Lee Melchionni
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Basketball
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player in the NCAA. He played with the Duke
Duke University
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Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils
Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...
and wore number 13.
High school
Melchionni was a high honorable mention All-American in the 2001-02 and a high honorable mention McDonald's All-America. He was a two-time all-state selection(2001-2002), three-time all-county selection and two-time all-city selection. He was the MVP of the 2002 Prime Time Shootout. During his seniorTwelfth grade
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year at Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy is America's oldest nonsectarian day school, founded on December 6, 1759 . Germantown Academy is now a K-12 school in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, having moved from its original Germantown campus in 1965...
in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
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he averaged 19.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 3.0 steals. Melchionni finished with over 1200 points and 800 rebounds. He also averaged 16 points, a team-best 9.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals as a junior. He helped lead Germantown to a 27-3 record and a number 17 national ranking by USA Today in 2000-01. He averaged 12.0 points,6.0 rebounds and 2.0 rebounds as a sophomore and averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists as a [freshman].
Collegiate
Melchionni played with the DukeDuke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils
Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...
and was number 13. Melchionni played primarily at the forward position.
Professional
Melchionni spent a single season playing professionally in Italy for Cimberio Novara in the Italian 2nd division. Melchionni currently works as a NBA Player Agent for Wasserman Media Group. Melchionni is also enrolled in evening law school at Loyola Law School.Personal life
Melchionni was born in Lancaster, PennsylvaniaLancaster, Pennsylvania
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. His father, Gary Melchionni
Gary Melchionni
Gary Dennis Melchionni is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is a former Phoenix Suns guard and a former All-American Coast Conference performer while he was with the Duke Blue Devils, where he was the first player to captain twice...
played basketball with Duke and was team captain. Gary was also an All-ACC performer and was drafted by the Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns
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in the 2nd Round of the 1973 NBA Draft
1973 NBA Draft
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. His uncle, Bill Melchionni
Bill Melchionni
William P. "Bill" Melchionni is a former NBA and ABA player.Melchionni was a wispy guard from Bishop Eustace Prep who was a collegiate star in the mid-1960s at Villanova University and was the Most Valuable Player in the 1966 NIT...
played college basketball with Villanova
Villanova University
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while in college and played with the Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
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and New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Nets
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while playing in the NBA.