University of North Florida Athletics

2007 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Did not return to team in 2007-08. As a freshman, 2006-07: Played in 22 games for the Ospreys as a walk-on, starting three ... averaged just 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per game but did so in limited time (4.5 minutes per game) ... first career game came at top-ranked Florida on Nov. 14 ... scored first career points on three free throws against Skidmore on Dec. 28 ... had a season-high four points twice - at Kennesaw State on Jan. 15 and at Mercer on Feb. 18 ... had three rebounds in a game three times, the last at Mercer on Feb. 18 ... earned his first career start at East Tennessee State on Jan. 13, the first of three successive at center for the Ospreys ... played a season-high 11 minutes twice - against Skidmore and at Kennesaw State ... shot .545 for the season from the floor (6-of-11) and .625 from the free throw line (5-of-8) ... earned Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic honors. High School: Played his senior season at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, Fla., under head coach Mark Griseck ... played power forward and center his final year ... was invited to participate in the 2005-06 North Central Florida All-Star game ... team was 25-5 at Yonge his senior season ... prior to attending P.K. Yonge, Polite attended Interlachen High School, earning All-Putnam County honors as a sophomore after averaging seven points, 13 rebounds and a block per game ... missed most of his junior season with a broken hand ... graduated with a 4.3 grade point average ... was a member of the National Honor Society and Who[apos]s Who Among American High School students. Personal: Born on Oct. 10, 1987, in Palatka, Fla. ... son of Janet Polite and Herbert Lee Polite, Sr. (deceased) ... has an older brother, Tracy, and an older sister, Charlene ... his cousin, Keisha Alexander, is a member of the women[apos]s basketball team at Florida A&M ... major is undecided.

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Polite Career Statistics

                                 Total         3-Point                    Rebounds
Year      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg
2006-07   22-3    100/4.5     6-11   .545    0-0    .000    5-8    .625   3-15    18  0.8  14-0    0   7   0   2   17/0.8
TOTAL     22-3    100/4.5     6-11   .545    0-0    .000    5-8    .625   3-15    18  0.8  14-0    0   7   0   2   17/0.8