Zeke Marshall

Height:
7-0
Weight:
218
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
McKeesport, Pa.
High School:
McKeesport HS

Strong interior defender and dominate shot-blocker ... the firsttop-100 recruit to sign with a Mid-American Conference programsince Rivals.com began its ranking system in 2003 ... is the careerblocked-shots leader at Akron (246) … named one of the Top25 seniors in the nation heading into the 2012-13 season by WillOsgood, a writer for the Bleacher Report ... has played in nine MACTournament games (including three title contests), one NCAATournament game, one NIT game and one College BasketballInvitational game during his career ... boasts a 7-foot-5 wingspanand wears a size 18 shoe.

as a Junior (2011-12): Started all 34 games forthe Zips, leading the squad in points per game (10.4) and tied forthe team lead in rebounds per game (5.4) … named MACDefensive Player of the Year and Second-team All-MAC … isjust the second player in the history of the MAC (since 1974) tolead the league in blocked shots for three-consecutive season(James Hughes, NIU, 2005-07) … finished the season with aschool-record 95 blocked shots, sixth most in MAC history …also concluded the campaign with 246 career blocked shots, fifthmost all-time in league history … broke the Akron careerblocked shots mark, previously held by Romeo Travis (165, 2004-07)against Detroit on Nov. 26 … his 95 blocked shots were morethan 122 Division I teams during the 2011-12 season … ranked13^th in the nation in blocked shots per game (2.79)… blocked 8.6 percent of the shots taken by an Akronopponent while on the floor, tops in the MAC and 13^th inthe nation … broke his own single-season blocked shotsrecord while posting the top junior mark in school history …set the Rhodes Arena mark for blocked shots by an Akron player withseven against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Dec. 15) … recorded atleast one blocked shot in 30 games, including 23 contests with twoor more swats … led the team with 20 double-digit scoringgames and two 20-plus point games … finished the seasonranked first in blocked shots (95) and blocked shots per game(2.8), fifth in field goal percentage (.542), tied for15^th in rebounds per game (5.4) and 26^th inpoints per game (10.4) in the MAC … recorded careersingle-game highs for assists (3), steals (3) and minutes played(37) … shot a career-best .706 from the charity stripe(108-of-153) … named preseason Second-Team All-MAC byRivals.com, the top shot blocker by Sporting News, preseasonAll-MAC in the MAC Media poll and the league’s best defenderby Lindy’s magazine.

as a Sophomore (2010-11): Played in all 36 games,making 35 starts, to tie the school record for most games played ina season ... named the 2011 MAC Tournament MVP and to the MACAll-Tournament Team, averaging 8.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.3blocked shots and 1.8 assists per game ... named to the preseasonAll-Mid-American Conference team by Sporting News and second-teamAll-Mid-American Conference team by Lindy’s Sports magazines... set the MAC Tournament single game (9) and overall tournament(17) blocked shots records ... led the MAC in blocked shots (92)and blocked shots per game (2.97) for the second-consecutive season... was second on the team in field goal percentage (.504), goodfor sixth in the MAC ... second on the team in rebounds (175) andrebounds per game (4.9) ... had one of the best games of his careerin the MAC title game on March 12, recording nine points, 13rebounds, nine blocked shots and two assists against Kent State ...his nine blocks in the MAC Championship game (March 12) were themost in Akron history and the performance is tied for thesecond-most in any game in MAC history ... his sophomoreperformance for blocked shots (92) ranks seventh on the all-timeseason blocked shots list in the MAC ... recorded 27 multi-blockgames on the season (42 through his first two seasons) ... recordedtwo double-doubles including a 14 point, 14 rebound performanceagainst Arkansas-Little Rock (Dec. 21) and a 20 point, 11 reboundeffort against Kent State (Jan. 8) ... reached double figures inthe scoring column on nine occasions ... earned MAC East Player ofthe Week honors on Jan. 10 ... scored a career-high 22 pointsagainst Youngstown State (Nov. 20) ... had five points, sixrebounds and four blocked shots against Notre Dame in the NCAATournament (March 18).

as a Freshman (2009-10): Named to the MACAll-Freshman team ... appeared in all 35 games, tied forsecond-most in school history for a freshman ... made 28 starts,including all four postseason contests ... led the MAC in blocks(59) and blocks/game (1.69) ... tied the previous school record forshots blocked in a game, swatting six shots against Niagara (Nov.29) and Eastern Michigan (March 11) ... his pair of six-blockperformances were tops in the conference ... six blocks againstNiagara (Nov. 29) tied the old Rhodes Arena record for an Akronplayer ... set the UA freshman record for blocks in a season (59),bettering the previous record by 34 blocks (25) ... blockedmultiple shots in 15 contests ... posted at least one blocked shotin his first 11 collegiate contests ... blocked 16 shots over afive-game stretch, beginning with a two-block performance againstHoward (Nov. 22) and ending with a two-block showing against Malone(Dec. 12) ... posted a double-double in his first collegiate start,tallying 10 points and 12 rebounds in the season opener againstAustin Peay (Nov. 15) ... scored 13 points against Miami (Ohio)(Jan. 20) ... fell one rebound shy of a double-double in his firstpostseason game, posting 13 points, nine boards and six blocksagainst Eastern Michigan (March 11) ... his six blocks in the MACQuarterfinals against EMU tied him for third-most in a MACTournament contest at that time ... had 11 rebounds against Malone(Dec. 12).

at McKeesport High School: Averaged 14 points,nine rebounds and eight blocked shots as a senior, when the teamadvanced to the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Tournament ... as ajunior, averaged 11 points, 10 rebounds and nine blocked shots,while helping his team to a 20-5 record, a sectional championshipand an appearance in the second round of the state tournament ...during summer 2008, participated in the Nike LeBron James SkillsAcademy on the Akron campus and the Nike Amare Stoudemire SkillsAcademy in Phoenix – events designed to showcase thenation’s best high school players.

Personal: Born Dec. 13, 1990 ... son of Nicoleand Darryl Bozeman ... has four siblings ... pursuing a major incomputer information systems.