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Stanford: Honors Candidate ... A great athlete with a tremendous upside, according to Cardinal head coach Mike Montgomery ... A very team oriented player who is athletic, runs the floor like a deer, and likes to rebound ... A great leader, an articulate young man, who is respected by his teammates and schoolmates.
Record Book (2000-)
7. Career Field Goal Pct (2000-).553
25. Season Field Goal Pct (2002-03).552
2002-03 Season (Junior): Tri-Captain ... Named Honorable Mention All Pac-10 ... A partial tear of his medial collateral ligament in his left knee sidelined the junior forward for five games ... Suffered the injury during second half action at California (1/4/03) ... Returned to action against USC (1/25/03) and responded with seven points, four rebounds and two assists in 15 minutes of play ... Returned to the starting lineup against Washington State (2/15/03) and responded with 21 points (7-for-10 from the floor), ten rebounds and two blocks ... At USC (2/20/03), tallied 20 points (7-for-11 from the floor) along with 14 rebounds ... One of the Pac-10's leading rebounders (7.8 rpg, #2 on the Cardinal, and #4 in the Pac-10,) ... Produced ten or more rebounds in 12 games, including a career-high 16 boards at UNLV (12/21/02) ... Scored a career-high 24 points (9-for-13 from the floor) against Gonzaga (12/28/02) at the Pete Newell Challenge ... Scored 21 points at UNLV (12/21/02) ... Tough to stop around the basket, hitting .552 from the floor, #5 in the Pac-10 ... Shot 50 percent or better in 19 of his last 23 games ... Averaged 10.3 points per game.
2001-02 Season (Sophomore): Started 18 of Stanford's 30 games ... Missed the games against USC (2/21/02) and UCLA (2/23/02) with bruised ribs ... Notched his first collegiate double-double with 19 points (8-for-10 from the floor) and ten rebounds against Brigham Young (12/22/01) at the Las Vegas Showdown ... Then followed with 12 points (5-for-6 from the floor) along with four rebounds against Michigan State (12/29/01) at the Pete Newell Challenge ... Started the season hitting 7-of-10 shots in wins over New Mexico (11/17/01) and Southern Utah (11/20/01) ... Collected ten points and eight rebounds in the season opener at New Mexico (11/17/01) ... Shot .589 from the floor ... Averaged 4.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
2000-01 Season (Freshman): Established himself as one of Stanford's key players off the bench (11.6 mpg) ... Named honorable mention All Pac-10 freshman team member ... Played double-digits in minutes played in 14 games ... Against Oregon (1/31/01), collected a season-high ten rebounds along with seven points, three steals, a block and an assist in 20 minutes of play ... Collected eight points (4-for-5 from the floor) and six rebounds in 16 minutes of play at California (2/17/01) ... Saw his first collegiate action against Sacred Heart (12/18/00) and responded with seven points in 14 minutes of play ... Tallied 19 minutes against Fordham (12/29/00) at the Cable Car Classic and responded with nine points and nine rebounds ... In a season-high 21 minutes, tallied eight points, three rebounds, and two blocks against UCLA (2/3/01) ... In his last 15 games, hit 61 percent (25-of-41) from the floor ... Overall, hit .514 from the floor ... Missed the first six games of the season with a strained abdominal muscle and a sprained ankle.
1999-00 Season (Redshirt Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: One of the premier power forwards as a high school senior ... One of the top high school players in the country during his senior season regardless of position ... Signed in the spring of 1999 which capped off a freshman group considered quite possibly the best ever in Stanford hoops history ... Averaged 17.3 points and ten rebounds per game (20 games) at St. Joseph Notre Dame High School ... Scored a career-high 27 points in handing Richmond High School its first loss of the season ... Despite the fact that he missed the last two months of the season with a broken bone in his right wrist, he still gained first team all-state honors by Cal-Hi Sports, all-Metro first team honors by the San Francisco Examiner, and first team honors by the Alameda Newspaper Group ... Named to the 15-player Long Beach Press-Telegraph's 23rd annual "Best of the West" team which included former teammates Curtis Borchardt and Casey Jacobsen ... His team finished the year 22-7 during his senior season, losing by only two points in the Northern California Section to eventual champion DeLaSalle (30-1) ... A four-year starter ... During his junior season, helped lead his team to a 29-5 record and a berth in the championship game of the state tournament ... Gained all-league honors during his junior and senior seasons at St. Joseph ... Also co-MVP of the team ... Scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help lead the West All-Stars to a 129-112 victory over the National All-Stars in Prep Live '99, featuring the top high school seniors in the country ... The game also featured two of Justin's former teammates, Casey Jacobsen, who scored 21 points, and Curtis Borchardt ... Gained MVP honors at the prestigious Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ... Scored 25 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and blocked six shots in a semi-final game at the tournament ... Also gained all-tournament honors at the Kruel Classic in Florida ... Selected to play in the All-California All-Star Classic, a game that featured the top state high school players ... Also picked to compete in the Dada All-Star Classic in Los Angeles, featuring 13 high school All-Americans.