Dan Earl
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Dan Earl is from Medford Lakes, New Jersey
. He attended Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey, graduating in 1993. Dan was a highly successful basketball
player.
His accomplishments during his high school basketball career include the following;
Dan accepted a scholarship to Penn State University, where he was the starting point guard on the basketball team his freshman year. He was one of Penn State's all time leaders in scoring and assists, and he was named to the All Big-Ten team. The 1995-1996 Nittany Lions basketball team started the season with a 19-2 record and was ranked #9 in the country at that point during the season.
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Medford Lakes, New Jersey
Medford Lakes is a Borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 4,173....
. He attended Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey, graduating in 1993. Dan was a highly successful basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player.
His accomplishments during his high school basketball career include the following;
- He was named a Parade (magazine)Parade (magazine)Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...
All-American. - The Shawnee Basketball team had a combined 59 - 3 record during Dan's Junior and Senior years.
- Earl was named USA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
1993 New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
Player of the Year. - His 2,006 career point total ranks him as Burlington CountyBurlington County, New JerseyThere were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...
's second all-time leading scorer. - For 1991-1992 the Shawnee Basketball team was the New Jersey State Champions, ranked #1 in New Jersey, and # 9 in the USA.
- For 1992-1993 the Shawnee Basketball team was the South Jersey Champions, and was ranked # 7 in the USA.
Dan accepted a scholarship to Penn State University, where he was the starting point guard on the basketball team his freshman year. He was one of Penn State's all time leaders in scoring and assists, and he was named to the All Big-Ten team. The 1995-1996 Nittany Lions basketball team started the season with a 19-2 record and was ranked #9 in the country at that point during the season.
Personal
In June, 2005, Dan accepted a position as 3rd Assistant Basketball coach with Penn State University. Dan's brother Brian Earl is an assistant men's basketball coach at Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
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