Hofstra University Athletics

#4 Shaquille Stokes
5-10, 175, So., Guard
Hometown: Harlem, NY
High School: Lincoln
High School Coach: Dwayne Morton
Last School: University of Hawaii 

Previous School: Played in 30 games, making 12 starts for Hawaii as a freshman in 2011-12...Averaged 8.4 points and 1.3 rebounds...Finished second on the team in assists (66) and three-pointers made (35)...Posted double-digit scoring efforts in 13 games…Twice tallied 21-point games, including the last game of the season WAC semifinal vs. New Mexico ...Averaged 19.0 points in final two games of the year, starting both WAC Tournament games...tallied 14 points and five assists in collegiate debut vs. Cal State Northridge on Nov. 14…Led team in scoring with 17 points in loss to No. 22 Gonzaga on Nov. 19...Registered 10 assists against one turnover in win over Pacific on Nov. 25…Spurred a second-half comeback against UH-Hilo by finishing with a career-high 21 points on Dec. 16...Compiled 11 points and five assists vs. Louisiana Tech on Jan. 19…Earned first start in more than a month against Idaho in WAC Tournament quarterfinals on March 8 and responded with 17 points and three assists in a victory.

High School/Personal: Started three years Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, N.Y…Led Lincoln to three straight league titles…Averaged 18.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game as a senior, staring for a storied program that has produced NBA players Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson…Helped Lincoln post a 29-3 record and a second-place finish in the city championship en route to a No. 21 ranking by USA Today…Named New York City’s Player of the Year and a first-team all-city pick by the New York Daily News as a senior…Also earned All-Brooklyn Player of the Year honors and ranked among the top-10 seniors in New York City by NYChoops.net…Tallied 23 points and eight assists to lead Lincoln to the Brooklyn Borough basketball championship…Helped Lincoln earn the top seed in New York’s prestigious public schools’ playoffs as the Railsplitters eventually advanced to the city championship game played in Madison Square Garden…Has two younger brothers…Pre-elementary education major.

Shaquille Stokes Career Statistics (at Hawaii) 

Year     G/GS    FGM-FGA     Pct.     FTM-FTA     Pct.      Reb.     Avg.    PF     A       TO     BS   S       TP       Avg.

11-12    30/12    77-232          .332    62-80          .775      40         1.3      46      66      56      2      18      251     8.4