Before Fordham: Arrives at Fordham after spending a postgraduate year at Brewster Academy...Led the Bobcats to the 2008 New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Class A championship...Averaged 13.5 ppg and 4.0 rpg as Brewster went 31-4 on the season, 16-0 in the conference, setting a school record for most wins in a season...Scored a team-high 20 points, including four three-pointers, in Brewster's 69-65 overtime win over Winchendon Prep in the NEPSAC Championship game...Also netted 25 points in Brewster's 95-74 semifinal win over South Kent, connecting on five three-pointers...Appeared in the Rose Hill Gym with the Bobcats in the 2008 National Prep School Championship Tournament where Brewster advanced to the semifinals of the tournament...A graduate of Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, where he lettered in basketball for Bob Curran...A two-time All-State and All-Area selection...Averaged 12.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.0 apg as a senior and was a 2007 McDonald's All-American nominee for the state of Illinois...Earned IBCA Third Team All-State honors as well as Chicago Sun Times All-Area accolades...Selected to play in the Windy City All-Star Game and the McLegends All-Star game as well as the 33rd Annual City vs. Suburban All-Star game...Also a two-time SICA East All-Conference pick, a two-time State Farm Holiday Classic All-Tournament selection and a two-time Lincoln-Way East Tournament Most Valuable Player choice...Served as a team captain...Averaged a team-best 17.1 ppg, hitting 74 of his 169 three-point attempts, along with 6.1 rpg and 4.1 apg as a junior, leading the team to a 24-6 record and a third place finish at the 2006 Illinois AA state championship tournament...Received IBCA All-State honors as a junior...A 4.0 student in the classroom at Thornwood...Member of the National Honor Society...Attended Julian High School in Chicago, for one year before transferring to Thornwood.

Personal: Son of Billye and Horace Blue...Has two siblings (Krystal and Marque)...Has not declared a major.