University of South Carolina Upstate

2011-12: Played in27 games with one start as a junior for the Spartans…Averaged 1.0 points per game and 0.8 rebounds per contest…Scored a career-high five points on Dec. 1 against JacksonvilleState… Pulled down a career-high four rebounds on Nov. 14against Piedmont College… Logged a career-high 17 minutes onthe road at Toledo on Nov. 19… Shot 38.1 percent from the field and 55.7 percent from the free throw line…Received USC Upstate’s Spartanburg Regional Sports MedicineAward at the department’s annual Coca-Cola AwardsBanquet.

2010-11: Missedthe entire season after suffering an injury during thepreseason.

Before USC Upstate: Redshirted the 2009-10 seasonafter a solid freshman year in 2008-09 at East Mississippi Collegeunder head coach Mark White... Originally signed with Austin Peayout of prep school... Averaged five points and 3.6 rebounds as afreshman at East Mississippi... Shot 52 percent from the field...Finished the year with 22 blocked shots... Rivals.com ranked him asa two-star recruit coming out of junior college.

Prep School: Spent one season playing basketballin prep school at Pioneer Christian Academy in Nashville, Tenn...Averaged 13 points and nine rebounds per contest.

High School: A standout at Batesburg-LeesvilleHigh School... Played as a combination forward... Averaged 14.7points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.2 blocks and 2.5 steals per game as asenior... Led the team to a 36-4 record... Averaged 10.9 points,10.2 rebounds and 5.3 blocks per game as a junior... Led thePanthers to a 34-6 record and the 2006 region championship... Namedthe team’s Defensive Player of the Year... An A-B Honor Rollstudent.

Personal: Born onNov. 21, 1989 in Boston… Son of Robert and CarlynneElam… Has three sisters… An interdisciplinary studiesmajor… Favorite food is pizza… Favorite season iswinter… Favorite sports figure is LeBron James…Favorite singer is Lil’ Wayne… Favorite actress isMegan Good… Favorite TV show is “The Fresh Prince ofBel Air”… Favorite movie is “He GotGame”… Favorite quote is “What we do in lifeechoes in eternity”… Most admires his mother...Aspires to play professional basketball.