Curtis Staples was an American basketball player who played from 1994 to 1998 for the University of Virginia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1998 but opted out in order to play overseas. The Chicago Bulls are an American professional Basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern He was a sophomore starter on the State Championship Patrick Henry Patriots(Roanoke VA) team in 1992. He is best known for holding the all-time NCAA record for career three-point field goals, at 413. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations His record stood for nearly eight years after his career ended until J. J. Redick of Duke University broke it on February 14, 2006. Jonathan Clay "J J" Redick (born June 24 1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American professional Basketball Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Staples had actually conducted a basketball clinic in Virginia which Redick attended as a pre-teen; Redick's rare shooting ability caught Staples's eye even then. Redick told The Roanoke Times, "I was a big Curtis Staples fan. The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke Virginia. "[1]
Staples attended the record-breaking game and remarked, "I've always said, like the old saying goes, records are meant to be broken. J. J. has been a hard worker and deserves everything that he gets. I'm glad to see somebody like J. J. breaking it. He's a very significant player that we will never forget. "[2] Staples played eight seasons of professional basketball overseas. He is now a successful entrepreneur who resides in Lynchburg, Virginia. Lynchburg is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Staples broke the three point shooting record of Radford University's Doug Day, a native of Blacksburg, Virginia. Radford University (RU is a medium-size public state-funded University in the City of Radford, in Southwestern Virginia, founded in 1910 WELCOME TO WIKIPEDIA **** Please read before you edit or add info about the shootings So, the past three record holders are all natives of a small area of Southwest Virginia. Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth.
The University of Virginia retired Staples' jersey (#5) on November 12, 2006 during halftime of Virginia's first game in its new John Paul Jones Arena. ([1]). Staples ranks ninth on Virginia's career scoring list with 1,757 points. [3]
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