#44 -
Dean Grable
Position: Guard
Year: Senior
Hometown: Thornton, Colo.
High School: Horizon
Weight: 200
Enters the 1999-2000 season as the starting shooting guard ... experienced player who figures to be a team leader ... hard-nosed competitor ... displayed consistent shooting touch ... solid ballhandler.
1998-99: Played in 25 games a season ago ... cracked the starting lineup at point guard in the final six games ... also had four starts earlier in the season ... notched a career high 21 points in the Bears' loss at Augustana (Feb. 13, 1999) ... tallied 8.0 points per game on the season, while posting a 9.4 scoring average in North Central Conference games ... ranked among the team leaders in free throw percentage (.766) and three-point field goal percentage (.397) ... recorded 16 points and eight rebounds against Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 20, 1999).
1997-98: Played in 18 games with two starts ... exploded for 17 points on six-of-six shooting from the field, including a five-for-five performance from three-point territory, against Augustana (Feb. 7, 1998) ... had five points, four rebounds, seven assists and only two turnovers in Bears' win over North Dakota (Feb. 21, 1998) ... shot a team-high 50 percent (15-for-30) from three-point territory on the season.
1996-97: Did not play basketball.
1995-96: Played in 24 games as a reserve ... shot 43.8 percent from the field and hit seven-of-20 attempts from three-point territory ... tallied 21 assists and 21 steals on the season.
High School: Earned all-conference honors in basketball, football and baseball at Horizon High School in Thornton ... two-time all-state selection in basketball and football ... helped the Hawks to state runnerup finishes in basketball (1994) and football (1995).
Personal: Born May 9, 1977 ... son of Chris and Kathy Grable ... majoring in kinesiology/physical education ... also played football as UNC where he was a reserve quarterback on the back-to-back national championship teams ... threw a touchdown pass in the 1997 national championship game victory over New Haven ... twin brother Keith is a starting wide receiver on the UNC football team and will likely join the basketball squad following the football season.
YearG/SFGM-AFG%3-PT-A3-PT%FTM-AFT%PTSAVGREBAVGPF-DABKSTMIN
1995-9624/014-32.4387-20.3502-21.000371.5170.731-121321243
1996-97---Did not play----
1997-9818/223-48.47915-30.5004-7.571653.6271.533-13516281
1998-9925/1069-161.42927-68.39736-47.7662018.0512.043-152024566
Totals67/14106-241.44249-118.41542-56.7503034.5951.4107-31084511,090