Temple University Athletics
2008-09 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Sergio Olmos
- Position:
- F/C
- Height:
- 7-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Valencia,Spain
- High School:
- Vicente Blasco Ibanez
2007-2008: One of three players to start all 34 games...Averaging 22.2 minutes per game...Led team with 56.3 percent shooting from the field (81-144)...Second on the team and seventh in the Atlantic 10 with 1.44 blocks per game...Rejected a career high five shots vs. Marist (11/18)...Had multiple blocks in a dozen games with three or more six games...Averaged 5.8 points per game...Scored in double figures seven times, including three straight games in late season Temple run...Career-high 16 points vs. Duquesne (3/5) started his hot streak which was followed by consecutive 14 point games against city-rival La Salle...In Atlantic 10 quarterfinal he made all six field goal attempts against the Explorers (3/13)...Also had 11 points against Akron (11/24) to match his previous career-high...Had 10 points against Drexel (12/15), George Washington (2/3) and Massachusetts (2/10)...Team was 6-1 when he scored in double figures.
2006-07: Played in 29 games, starting 17...Averaged 2.8 points per game in 13.5 minutes per game...Led team and ninth in Atlantic 10 in blocks per game (0.93)...Fourth on team in field goal percentage (.532)...First career double-double and career-highs in points (11), rebounds (11), and blocks (3) vs. Long Beach State (12/2)...Recorded nine points (3-3 FG, 3-4 FT) and seven rebounds in win over Lafayette (12/28)...Had two points and two blocks in career-high 26 minutes vs. Rutgers (11/29).
2005-06: Played in 21 games, starting nine times...Averaged 0.8 points, 0.4 rebounds and 6.4 minutes per game...Scored first collegiate points (2 pts) in season-opening win over Army (11/15)...Followed that with two points and two rebounds over 12 minutes at UCLA (11/17), one of two double-figure minute games...Made first collegiate start against Penn (12/3) in Big 5 Classic...Started seven straight games from South Carolina (12/22) through Massachusetts (1/21)...Season-high four points on two-of-two field goals and three rebounds versus George Washington (1/4)....Matched season high with three rebounds against La Salle (1/14) and Richmond (2/22).
HIGH SCHOOL: Joined team in Spring semester (2005) as a red-shirt...First became interested in the Owls after watching former Temple standout and Olympic Gold Medalist Pepe Sanchez play in Spain...Averaged 14.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in 2003-04 at Vicente Blasco Ibanez...Competed at the 2004 Albert Schweitzer International Games as a member of Spain[apos]s 18-and-under National Team that finished third behind Turkey and Argentina.
