Ersin Levent Hometown: Rockville, Md. High School: Landon School Height / Weight: 6-7 / 185 Position: Forward Experience: 1V

WILLIAMS ON LEVENT - "Ersin is a great walk-on player. He's good enough where he can participate in practice and he helps make us better."

AS A SOPHOMORE (2009-10) - Joined team as walk-on just before beginning of fall practice... Intelligent, hard-working player who will bolster scout team in practice... Hit his first varsity shot as a collegian, scoring 2 points vs. IUP in 11/3 exhibition game... Played his freshman season on Maryland club basketball team... First regular-season collegiate appearance came in final minute vs. Charleston Southern... Went 1-for-2 from line to score first varsity point vs. Fairfield (11/17)... Picked up 2 minutes vs. Chaminade in opener of Maui Invitational (11/23)... Matched career-high with 3 minutes vs. Winston-Salem State (12/22)... Had 1 point (1-2 FT) and offensive rebound in season-high 5 minutes at UNC Greensboro (1/3)... Matched career-high with 5 minutes vs. Longwood (1-2 at FT line with board and steal)... First ACC action of career came with 1-minute stint at home vs. NC State (1/23)... Hit his first varsity bucket in 2-minute appearance vs. Virginia (2/15).

BEFORE MARYLAND - Entered Maryland in 2008-09 but did not play varsity... Played one season with the Maryland club basketball team... Captain of the Landon School basketball team as a senior, earning honorable mention All-Metro honors for head coach Andy Luther... Averaged 14 points per game as a senior... Named a top-50 player among private schools by DCSportsfan.com... Lettered three seasons for the Bears' golf team, which won the Interstate Athletic Conference title his senior year... Second team All-Met in golf... Honor roll student at Landon... Lists beating Georgetown Prep in a televised game as his biggest sports thrill to date.

PERSONAL - Parents are Ibrahim and Janet Levent... Has one brother, Evan... Outstanding student who is majoring in finance.... Pretended to be Michael Jordan while playing sports as a kid... Says time management is the toughest thing about being a student-athlete... Thinks a young Ben Affleck should play him in the movie of his life... Hopes to attend grad school.

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