February 19, 2007

Liberty League Forward of the Week John Grazioli (photo by Kevin Colton)

GENEVA, N.Y.—Hobart College junior forward John Grazioli (St. Anthony’s/Melville, N.Y.) was named Liberty League Men’s Basketball Forward of the Week by the conference office for the week ending Feb. 18. He led the Statesmen to a 3-0 week, averaging 25.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals, and 1.3 blocked shots.

At Hamilton on Tuesday, Grazioli scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-14 shooting, including a pair of threes, and 4-of-4 from the line as Hobart won 87-86 in overtime. On Friday in a 69-62 win over RPI, he scored a game-high 18 points and shared game-high honors with seven rebounds. He closed out the season with another career-high, scoring 30 points and pulling down a game-high 11 boards in an 85-78 win over Vassar. Grazioli, who also had three steals and two blocked shots, connected on 10-of-14 from the floor, including a three, and was 9-of-12 from the line.

For the week, he shot 67.4 percent from the floor, 55.6 percent from three-point range (5-9), and 81.3 percent from the charity stripe.

Grazioli finished the regular season as the conference leader in scoring (17.6 ppg), and ranked fifth in free throw shooting (.770) and blocked shots (1.4/gm), 10th in field goal percentage (.498), and 11th in rebounding (5.7 rpg).