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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

Angel Delgado
Los Angeles, CA - April 6, 2018 - The Novo: Portrait of Angel Delgado and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the 2018 College Basketball Awards(Photo by Gabriel Christus / ESPN Images)
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Los Angeles, CA - April 6, 2018 - The Novo: Portrait of Angel Delgado and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the 2018 College Basketball Awards(Photo by Gabriel Christus / ESPN Images)
Photo by: Gabriel Christus / ESPN Images
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Jersey Number 31

Angel Delgado

  • Height:
    6-10
  • Weight:
    245
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic
  • High School:
    Patrick School (N.J.)

**2018 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AWARD WINNER**
**2018 AP ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION**
**2018 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AWARD WATCH LIST**

**2018 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2018 USBWA ALL-DISTRICT TEAM**
**2018 NABC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM**

**2017-18 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM**
**2017 AP ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION**
**2017 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AWARD FINALIST**
**2017 HAGGERTY AWARD WINNER**
**2017 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM**
**2017 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM**
**2017 USBWA ALL-DISTRICT TEAM**
**2017 NABC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM**
**2017 ECAC ALL-STAR**
**2017 NCAA DIV. I REBOUNDING CHAMPION**
**2017 ALL-MET FIRST TEAM**

**2016-17 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2016 ALL-MET SECOND TEAM**
**2016 ALL-BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION**

**2015-16 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2015 BIG EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR**
**2015 MET WRITERS CO-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR**
**2015 BIG EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM**


2017-18:
Started all 34 games for the Pirates...Won the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award as the National Center of the Year...Ended his career with 1,455 rebounds, second-most in school history, along with 1,593 points, which ranks him 16th in school history...Named to the 2018 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM...Named to the 2018 USBWA ALL-DISTRICT TEAM...Named to the 2018 NABC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM...Named to the 2018 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AWARD WATCH LIST...Finished the season fourth in the NCAA with 11.8 rebounds per game and fourth in total rebounds with 402...Finished the season tied for third among all NCAA players with 22 double-doubles...Finished the season, first among all BIG EAST players in rebounds per game, total rebounds, defensive rebounds (7.7), offensive rebounds (3.9) and double-doubles...Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll six times throughout the season...Scored 10 points and totaled 19 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season and 65th of his career in a 86-73 victory at DePaul(1/28) to become the BIG EAST's all-time leader in career rebounds, surpassing the previous record of 701, held by Syracuse's Derrick Coleman (1986-90)…Produced the NCAA Tournament's first 20-20 game since 2012 with 24 points, a career-high 23 rebounds as well as five assists against Kansas in the second round of the NCAA TOURNAMENT (3/17)... Tallied his NCAA leading 72nd career double-double, 22nd of the season and last of his illustrious career (3/17).Recorded his first double-double of the season and the 51st of his career with 10 points and 10 rebounds in a 90-68 defeat of Fairleigh Dickinson in the NIT Season Tip-Off (11/10)…Recorded his second double-double of the season and 52nd of his career with 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 75-65 victory against Monmouth in the NIT Season Tip-Off (11/12)…Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (11/13)…Scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and 53rd of his career in a 84-68 win against Indiana in the Gavitt Tipoff Games (11/15)…Recorded his fourth double-double of the season and the 54th of his career against Rhode Island in the NIT Season Tip-Off (11/23)…Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (11/27)…Scored 10 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season and 55th of his career in a 79-77 win at No. 17 Louisville (12/3)…Scored 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season and 56th of his career in a 90-67 victory against VCU in the Never Forget Tribute Classic (12/9)…Scored a game-high 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season and the 57th of his career in a 84-61 victory against Saint Peter’s (12/12)…Pulled down a Garden State Hardwood Classic record 21 rebounds against Rutgers in the Garden State Hardwood Classic (12/16)…Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (12/18)…Scored 15 and pulled down 10 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season and 58th of his career in a 89-68 victory against Wagner (12/20)…Recorded his ninth double-double of the season and 59th of his career in a 74-62 win vs. Manhattan (12/23)…Recorded his 10th double-double of the season and 60th of his career in a 90-84 BIG EAST opener victory against No. 25 Creighton (12/28)…Scored 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season and 61st of his career in a 75-70 victory against St. Johns (12/31)…Scored a career-high 28 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season and 62nd of his career in a 90-87 victory at Butler (1/6)…Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (1/8)…Scored 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his 13th double-double (sixth consecutive) of the season and 63rd of his career against Marquette (1/9)…Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (1/15)…Recorded his 14th double-double (seventh consecutive) and 64th of his career with 11 points and 13 rebounds in a 74-61 victory against Georgetown (1/13)…Scored 10 points and totaled 19 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season and 65th of his career in a 86-73 victory at DePaul(1/28) to become the BIG EAST's all-time leader in career rebounds, surpassing the previous record of 701, held by Syracuse's Derrick Coleman (1986-90)…Scored 13 points and pulled down 14 rebounds for his 16th double-double of the season and 67th of his career in a 73-57 victory over Providence (2/1)…Scored 18 points against #1 Villanova (2/4)…Scored 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for his 17th double-double of the season and 67h of his career, against Georgetown (2/10)…Scored 16 points and pulled down 19 rebounds for his 18th double-double of the season and 68th of his career, in a 82-77 victory over DePaul (2/18)...Scored 14 points and recorded 11 boards for his 19th double-double of the season and 69th of his career, in a 89-77 victory at Providence (2/22)...Scored 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for his 20th double-double of the season and 70th of his career, in a 81-74 victory at St.Johns (2/24)...Scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his 21st double-double of the season and 71st of his career, in a 77-70 victory over Butler (3/3)...Scored 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds against Butler in the Quarterfinals of the BIG EAST TOURNAMENT (3/8)...Scored 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds in a 94-83 victory over North Carolina State in the first round of the NCAA TOURNAMENT (3/15)... Produced the NCAA Tournament's first 20-20 game since 2012 with 24 points, a career-high 23 rebounds as well as five assists against Kansas in the second round of the NCAA TOURNAMENT (3/17)... Tallied his NCAA leading 72nd career double-double, 22nd of the season and last of his illustrious career (3/17).

2016-17: Started all 33 games for the Pirates...Averaged 15.2 points and 13.1 rebounds...Led the nation in rebounding and offensive rebounding (5.03)...was second in the nation in double-doubles with 27...13 consecutive double-doubles from Jan. 22 to March 9 was the most consecutive of any student-athlete in the nation during the season...was the BIG EAST rebounding champion and set a new conference single-season record (253, 14.1 per game)...Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST first team...Named the 2017 recipient of the Haggerty Award, given to the Metro New York region's player of the year...Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll a league-leading 10 times...Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 5...Named a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist for best center in all of Div. I College Basketball... Scored a career high 22 points on 11-of-15 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds to finish with a double-double in a 91-70 victory against Fairleigh Dickinson (11/11)... Recorded a double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds in a 82-58 victory against Central Connecticut State(11/13)...Scored nine points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 91-83 win at Iowa in the Gavitt Tip-Off Games (11/17)...Added 13 points against Florida at the AdvoCare Invitational (11/24)...Recorded eight points and nine rebounds vs. Stanford (11/27)... Scored 19 points and added 11 rebounds to notch his third double-double of the season in a 95-71 win over Columbia (12/1)... Scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double in a 68-57 victory against Hawai'i in the Pearl Harbor Invitational (12/6)... Notched his third consecutive double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds against California in the Pearl Harbor Invitational (12/7)... Recorded his fourth consecutive double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in a 67-64 win against No. 16 South Carolina in the Under Armour Reunion (12/12)... Posted his fifth straight double-double with 15 rebounds and tied a career-high 22 points in an 81-68 victory over Delaware (12/17)... Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (12/19)...Named Metropolitan Basketball Writers Player of the Week (12/20)...Recorded his sixth consecutive double-double with 19 points and 16 rebounds in a 72-61 victory over Rutgers in the Garden State Hardwood Classic (12/23)...after the win, named the Joe Calabrese Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (12/26)...Completed his seventh consecutive double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at No. 10 Creighton...Tallied his eighth straight double-double with 18 points on 9-of-13 shooting and 12 boards in a 69-66 victory over Marquette (1/1)...Named to BIG EAST HONOR ROLL (1/2)...Recorded his ninth-consecutive double-double with 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 12 rebounds in an 87-56 victory over DePaul (1/7)... Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (1/9)...Delivered his 10th consecutive double-double with 14 points and matched a career high with 19 rebounds, including a whopping 13 offensive boards, at Marquette (1/11)...Recorded his 11th consecutive double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds at Providence (1/14), surpassing former Seton Hall great Eddie Griffin, who had 10 consecutive double-doubles in 2001...Had 21 points and a career-high 20 rebounds on 10-for-17 shooting from the field for his 14th double-double of the season in a 86-73 win over St. John's (1/22)...Became the first Pirates player to have a 20-20 game since Eddie Griffin in 2000...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (1/23)...Scored 12 points and pulled down a career-high 22 rebounds against No. 11 Butler (1/25)...became the first-ever BIG EAST player to grab 20 or more rebounds in consecutive conference games...Recorded his 16th double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds at Xavier (2/1)...Scored a career-high 26 points and pulled down 17 rebounds for his 17th double-double of the season in a 68-66 win over Georgetown (2/4)...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (2/6)...Named Met Writers Player of the Week (2/9)...Collected his 18th double-double of the season with 19 points and 15 rebounds in a 72-70 win over Providence (2/8)...Recorded his 19th double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 boards and also had a career-high five assists at St. John's (2/11)... Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (2/13)...Scored 17 points and pulled down 17 rebounds for his 20th double-double of the season in an 87-81 victory over No. 20 Creighton (2/15)... Scored 19 points and totaled 12 rebounds for his 21st double-double of the season against Villanova (2/18)...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (2/20)...Scored 25 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for his 22nd double-double of the season in a 71-64 win over Xavier (2/22)...Scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for his 23rd double-double of the season in an 82-79 win at DePaul (2/25)...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (2/27)... Named Met Basketball Writers Player of the Week (2/28)...Scored 12 points and recorded 13 rebounds for his 11th consecutive double-double and 24th of the season in a 62-59 win over Georgetown(2/28)...grabbed his 1000th career rebound in the game to become the fifth Pirate to record 1000 career points and rebounds...Scored 20 points and pulled down 16 rebounds for his 12th straight double-double and 25th of the year in a 70-64 win against No. 12 Butler (3/4)... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week (3/5)...Nearly posted a triple-double with 12 points, 16 rebounds and a career-high nine assists in an 82-76 win over Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals (3/9)...Scored 12 points and pulled down 13 boards against Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament first round for his 27th double-double of the year (3/17).

2015-16: Started all 34 games for the Pirates...averaged 9.9 points and 9.3 rebounds...ranked second in the BIG EAST in rebounding both overall and conference games only...named All-BIG EAST honorable mention...scored 15 points in BIG EAST semifinal win over No. 5 Xavier (3/11)...scored 17 points and grabbed eight boards in upset win over No. 5 Xavier (2/28)...posted his 13th double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds in win over nationally ranked Providence (2/25)...had back-to-back, identical 19-point, 13-rebound games in wins over Marquette (2/3) and Georgetown (2/6)...named Met Writers Player of the Week and to BIG EAST Honor Roll for those efforts...scored 15 points and pulled down a season-high 17 rebounds in win over St. John's (1/27)...stockpiled 12 points and 12 rebounds for his seventh consecutive double-doubl in win over DePaul (1/2)…Provided 11 points and 11 rebounds against Marquette (12/30)…Amassed team-leading 14 points and 11 rebounds in victory over USF (12/22)…Tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds in 41 minutes vs. Wichita State (12/19)…Added 10 points and team-high 10 rebounds against Saint Peter’s (12/19)…Produced 12 points and 11 rebounds in win over Troy (12/10)…Posted 14 points and 13 rebounds at Rutgers, and started a 13-1 run with a put-back layup to claim the lead with 12:59 remaining in the first half (12/5)…Led team with 10 rebounds vs. GW (12/2)…Grabbed team-leading 11 rebounds against Georgia (11/28)…Scored eight points, 11 rebounds, and three blocks in victory over Ole Miss (11/22)…Claimed seven points and nine rebounds vs. Bradley (11/20)…Recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against Wagner (11/15)…Had seven points and nine rebounds in win over Dartmouth (11/13)...

2014-15: Appeared in 31 games, earning 30 starts...Second Pirate ever to be named BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and first since the late Eddie Griffin in 2001...BIG EAST All-Rookie Team selection...Three-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honoree (March 2, Jan. 12, Dec. 29), joining Eugene Harvey (06-07) as the only Seton Hall freshman to be chosen three times in the same season...LED ALL DIVISION I FRESHMEN and ranked 22nd overall with 9.8 rebounds per game...Became only the second freshman ever to win the BIG EAST rebounding title (10.7 RPG), joining Troy Murphy of Notre Dame who did so in 1999...Became the 13th Pirate in program history to record 300 or more total rebounds in a single season (305)...Led the conference and ranked 13th in the nation with 3.61 offensive rebounds per contest...Notched a BIG EAST-best 10 double-doubles throughout the season, seven of which came in conference play...Also led BIG EAST freshmen in field goal percentage (.555), blocks (1.3 BPG) and was among top-five in scoring (9.3 PPG)...Totaled 10 or more rebounds in 15 contests, 10 against league foes...Grabbed seven or more boards in each of the final 16 games of the season...Finished as the team leader in rebounds in 25 of 31 appearances...Finished with nine points and seven rebounds in BIG EAST Tournament debut against Marquette (3/11)...Registered final double-double of the season with 10 points and 13 boards at Georgetown (3/7)...Delivered game-winning put-back as part of a 13-point, 11-rebound performance against Creighton (2/28)...Tallied nine points and 13 rebounds at St. John's (2/21)...Finished with eight points and 15 boards at Providence (2/14)...Scored a double-double with 12 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks against Georgetown (2/10)...Posted six points, 12 rebounds (8 off.) and swatted three shots vs. Marquette (2/7)...Recorded 12 points and 11 boards at Marquette (1/28)...Totaled season-highs of 19 points and 19 rebounds against DePaul (1/22)...the 19 rebounds were second-most ever by a freshman in a BIG EAST conference game...Finished with 12 points and 15 boards vs. Butler (1/13)...Went for a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in his BIG EAST debut against #15/#17 St. John's (12/31)...Posted 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high four blocks vs. Maine (12/27)...Shot 6-of-7 in a 16-point, six-rebound effort at USF (12/18)...Pulled down 12 rebounds, including nine offensive, in 20 minutes against Saint Peter's (12/14)...Sank all four of his field goals to finish with 10 points and 13 rebounds in the first-ever Garden State Hardwood Classic against Rutgers (12/6)...Racked up 13 points and nine boards in 23 minutes vs. Mount Saint Mary's (12/2)...Finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds against George Washington (11/29)...Recorded first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Gardner Webb (11/23) in the semifinal round of the Paradise Jam...Finished with eight points, 12 rebounds and two blocks in collegiate debut against Mercer (11/16).

BEFORE SETON HALL: Four-star recruit rated the #7 power forward in the Class of 2014 according to 247sports.com... Consensus top-50 prospect by major online recruiting services... Named to 2014 Jordan Brand Classic Regional Team and grabbed 17 rebounds to go with 11 points in the all-star game... 2014 All-New Jersey Second Team honoree by NJ.com... Averaged 15.7 points and 16.3 rebounds helping lead The Patrick School (N.J.) to a 23-6 overall record and advance to the NJSIAA Non-Public B Championship Game... Played at Huntington St. Joseph Prep (W. Va.) before transferring to The Patrick School in December 2013... Emerged as a top recruit during 2013 Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) competing for AAU program New York Lightning coached by Dana Dingle... Led EYBL in rebounding (11.6), averaged 13.2 points and a team-high 1.6 blocks... Participated in Nike's Big Man Skills Academy, NBPA Top 100 Camp and LeBron James Skills Academy... Member of the Dominican Republic's national team program... Named Most Valuable Player of the Nike All-Star Game at the NBA Basketball Without Borders Americas event in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2013.

PERSONAL: Son of Angela Janet Astacio and Rafael Delgado... Has a sister, Yaelis Astacio, and a brother, Raidin Luis Delgado... Lived in the Dominican Republic until 2012... Born November 20, 1994 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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