2002-03 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Chris Monroe
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hyattsville, MD
- High School:
- Good Counsel
As a Junior in 2001-02: Named to the preseason A-10 All-Conference second team... GW[apos]s top scorer with 21.1 ppg and second-leading rebounder with 6.1 rpg... named to the NABC Classic All-Tournament team after scoring a game-high 26 pts. vs. Marshall (11/15/01) and a team-high 15 pts. vs. Western Kentucky (11/16/01)... led all players with 23 pts. at Texas A&M (11/19/01)... scored a game-high 22 pts., eight rebs. vs. Binghamton (11/23/01)... named to the Red Auerbach Colonial Classic All-Tournament team after scoring a game-high 34 pts. vs. Yale (11/24/01)... named Atlantic 10 co-Player of the Week (11/25/01)... hit for 21 pts. vs. BU (11/18/01)... led all players with 27 pts. nine reb. vs. UConn (12/2/01)... named to the BB&T Classic All-Tournament team (12/3/01)... scored a game-high 28 pts. before fouling out late in the ODU game (12/5/01)... shot 7-11 FGs with 8-9 FTs for 23 pts. and six assists to lead GW past Providence (12/8/01)... recorded team-highs with 26 pts. and nine rebs. vs. Charlotte (12/29/01)... recorded his ninth career double-double with a game-high 29 pts. and 10 rebs. vs. SBU (1/3/02)... led team with 20 pts. and three steals vs. La Salle (1/13/02)... lit up Xavier for 32 pts. (1/17/02)... led all players with 24 pts. at UMass (1/23/02)... scored game-high 24 pts. with eight rebs. at Richmond (1/30/02)... led all players with 22 pts. at La Salle (2/2/02)... scored team-high 20 pts. and grabbed his season-high 13 rebs. vs. Temple (2/9/02)... tallied game-high 21 pts. vs. Dayton (2/21/02)... scored game-high 20 pts. with eight rebs. vs. Richmond (2/23/02)... led all players with 24 pts. at Fordham (3/2/02).
As a Sophomore in 2000-01: was named to the preseason A-10 All-Conference second team... named to the 2001 A-10 All-Conference third team... GW[apos]s top scorer (19.0 ppg) and top FT shooter at .791 ...leads team with 54 treys... scored 19 pts. with five assists a pair of blocks against Old Dominion (11/20/00)... led all players with 26 pts. on 9-12 FGs against Howard (11/24/00)... named MVP of the Red Auerbach Colonial Classic after hitting 6-7 threes for game-high 26 pts. in title game vs. Boston U. (11/25/00)... recorded his first double-double of the season with 24 pts., 12 rebs. at South Florida (11/28/00)... tossed in 22 pts. with eight rebs. vs. #19 St. John[apos]s in the BB&T Classic (12/2/00)... contributed 20 pts. in 29 minutes before fouling out against Richmond (12/9/00)... scored team-high 20 pts., including 4-5 threes, vs. Providence (12/11/00)... averaged a team-best 21.3 ppg in the Rainbow Classic Dec. 28-30, including 27 pts. vs. #6 Tennessee (12/28/00)... led all players with 22 pts. and a career-high eight assists vs. La Salle (1/13/01)... posted his second double-double of the season with 15 pts., 12 rebs. vs. Xavier (1/16/01)... recorded his third double-double of the season (seventh career) with his season-high 28 pts. and 11 rebs. at Duquesne (1/23/01)... matched that effort with 28 pts. vs. SBU (1/27/01)... led all players with 25 pts., including five threes, at Temple (2/8/01)... ejected from Duquesne game after receiving a technical for fighting while attempting to break up an altercation (2/11/01)... sat out the URI game per NCAA rules for DU game ejection (2/14/01)... tallied 17 pts. with three assists at Dayton (2/17/01) scored a team-high 23 pts. with six assists vs. Fordham (2/21/01)... again led team with 22 pts. vs. UMass (2/24/01)... scored his 1,000th career pt. at SBU (2/28/01).
As a Freshman in 1999-2000: Moved into the starting lineup Dec. 31 in place of injured starter Mike King... team[apos]s leading rebounder with 6.8 rpg... scored 16 pts. with seven rebs. and an assist in opener vs. Indiana St. (11/19/99)... made his first college start at Ohio where he scored nine pts. with four rebs. (11/30/99)... had a strong game vs. Seton Hall in the BB&T Classic with 16 pts., seven rebs., three steals and 6-6 FTs (12/4/99)... scored 19 pts. with five rebs. vs. Siena (12/11/99)... recorded his first collegiate double-double with 23 pts. and 13 rebs. including four three-pointers at Clemson (12/22/99)... started the UNCC game and led GW with 23 pts. (12/31/99)... recorded his second double-double with 19 pts., 13 rebs. vs. Duquesne (1/8/00)... third double-double with 24 pts. and 13 rebs., including 6-6 FTs, vs. American (1/12/00) ...scored team-high 22 pts. including 7-7 FTs at Virginia Tech (1/15/00) and was named A-10 Rookie of the Week Jan. 16... led team with 25 pts., seven rebs. at Dayton (1/22/00)... scored 15 pts. with eight rebs. in win over St. Bonaventure (1/26/00)... exploded for career-high 35 pts. with nine rebs. vs. La Salle (1/29/00) and named A-10 Rookie of the Week Jan. 30... blocked three shots at Duquesne (2/2/00)... scored game-high 26 pts. vs. Xavier (2/5/00)... scored 16 of his 20 pts. in the second half with nine rebs. vs. Dayton (2/9/00)... perfect 10-10 FTs vs. URI (2/19/00)... double-doubled (fourth career) with 22 pts., 15 rebs. at Fordham (2/26/00) and was named A-10 Rookie of the Week Feb. 27.
High School: Averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds a game as a junior in 1997-98 in helping to lead Good Counsel to 22-8 record under coach Joe McCall. Monroe helped Good Counsel to the Maryland Private School title in 1998. He was a Street & Smith[apos]s honorable mention All-America and was named MVP of the Charlie Webber Invitational in `99... also an All-County player as a sophomore and a junior as selected by the Montgomery County Journal and honorable mention All-Metro by the Washington Post in 1998. Monroe competed for the gold medal winning East team at the 1998 USA Basketball Men[apos]s Youth Development Camp at the U.S. Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, in the summer of `99... had already played two games at Smith Center where Good Counsel split a pair of showdowns with local powerhouse DeMatha in 1999.
Personal: Born January 19, 1981 in Silver Spring, Maryland... full name is Christopher Edward Monroe... son of Barbara and Charles Monroe... sociology major.
Monroe[apos]s Career Highs:
Points: 35 vs. La Salle (1/29/00)
Rebs: 15 @ Fordham (2/26/00)
Assists: 8 vs. La Salle (1/13/01)
Blocks: 3 @ Duquesne (2/2/00); vs. Marshall (11/15/01)
Steals: 5 (twice) last vs. Xavier (3/8/01)
3-Pt FGs: 6 vs. Boston U. (11/25/00)
Career Double-Doubles: 11, last at #14 Connecticut (11/25/02).
