Lee Humphrey
From Hoopedia
Lee Anthony Humphrey (born April 26, 1984 in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American basketball player, currently a shooting guard for PAOK in the Greek league. From 2003 through 2007 he played for the Florida Gators basketball team, which won the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Tournament championships. During the 2005-06 NCAA basketball season, he made 45.9% of his three-point attempts; he made a school-record 113 in total, a mark he equaled in 2006-07.
Humphrey hails from Maryville, Tennessee where he graduated from Maryville High School in 2003. He was named Tennessee's Class AAA Mr. Basketball for the 2002-03 season after averaging 21.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Humphrey emerged as a prolific weapon from outside the arc during the 2005-06 season in which he hit several clutch three-pointers, including three in the Final Four against George Mason and the championship game against the UCLA Bruins. The 73-57 over UCLA was the clincher of Florida's first-ever national basketball championship. The Gators finished the season with a 33-6 mark.
Humphrey's dominance continued during the 2006-07 campaign and with the other members of the starting five returning, the Gators rolled to a 35-5 record. On March 25, 2007 in the St. Louis regional NCAA tournament game against the Oregon Ducks, the game was delayed 10 minutes after a three-point shot Humphrey made damaged the net. During the 2007 Final Four, he hit four three-point shots in his team's 76-66 victory against UCLA in becoming the record holder for most three-pointers made during the NCAA tournament, surpassing former Duke star Bobby Hurley. On April 2, 2007 he won a second NCAA basketball championship with the Florida Gators, scoring 14 points in an 84-75 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes. This win established Florida as the first team to repeat as NCAA basketball champions since Duke in 1991 and 1992.
Humphrey was also a proven academic success, becoming just the second Gators basketball player to be named a first team Academic All-American. Humphrey also serves as the President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Chapter at the University of Florida. On August 11, 2007 he received his Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Sciences Degree from the University of Florida.
On June 30, 2007, Humphrey accepted an offer from the Washington Wizards to participate in their summer league but was cut. He then crossed the Atlantic, signing on with PAOK, one of Greece's best-known club teams.
