Bryson Fonville

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Bryson Fonville
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1994-05-26) May 26, 1994 (age 27)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Page (Greensboro, North Carolina)
College Catholic (2012–2016)
NBA draft 2016 / Undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2018 Texas Legends

Bryson Fonville (born May 26, 1994 [1] ) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. [1] [2] He played college basketball for the Catholic University Cardinals. He was drafted as the ninth pick of the fifth round of the 2016 D-League draft. [2]

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Early life

Fonville, the son of Kim and Tracie Fonville, is from Greensboro, North Carolina. [2] [3] He has an older sister. [4]

He attended Walter Hines Page Senior High School where he was a three-year starter on the basketball team. [3] During his senior year, he averaged 13 points, 7 assists and 2 steals a game, and he reached the Regional Final of the state tournament. [3] He was a first Team All-Conference selection and helped his team with the conference champions as a junior and senior. [3] Fonville was also a member of National Honor Society. [3]

As a player in the Amateur Athletic Union league, Fonville played for the Greensboro Warriors and Greensboro Galaxy. With the Warriors Fonville placed eighth at nationals. [3] During high school he was 5'11 and weighed 160 pounds, [5] and had offers to attend Division II colleges. [4]

College career

Fonville is one of the most decorated men's basketball players in the history of The Catholic University of America. [2] He started in every game except for one in the 2014-2105 season. [4] As a four-year starter he scored 1,649 career points, placing him in the top-10 in University history. [2] His total steals also places him in the top-four. [2] He competed in the NCAA Tournament three times. [2]

As a student, he majored in business management. [4]

Senior year

During his senior year he led the team to the Landmark Conference Championship [2] after starting all 29 games of the season where he averaged 34.8 minutes per game. [3] Fonville led the team with 178 shots made from the field, shooting 43.3% on the season. [3] He had a total of 486 points on that season, averaging 16.8 points per game. [3] Shooting from the free throw line, he sank 78% of his shots and hit and 32.1% from the 3-pt line. [3]

Fonville had 34 offensive and 92 defensive rebounds that season, leading the team with 155 assists and 52 steals. [3] During the game against Alvernia University in the Division III NCAA tournament, [3] he led team with career high 38 points.

Honors and awards

Fonville was named an All-American by several media outlets in 2015 and 2016 and was the 2015 Landmark Conference Player of the Year. [2] He was twice names a Landmark Champion and was a three-time regular season champion. [2] In 2015, the CUA Athletic Department named him Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete. [2]

He was named NABC third-team All-American, a D3Hoops.com fourth-team All-American, a DIII News fourth-team All-American, and an ECAC Division III South All-Star first team. [3] In addition, Fonville earned a spot on the Middle Atlantic All-District first team, the D3Hoops.com All-Middle Atlantic Region first team, the first-team All-Landmark Conference, and was the Most Valuable Player of the CUA-Holiday Inn College Park Classic. [3]

Professional career

On October 30, 2016, Fonville was drafted as the ninth pick of the fifth round of the NBA Development League 2016 draft by the Texas Legends. [2]

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