Shereef Taylor Gallery
2012-13: Second-Team All-SUNYAC… SUNYAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week (1/14/13)… Started in 25 of the 26 games in which he played… Finished his career ranked among the program’s all-time leaders in steals (139, fourth), points (1,393, seventh), assists (224, seventh) and rebounds (535, tied for 10th)… Ranked eighth in the SUNYAC and second on the team in scoring (17.0 ppg)… Finished ninth in the conference and second on the team in rebounds per game (6.3)… Posted a .498 field-goal percentage, which ranked fifth in the SUNYAC… Ranked seventh in the conference in free-throw percentage (78.3 percent)… Was seventh in the conference and led the team in steals per game (1.9) and blocks per game (1.0)… Tied for the team lead in assists per game (2.4)… Shot 33.9 percent from three-point land… Scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds against St. Joseph’s (LI) College on Nov. 17… Drained 25 points and achieved his 1,000th career point along with teammate Matt Devine versus Mount Saint Mary College on Nov. 20… Scored 20+ points in three straight games from Dec. 1-7: Buffalo State (25), Eastern Connecticut State University (27) and The College at Brockport (20)… Racked up 20+ points in back-to-back games from Jan. 4-8, scoring 26 points against Delaware Valley College and 22 points against SUNY Cortland… Added a season-high 14 rebounds in the Delaware Valley contest… Poured in a season-high 29 points against SUNY Oswego on Jan. 22.
2011-12: Did not compete.
2010-11: Third-Team All-SUNYAC… Appeared in all 25 games, starting 24 of them… Second on the team in points scored (349) and points per game (13.9)… Led the team with 149 total rebounds and tied for the lead with 1.2 steals per game… Recorded four double-doubles… Scored 24 points in 25 minutes against SUNY Fredonia on Jan. 8, including 9-10 from the free-throw line… Scored a season-high 25 points at Hamilton on Nov. 20.
2009-10: Second-Team All-SUNYAC… SUNYAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week (11/30/09)... Appeared in all 26 games for the Hawks with 22 starts… Second on the team with 15.6 points per game… Led the team in steals (41) and blocks (24)... Had a season-high 27 points at Keene State College on Nov. 29, hitting the game-winning shot in a thrilling 110-109 double-overtime victory… Scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a conference win at SUNY Oneonta on Jan. 22… In addition, he was 8-for-16 from the field and 3-for-4 from downtown in that contest against the Red Dragons... Finished sixth overall in the conference in scoring (15.6 points per game), fourth in free-throw percentage (75 percent), seventh in steals (41) and eighth in blocks (24).
2008-09: Started 13 games for the Hawks... Averaged 15.2 points, six rebounds and shot a team-high 79 percent from the free-throw line... Scored a career-high 28 points against Buffalo State.
Prior to NP: 2008 graduate of Franklin D. Roosevelt High School... Led his high school team to an 18-3 record and was a 1,000-point scorer on his career... Averaged 18 points, six rebounds, two assists and two blocks his senior year to earn Player of the Year in Dutchess County. Named MVP by the
Daily Freeman and Co-Player of the Year by the
Poughkeepsie Journal in 2008.
Other: Son of Nkeba Baker.