MBWA Division III and Basketball Coaches Association of New York Coach of the Year honors, while Jason Boone became the program’s first All-American in 40 years when he earned D3hoops.com Third Team accolades. While leading the Violets to a 22-6 record and the 2007 ECAC Metro Championship – the first postseason title in program history – the venerable coach’s squad led all of Division III in field-goal percentage defense (.354) and rebounding margin (+10.5 rpg). Washington Post All-Metro - Second Team and Honorable Mention, Eric Frazier, Gaithersburg; In 1988-89, he directed his team to a record fifth NIT title. Nesci won his 500th game against Brooklyn College on December 12, 2016, becoming the first Violet coach to reach the milestone. Nesci began his coaching career at Xavier High School in Manhattan, where he was also Chairman of Physical Education from 1982-87. The Violets advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament with an opening-round 86-67 victory over Brooklyn College. Captain Ryan Tana produced his best individual season, earning Second Team All-UAA accolades and graduating as NYU’s all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage (.434). AMDG. Edmond's parents were reported to be active in the growing drug trade in the Washington area and Rayful had been involved as early as the age of nine. In two seasons at Phillips, he averaged 23.7 points and 13.6 rebounds, which surprisingly led to a first round draft selection by the Houston Rockets in 1992. You've got to be careful with the people you'll be around. Georgetown Prep; Patrick Walsh, Good Counsel; Ryan Watson, Good Counsel, Roderick Chungong, Good Counsel; Carson Ingle, Good Counsel; Max Lehrman,