Romeo Travis

Weight:
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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Akron, Ohio
High School:
St. Vincent-St. Mary HS

NABC All-District 10 Second-Team pick and First-Team All-Mid-American Conference selection last season ... best described as a do-it-all kind of player, with the ability to score, rebound and block shots ... listed tied for 31st on the UA career scoring chart with 1,013 points, and ranks third in career blocks (10 away from taking over first) ... one of three local high school products on the roster ... has scored in double figures 54 times in 90 games played.

as a Junior (2005-06): Member of the Preseason All-MAC squad ... earned his third MAC East Division Player of the Week award on Jan. 9 ... played in all 33 games, and was in the starting lineup for 32 contests ... did not start versus Eastern Michigan (Jan. 21), but logged 31 minutes ... 33 games played tied for the most all-time in a season in program history ... first on the squad in scoring (13.8 ppg), rebounding (6.8 rpg) and field goals (52.4 percent/175-of-334), and ranked in the top 10 in each of those categories in the MAC (sixth in rebounding, ninth in field goals and 10th in scoring) ... 4.8 defensive rebounds per game ranked third in the league, while his 2.0 offensive boards per game was listed tied for eighth amongst his conference peers (Skip Mills, Ball State) ... second on the team in blocked shots (30), and moved into third place on the school’s all-time career blocks list with 100 (90 games) ... 0.91 bpg ranked seventh in the MAC ... led the Zips in scoring 17 times and in rebounding on 19 occasions ... notched four double-doubles, with the final coming in the season finale at Creighton (March 16) in the National Invitation Tournament ... that pushed his career double-double tally to 12 (see left column for complete list) ... scored in double digits 27 times and in nine of the last 10 and 13 of the last 15 games ... set a career-high 28 points at Ball State (Jan. 4) ... five double-digit rebounding performances, grabbing a season-high 15 (one off his career-best) at Creighton (March 16) ... spent a week in the summer prior to his junior year competing for a college all-star team in Italy with former UA center Rob Preston.

as a Sophomore (2004-05): Second-Team All-MAC pick ... twice named the MAC East Division Player of the Week during the month of January ... played in all 29 games, getting the starting nod in the last 21 contests ... games played tied for fifth best all-time by a UA sophomore ... second on the squad in scoring (11.9 points-per-game) as well as in rebounding (7.4 rebounds-per-game) ... led the team in rebounding 18 times, in scoring nine times and in assists four times ... rebounds average ranked sixth in the MAC and scoring number 23rd in the league ... 52.6 field-goal percentage (131-of-249) led the team and would have ranked second in the MAC, but was just shy of the minimum 5.0 made per game required (Jeremiah Wood averaged 54.9 percent [45-of-82] in just 10 games played) ... ranked in the conference’s top 10 in both the offensive and defensive rebounding categories, with his 3.03 offensive rpg being third and 4.38 defensive rpg placing eighth ... those numbers made him the highest ranking underclassman in both categories ... led the team in blocks and steals, with 45 and 35, respectively ... 45 blocks ranked second best both in a season and for a sophomore in program history ... 1.6 blocks-per-game ranked second in the MAC ... career-best five rejections, one off the school’s single-game record, came in a 20-point victory at Ohio (Feb. 16) ... career-high four steals versus Toledo (Feb. 14) ... notched six double-doubles, and scored 20 points or higher four times in the last 10 games of the season ... then career-high 23 points came versus Eastern Michigan (March 7) in the MAC tournament first round at UA’s Rhodes Arena ... established a career-best 16 rebounds against Oakland (Dec. 27) ... recorded a career-best five assists twice, in the season opener at Drake (Nov. 19)?and versus Central Michigan (Jan. 22) ... had three assists or better 12 times and averaged 2.4 assists-per-game over the last five games of the year ... logged a career-high 39 minutes and had 12 points and seven caroms in UA’s 66-60 overtime loss to Western Michigan (March 10) in the MAC tournament quarterfinal round at Cleveland’s Gund Arena.

as a Freshman (2003-04): One of four players to see action in all 28 games ... was in the starting lineup six times, four of which came in MAC games ... ranked second on the team in rebounding, averaging 5.5 rpg ... that figure ranked him 15th in the MAC ... first on the team in blocks, with 25 ... those 25 rejections ranked tied for first all-time by a UA freshman (Chris Hahn, 1996-97) ... his 0.9 blocks-per-game ranked 10th in the league ... 7.6 ppg average tied for third-highest on the squad (Rick McFadden) ... also had the third-best field-goal percentage (53 percent), behind Jeremiah Wood (59 percent) and Andy Hipsher (54 percent) ... scored a then career-high 19 points in a then career-best 29 minutes at Toledo (Jan. 17) ... that was one of 10 double-digit scoring outputs, including a 13-point effort at top-25 ranked North Carolina ... notched a pair of double-doubles (see left column for complete list) ... notched four blocks at Cleveland State (Dec. 20) ... recorded two or more blocks on seven occasions ... lead UA in scoring once (eight points vs. Miami (Ohio)/Feb. 11) and in rebounding eight times ... Lindy’s Preseason MAC Newcomer of the Year pick ... following his freshman season, spent a week in the summer in Chile competing for a college all-star team.

at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School: Member of the three-time state and national champion St. Vincent-St. Mary HS team ... averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds during his prep career ... the Irish posted a 103-5 record during his four seasons ... all-state selection ... teammate of fellow Zips senior Dru Joyce and NBA phenom LeBron James ... played for UA head coach Keith Dambrot for two seasons at SVSM.

Personal: Son of Carolyn Travis ... joins teammates in regular trips to Akron’s Children’s Hospital and fulfills a variety of other community service obligations ... communication major.