New Jersey City University Athletics

2008-09 Highlights: (11/21 vs. Hood College in the Rinso Marquette Tournament at Lebanon Valley College):  In first game ever for NJCU, tallied six points and five rebounds...

High School: A June 2008 graduate of David Brearley High School in Kenilworth, NJ…Played three seasons of varsity basketball for Coach Jim Grady…Named First-Team All-Mountain Valley Conference…Chosen to play in Union County All-Star Game…Named to the Star Ledger’s All-Windex Team…Part of the AAU New Jersey Team select which won a Division II national championship…Competed in two year of varsity track for Coach Scott Miller…Owns the David Brearley and MVC conference record in the long jump…Won the Group I state championship, Central Jersey Group I sectional title and MVC conference crown in the long jump and Earned First-Team All-State Group I honors in track…Won the state title on June 2, 2008 with a height of 21-11, winning by half an inch…On May 23, 2008 at the Central Jersey Group I state sectionals, won the long jump with a distance of 22-4.50, listed second in the high jump (6-0), was sixth in the 100-meter dash preliminaries (11.57) and finals (11.70) and was ninth in the 200-meter dash (23.97)…A high school teammate of Taquan Abdullah.

 

Personal: William Dallis Ricks…Born November 8, 1990 in Brooklyn, NY…Goes by his middle name…Parents are Cecilia and William Ricks…Has an older brother, Michael Duke (33) and an older sister, Naima Ricks (18)…Right-handed…Major at NJCU is Business Administration…Lists Michael Jordan as his hero.