L.J. Rose

Guard • 6-3 / 188 cms • 170 lbs / 77 kgs
Second Baptist School ‘12
Houston, Texas

USA Basketball
• Named to the 2010 USA Youth Olympic Games Team, but withdrew due to school conflicts..
• Participated in the USA Men's Developmenal National Team's training, June 18-20, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas.
• Named to the 2009 USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team on June 9, 2009.
• Averaged 3.0 ppg. and 1.4 rpg. in 7.6 mpg. to help the USA to a 5-0 record and gold medal in the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship June 17-21 in Mendoza, Argentina. The finish earned the USA its berth into the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship.
• Named to the 2009-10 USA Basketball Men’s Developmental National Team on May 28, 2009.

College Notes
• Lists Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona, LSU, New Mexico, Texas A&M and Virginia among his college choices.

Honors
• Named to ESPN Rise’s 2010 Underclass All-America team and Texas 4A All-State and All-District first teams.
• Named a 2010 Texas 4A state tournament All-Tournament team member.
• Named 2009 All-Texas Class 4A first team.
• Named 2009 All-District 4 first team.

High School Notes
• Attends Second Baptist School (Texas), where he helped lead his team as a sophomore in 2009-10 to a 31-5 record and a state championship game appearance, averaging 17 ppg, 9.0 apg and 7.0 rpg.
• Helped lead his team as a freshman in 2008-09 to a 30-7 overall record, including a perfect 13-0 home slate, while advancing to the state tournament regional finals.
• Posted single-game bests of 51 points versus Pershing, 21 assists versus Austin Westlake and 12 rebounds verrsus Lake Travis.
• Helped his AAU Houston Jaguars to 2004 and 2005 AAU national titles and the Texas Ambassadors to runner-up finishes in 2006 and 2007.

The Personal Scoop
• Born Lynden Rose on Dec. 11, 1993, in Houston, Texas.
• Son of Marilyn and Lynden Rose; has one brother, Lynnard (10) and one sister, Madelyn (17).
• Father and uncle, Cecile Rose, played basketball at Houston and both were selected in the NBA draft: Cecile in ‘78 by the New Jersey Nets and Lynden went No. 6 in ‘82 by the Los Angeles Lakers. Both also competed professionally in the CBA and in Europe.
• Father played for the Bahamas in the 1991 Pan American Games and uncle played for the Bahamas in the 1977 Pan American Games.
• Has post-basketball ambitions of becoming an attorney.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
• Favorite food: pizza.
• Favorite magazine: Sports Illustrated.
• Favorite personal memento: autographed Michael Jordan shorts,
jersey and basketball.
• I play: the piano.
• Favorite current basketball player: Paul Pierce
• Favorite team from the past: University of Houston Cougars.
• Strangest place ever played hoops: France.
• Best player I’ve ever faced: Magic Johnson.
• I want to play one-on-one against: Paul Pierce.
• The most impressive person I ever met: my father, Lynden Rose.
• Always at my bedside is: the Bible.
• Always in my fridge: milk.
• Most interesting place ever visited: the Bahamas, my parents’ birth place.
• Away from basketball I enjoy: tweeting, texting and eating.
• Can’t live without: family.
• Most people don’t know: I cannot see well.

2009 U16 - 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, Mendoza, Argentina (the USA finished 5-0 to win the gold medal).