Sean Kowal

Position:
Center
Height:
6-10
Weight:
235
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
De Smet Jesuit HS

COLORADO (freshman year): One of eight players to have played in all 27 games during the 2006-07 season ... Averaged 8.6 minutes in a reserve role ... 0.7 points and 1.4 rebounds a game ... Season-high 20 minutes in road win at Utah (Nov. 21); went 2-for-3 from the field vs. the Utes ... Also saw 17 minutes at home against Kansas (Feb. 14) ... Played 10 or more minutes 10 times ... Grabbed a season-best four rebounds at Iowa State (Feb. 21); had six games with over three rebounds ... Went 7-for-19 (.368) from the field and 6-for-12 (.500) from the free throw line with seven steals and five assists.

DE SMET HS: Averaged 10.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, also named 2006 Metro Catholic Conference 2006 Player of the Year ... Shot 59.3% from the field ... St. Louis Post-Dispatch honorable mention all-metro team ... As a junior, was sixth in conference scoring (10.3 ppg.) and averaged six rebounds per game ... Metro Catholic Conference honorable mention selection.

ACADEMICS: Is an open option major in Colorado’s College of Arts and Sciences.

PERSONAL: Born Sean Patrick Kowal on December 22, 1987 in St. Louis, Missouri ... Son of Elmer and Denise Kowal ... Has two older sisters, Jen, who attends the University of Missouri, and Lauren, a junior volleyball player at Mississippi State.