2000-01: Appeared in 58 games (37 starts), averaging career-high figures in points (5.9), rebounds (7.0), blocks (2.69) and minutes (25.1)...Among league leaders, ranked sixth in the NBA in blocks and second in blocks per 48 minutes (5.14)...Became the first Golden State player to finish the season ranked in the top-10 in blocked shots since Chris Webber in 1993-94 (9th with 2.16)...His 156 blocks on the year marked the seventh highest single-season total in the Warriors West Coast Era (NBA began tracking blocked shots in 1973-74)...Tied or led the Warriors in blocks in 47 ofhis 58 games, points once and rebounds nine times...10-or-more points 11times with one 20-plus game...10-or-more rebounds 13 times...Seven double-doubles (point/rebound) after logging just five double-doubles in his first three NBA campaigns combined...Posted five-or-more blocked shots in 13 games, including 11 of his final 30 games...Over the final 31 games of the season, averaged 8.5 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.19 blocks in 30.7 minutes, compared to the first 51 contests of the year in which he played just 27 games (missed 24 due to injury), averaging 2.9 points, 4.7rebounds and 2.11 blocks in 18.7 minutes...Career-high 20 points and 15 rebounds at Detroit (4/1)...14 points, 10 rebounds, a career-high tying two steals at Washington (3/29)...Nearly posted first career triple-double, tallying 12 points (6-8 FG), 10 rebounds and a career-high tying eight blocked shots in 38 minutes at Chicago (2/26), equaling the most blocks by a Warriors player since Manute Bol posted 10 vs. LosAngeles Clippers on 3/12/90...Nine points, career-high 17 rebounds and five blocks vs. Detroit (3/24)...15 points, 12 rebounds, a career-high-tying three assists and five blocks in career-high-tying 41minutes at Milwaukee (2/25)...Seven blocks vs. Washington (3/21),including six blocks in the first quarter, one off the team record of seven blocks in a quarter and two off the NBA record of eight...Missed 24 games due to injury.
Pro Career: Originally selected by Golden State in the first round of the1997 NBA Draft (8th overall)...Re-signed by Golden State on 8/7/00...Ended the 2000-01 season averaging 4.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.66 blocks in 18.8 minutes (233 regular-season games in four seasons)...Has recorded 12 career double-doubles...Has blocked five-or-more shots in 20 games during his career, including five games with seven-or-more blocks. 1999-00 (Golden State): Appeared in a team-high 76 games (59 starts), averaging then-career-high figures in points (5.5), rebounds (5.6), blocks (1.79) and minutes (21.8)...Set additional career-high figures in games, field goal percentage (.508 - led team), field goals made (193), field goals attempted (380), free throws made (34) and free throws attempted (90)...After recording one double-double in two NBA seasons, recorded four double-doubles, including 18 points with 13 rebounds vs. Denver (4/14) and11 points with 15 rebounds vs. Toronto (11/27)...Led the team and ranked 15th in the NBA with 1.79 blocks per game...Recorded five-plus blocks in seven games...Tied or led the team in blocks in 48 games, rejecting two-plus shots 34 times and three-plus shots 20 times...Career-high-tying eight blocks in a career-high-tying 41 minutes at San Antonio(3/30)...Averaged 11.6 points (.597 FG%), 8.5 rebounds and 2.17 blocks in 33.0 minutes over the last six games of the season...Missed two games(1/17 and 1/21) with a sprained right ankle and two games (12/16 and 12/17) with a strained right foot...DNP-CD twice.
1998-99 (Golden State): Appeared in 44 regular-season games, averaging 2.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.98 blocks (36th in NBA) in 14.0 minutes...Recorded four blocks on four occasions...Grabbed 15 rebounds at L.A. Lakers (3/12)...Projected 15.2 rebounds over 48 minutes per game (11th in NBA)...Recorded his first career double-double (11 points/15 rebounds) at L.A. Lakers (3/12).1997-98 (Golden State): Averaged 3.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in 11.9 minutes in 55 games during his rookie campaign...Started one contest -2/17 vs. Portland...Scored in double figures twice...Registered four blocked shots vs. Phoenix on 1/20...Had multiple blocked shots on 15 occasions...During a 22-game stretch (12/16 thru 2/1), averaged 4.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.70 blocks in 16.6 minutes (shot .494 from the floor during this stretch, compared to .322 in his other 33 outings).
College: Played three years at Colgate...Was an early entry candidate for the 1997 NBA Draft...Presently the NCAA's all-time leader in blocked shots(492), eclipsing former Wake Forest star Tim Duncan (481)...Only the third player in NCAA history to compile 1,700 points, 1,000 rebounds and 450 blocked shots in a career...Left Colgate as the school's all-time leading rebounder (1,103) and second all-time leading scorer (1,776)...The first two-time Patriot League Player of the Year...Averaged 20.4 points, 12.7 rebounds and 5.66 blocks during his three-year career...Posted four career triple-doubles and had six games with 10 or more blocks...Named a finalist for the John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award and All-American team...Asa junior named Second Team All-America by U.S. Basketball Writers Association...Named First Team All-Conference...Earned USBWA District II Player of the Year...Named First Team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America...His 180 blocked shots in his junior season represent thesecond-highest total ever during a season in NCAA history... Was the 1996 Patriot League Player of the Year...As a sophomore was named the Patriot League's Male Scholar Athlete of the Year...Patriot League Rookie of the Year...Was the first freshman ever to earn First Team All-Patriot League honors.
Personal: Full name is Adonal David Foyle...Currently working on his Master's Degree in Sports Psychology from JFK University in Orinda, CA...Has one younger brother and two older sisters...Grew up on the small island of Canouan...Did not play organized basketball until he was16...This past summer, founded "Democracy Matters", a nonprofit political organization that encourages grass-roots involvement in the campaign finance reform movement...As part of the program, lobbied New York state lawmakers for campaign finance legislation and held a news conference with the speaker of the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver...The organization currently has chapters on 17 east coast college and university campuses, with plans to launch several more chapters on the west coast...On September 8, 2001, held a charity dinner at his home in Oakland to raise money for AIDS research...Made all the arrangements for the dinner himself, including the recruitment of local businesses to attend and donate towards the cause...Named to the GTE District I All-Academic Teamat Colgate with a 3.47 GPA, majoring in History...Enjoys reading, and is the official spokeperson for the Warriors "Tall Tales" Reading program, in which members of the Warriors read aloud to children at a local library...Commissioner and participant for the After School Drug Free Basketball League, which serves more than 2,000 youths in the Bay Area...Participated in the "Making the Grade" program, a comprehensive middle-school level program that serves as a tool in dropout prevention...Made appearances at Berkeley High School and the Oakland Boys & Girls Club this past season...Reads aloud frequently to students in both local libraries and City of Oakland's reading program...Is the Warriors Players' Association Representative...Lists the Philadelphia Eagles as favorite football team...Enjoys going to the movies and sight-seeing...Lists Whoopi Goldberg, Denzel Washington, James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman as favorite actors...Plays soccer, tennis and track and field...Lists his stepfather, Jay Mandle, as person he admires most...Favorite food is beef stew and rice...Favorite book is "Native Son"...Wears size 17 basketball shoes.
