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Simeon's Brandon Spearman Named Thrid Team All State by the Chicago Tribune

By Mike Helfgot - Special for the Chicago Tribune - April 03, 2010

Brandon Spearman

School: Simeon

Year: Senior

Height: 6-3

Position: G/F

College: Dayton

Stats: 14.7 points, 7.5 rebounds

Team highlights: Won the 4A state championship with a 51-36 victory over Young

Individual highlights: Led the Wolverines in scoring in all seven state-tournament games. Forced overtime with a difficult 3-pointer and double overtime with two free throws in a 58-50 victory over Benet in a supersectional

FYI: Spearman had scholarship offers from Iowa State and Baylor, but he chose Dayton. He will head to Dayton June 19 and said that he will be expected to produce and play regular minutes as a freshman

Repeated: "People disrespected us and me all year long. That was something that drove me. I had to show people they were wrong about us and about me." -- Brandon Spearman

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