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STAFF BIoS

JoSh
CArLToN
ChASE

FAY
hEINS
SWAN

Undergraduate Student Coach
Senior Student Manager Undergraduate Student Coach
Experience: 1st year
Experience: 1st year
Experience: 1st year

At SIU: 1st year
At SIU: 1st year
At SIU: 1st year

Carlton Fay returns to campus this Chase Heins suffered a career-ending Josh Swan suffered a career-ending

season as the team’s Senior Student knee injury as a freshman last season knee injury late in the 2013 season and
Manager while he works to complete his and is now serving as an undergraduate is serving as an undergraduate student

undergraduate degree.
student assistant coach.
assistant coach.
The 6-foot-8 Fay finished his playing At nearby Class 2A Trico High The Atlanta native had come on

career in 2011 ranked 27th all-time School, Heins averged 13.1 points and strong during his sophomore year at
at SIU in scoring with 1,165 points. 8.6 rebounds as a senior. He led Trico SIU before his injury. He made 24-of-47

He is one of 52 former players under to a 26-5 record his senior year and (.511) shots from the field in conference
consideration for this year’s Saluki played for former Saluki player and coach games after going 10-for-29 (.345) in

Basketball All-Century team.
Shane Hawkins. The Pioneers lost in the non-conference games. He also scored
As a senior, the Hennepin, Ill. Regionals to Pinckneyville.
the go-ahead basket with 90 seconds

native was named Honorable Mention remaining in the win over Green Bay..
All-Conference and NABC District 16 As a freshman in 2012, Swan played

Second Team. He led the team in scoring 21 games and made nine starts. He came
and ranked 8th in the league (12.7 ppg). off the bench to score a career-high 15

Even more impressive, Fay ranked third points vs. Illinois State on Jan. 1.
in the MVC in scoring (15.4 ppg) in At Pace Academy High School, Swan

conference games. He scored in double scored more than 2,000 points in his
figures 21 times, including a 33-point career and averaged 21.2 points per

outing vs. Illinois State on Jan. 9.
game as a senior. He was named First-
A clutch player throughout his career, Team All-State, First-Team All-City and

Fay hit the game-winning shots his senior was a McDonald’s All-America nominee.

year with two seconds remaining vs. UNI
on Jan. 1, and 12 seconds left vs. Illinois

State on Jan. 9.
Fay came on strong at the end of

his junior year when he averaged 20.3
points in the last four games. In that span,

he made 28-of-43 shots from the field
(.651) and 19-of-21 from the free throw

line (.905). He recorded a personal-best
38-point outing versus Western Michigan

on Feb. 20, which was the most points by
a Saluki player since Troy Hudson scored

39 points in 1996.

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