Norvel Pelle

Position: Forward
Height: 6-9 / 202 cms
Weight: 180 lbs / 82 kgs
School: Dominguez High School -11
Hometown: Long Beach, California

As of April 22, 2009

USA Basketball Notes

• Named to the 2009-10 USA Basketball Men's Developmental National Team on May 28, 2009.

High School Notes

• Attends Dominguez High School (Calif.), where he helped his team to a 26-7 record and the CIF Division I regionals in 2007-08.
  
• Dominguez finished ranked No. 42 nationally and No. 10 in the West Region on the ESPN Rise Fab 50 listing.
  
• Has played one varsity season and posted his best game with 15 points, 12 rebounds and three assists against Reindeer Beach.
  
• Played three summers for WCA and one with Team Odom.
  

The Personal Scoop

• Born on Feb. 3, 1993, in St. John, Antigua.
  
• Son of Norvel and Darlene Pelle; has three sisters, Cherisa, Chenelle and Sherrice.
  
• Nickname is Stix.
  
• Would like to finish college with a degree in business.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  
• Favorite food: pizza.
  
• Favorite magazine: East Bay.
  
• Favorite personal memento: my black remote race car.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all-time: LeBron James.
  
• Favorite team: Cleveland Cavaliers.
  
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Michael Phelps.
  
• Best player I've ever faced: Jordan Hamilton.
  
• I want to play one-on-one against: Magic Johnson.
  
• The most impressive person I ever met: Russell Otis because he's strong with what he does and says.
  
• Always at my bedside is: my ball.
  
• Always in my fridge: ice.
  
• One piece of clothing I can't live without: basketball shorts.
  
• Away from basketball I enjoy: hanging out with my friends.
  
• Superstitions: being next to a graveyard right by my grandma's house in Antigua.
  
• Can't live without: my family.
  
• Most people don't know: I wasn't born in America.
  
• This right-hander wears No. 5 because of Kevin Garnett.