Kurt Spurgeon

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Class: Senior Hometown: DeWitt, IA High School: Central

Last College: Tyler CC Height / Weight: 6-5 / 195 Position: Forward Birthdate: 06/23/1980

Hawk-Item - - Originally attended Southwest Missouri State University, where he was recruited by current Iowa Coach Steve Alford.

2002-03 - - Saw action in 14 games . . . two steals and one assist in win over Northwestern . . . played key role in win at Ohio State, contributing two points and two rebounds while sparking second half comeback . . . two rebounds at Michigan . . . three points and two rebounds vs. Purdue . . . two points and two rebounds vs. Ohio State . . . returned to action at Northwestern after missing several games with bruised heel . . . three points, one rebound and one steal in win over Tennessee State . . . three points and one assist in win over Florida Atlantic . . . originally attended Southwest Missouri State University, where he was recruited by current Iowa Coach Steve Alford . . . attended Tyler, TX Community College, where he averaged 11 points and four rebounds per game as a sophomore . . . earned NJCAA academic all-America honors at Tyler CC . . . named to Street & Smith all-America list as a prep senior . . . earned honorable mention all-state recognition as a junior and senior . . . earned first team all-conference honors for four straight seasons . . . served as team captain and was selected MVP as a senior, helping team post 33-9 record over his final two prep seasons.

Junior college - - Attended Tyler, TX Community College, where he averaged 11 points and four rebounds per game as a sophomore . . . earned NJCAA academic all-America honors while at Tyler.

High school - - Named to Street & Smith all-America list as a senior . . . earned honorable mention all-state recognition as a junior and senior . . . earned first team all-conference honors for four straight seasons . . . served as team captain and was selected MVP as a senior, helping team post 33-9 record over his final two prep seasons . . . averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists per game as a senior . . . scored 21 points and averaged eight rebounds and three assists per game as a junior.

Personal - - Born 6/23/80 . . . business major . . . parents are Debra and Kevin Spurgeon . . . named academic all-America as a prep and was academic all-Missouri Valley while at Southwest Missouri State . . . high school coach was Neil Padgett . . . junior college coach was Mike Marquis.

Career Bests

Points: 3, three times, last vs. Purdue, 2/1/03
Rebounds: 2, four times, last at Ohio State, 2/25/03
FGM: 1, four times, last vs. Purdue, 2/1/03
FGA: 3, twice, last vs. Ohio State, 1/25/03
FTM: 2 at Ohio State, 2/25/03
FTA: 2, three times, last at Ohio State, 2/25/03
Assists: 1, twice, last vs. Northwestern, 3/8/03
Steals: 2 vs. Northwestern, 3/8/03
Blocks: none
Minutes: 13 vs. Tennessee State, 11/30/02