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A.J. Green: 2022 Draft Prospect

Height: 6-5
Weight: 198
Position: G
College: Northern Iowa
Age: 22

2021-2022 Season Stats
PPG: 18.8
RPG: 3.7
APG: 2.5
BLK: 0.0
STL: 0.8

Player Bio
Courtesy of Northern Iowa Athletics

JUNIOR (2021-22): 2022 Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year...First Team All-MVC...MVC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year...MVC First Team Scholar Athlete...MVC Preseason Player of the Year...CoSIDA Academic Second Team All-America...CoSIDA Academic All-District Team...Lou Henson National Player of the Year Finalist...Preseason First Team All-MVC...three-time MVC Player of the Week (11/29/21 - 12/20/21 - 2/21/22)... Led the team with 583 total points (18.8 PPG) and shot 40.9% (FG) and 38.7% (3FG)... Led the MVC in FT percentage (91.5%), free throws made (140), and 3-pointers made (93)... Set program record with 48 consecutive made free throws which is tied for fifth longest in MVC history... Averaged 3.7 rebounds per game, led the team with 77 assists and tallied 26 steals... Averaged the most minutes per game in the MVC with 36.5... Tied career high in points in a single game with 35 against St. Bonaventure (11/27/21), tied for a career high in rebounds with nine against Richmond (12/5/21) and Drake (1/22/22), and made career high for free throws with 16 against Loyola-Chicago (2/26/22)... Moved into 4th all-time in scoring in program history with 1,769 points... Set program record for most 3-pointers attempted in a season at Saint Louis (3/16/22) and ended the season with the highest free throw percentage in program history (90.0%).

JUNIOR (2020-21): Played in three games this season, scored 67 points, averaging 22.3 points per games, shot 46.4% from the floor and 66.7 percent from beyond the arc, finished with 17 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals ... scored a season-high 28 points against Western Kentucky (11/25/20) going 10-20 from the field ... shot a season-high 53.8% from the field with 15 points against Saint Mary’s (11/26/20) ... suffered season-ending hip injury.

SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Started all 31 games as a sophomore ... named the 2020 MVC Larry Bird Player of the Year ... First Team All-MVC ... MVC Scholar Athlete of the Year ... MVC First Team Scholar Athlete ... NABC All-District Team ... USBWA All-District Team...CoSIDA Academic All-District Team ... finished the season with 610 points, averaging 19.7 points per game ... shot 41.6 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from beyond the three point arc ... shot 91.7 percent (111-121) from the free throw line ...  finished with 92 assists and averaging 3.0 rebounds per game ... scored a season-high 35 points against Bradley in the McLeod Center (1/4/20) making 7 of his 13 three point field goals and  going 8-8 from the charity stripe ... downed 34 points at home against Drake (2/8/20) with 12 made field goals including six three-pointers.

FRESHMAN (2018-19): Started in all 34 games as a freshman and recorded the most points by a freshman in Panther history with 509, earning him MVC Freshman of the Year ... in addition to Freshman of the Year, Green made the MVC's All-Freshman Team and All-Newcomer Team, as well as was earned Third-Team All-Conference honors ... was voted MVC Newcomer of the Week on two separate occasions, Nov. 19 and Feb. 25 ... opened his UNI career with 16 points against Bemidji State (11/2) ... put up back-to-back 20+ point performances versus Penn Quakers (11/16) and Eastern Kentucky (11/17) with 21-points and 23-points ... played 31-minutes versus Old Dominion (11/23), notching seven boards in the process ... recorded a season high 27-points against Grand Canyon (12/19) after going 9-16 from field goal range and 5-8 from beyond the arc ... earned a season high nine rebounds versus Stony Brook (12/29) ... went a perfect 10-10 from the charity line against Valparaiso (1/19), aiding to his 25-point performance ... tallied 22-points the very next game versus Southern Illinois (1/23) ... put up three additional 20+ point performances in February, including 24-points against Bradley (2/2), 21-points at Evansville (2/17) and 22-points against Valparaiso (2/23) ... put on a great performance in the conference championship versus Bradley (3/10) as his 23-points earned him a spot on the MVC's All-Tournament Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked among the top-100 recruits by ESPN (No. 74), 247 (No. 77), Scout (No. 77) and Rivals (No. 81) ... a four-star recruit and a first-team All-State pick by the Iowa Newspaper Association in both 2016, 2017 and 2018 ... all-time leading scorer in school history ... averaged 26 points per game in the 2017-18 season ... won the State Championship in 2018 ... lettered in golf in high school.

PERSONAL: Son of Kyle and Michele ... has one sibling (Emerson) ... majoring in movement and exercise science: sport psychology with minors in sport administration and strength and conditioning.

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